Laura’s Babysitting Job

In this 7^th grade MEA Laura Banks requests a consulting firm, JJ Consulting, to help her make a decision on an employer. Students are to use the data table to calculate unit rates (nightly rate and hourly rate) and then rank her choices and write a recommendation with the procedure used to come up with the ranking.

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Resource ID#: 74380 Type: Lesson Plan

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General Information

Subject(s): Mathematics, English Language Arts

Grade Level(s): 7

Intended Audience: Educators

Suggested Technology: Computers for Students, Internet Connection, Basic Calculators

Instructional Time: 2 Hour(s)

Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes

Keywords: ratios, unit rate, operations with rational numbers

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Data Set, Learning Goal, Model Eliciting Activity (MEA) STEM Lesson

Instructional Design Framework(s): Structured Inquiry (Level 2)

Resource Collection: STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity

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