Unit 3 · Culminating Projects
Ratios & Rates in Action
Two project versions that pull together everything from Unit 3 — writing and simplifying ratios, equivalent ratios, unit rates, and ratio tables. Pick one, or run them as differentiated options. Each is self-guided, interactive, and printable.
Choose Your Version
Two Ways to Show Mastery
🥤 Smoothie Bar Designer
Launch a school smoothie bar: write and simplify a recipe ratio in all three forms, build an equivalent ratio table to scale batches, find the unit rate to price smoothies fairly, and compare two ingredient packs to find the better buy.
Version B · Real-World Investigation🏆 Sports Stats Scout
Be a junior sports analyst: compute each player's scoring unit rate, compare two players using equivalent ratios scaled to the same games, project full-season stats with a ratio table, and write a data-backed scouting report for the coach.
For the Teacher
How to Use These Projects
Standards: 6.RP.1 (understand ratio concepts and notation), 6.RP.2 (understand unit rate), 6.RP.3 (use ratio and rate reasoning — equivalent ratios, tables, unit rates, better buy).
Both versions are parallel. They assess the same skills through different contexts, so you can assign Version A and Version B to different students and grade on the same rubric (built into each project). Great for choice boards, make-up work, or A/B class sections.
Built in: live calculators with instant feedback, a progress bar, hints for scaffolding, a written deliverable, a student checklist, a 4-point rubric, and a print button so students can turn in a finished plan.
Answer key: Open the teacher answer key for both versions.