You will be working on 5 different activities during then next 7 days.  In some of the activities you will work alone and in some in either a group or with a partner.

Activities

Day 1
Pre Test-To get you started on the right direction, I need to see what you know.  Your score is important, but don't worry if you do not do well.  

To save time, instead of going to the following address to get the pretest, I will pass out in class.  It will take no more than 10 minutes to complete.  As you finish I want you to visit the following web pages and write down 8 words than deal with the pre-test

http://www.mathleague.com/help/ratio/ratio.htm

http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math/

Day 2
Traveling Across America

For the second day of your journey you will get into a group and come out with the real life dimension of a scale model object.  You will have twenty minutes to work on it with your group.  Each group will then present to the class, how they came up with the dimensions.

Homework: 
You will take Activity 1 and do it for homework.  Activity 1 includes a scale map of the United States.  It has 12 problems.  Each problem asks you to find the true distance between 2 cities when a scale map and scale is given.

Day 3
Stadiums of America

1. Students need to find and write down the playing field dimensions for a pre-assigned baseball stadium.
2. Students will  scale actual field dimensions, so that the scaled dimensions fit in an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper.
3. Students will make a scaled drawing of the baseball field on an 8 ½ x 11 piece of paper.
4. Students will write a rationale on why they chose their specific dimensions.  It should include the math used to convert from the actual dimensions to the scaled dimensions.
5. Upon request students will define 5 words out of a list of 8 that are components of the lesson.

http://www.majorleaguebaseball.com

Final
Students will pick a second baseball stadium to scale down to fit on a ( ) construction paper.  They will need to include their new calculations and their rationale.  As students present their final product to the class, they will need to answer a series of questions about the importance of ratio and proportion.