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
Start from a real recipe in your own kitchen: write and simplify its ratio, scale it with an equivalent ratio table, and price it with a unit rate and better buy. Then compare recipes with a partner using equivalent ratios, and stack your cost per cup against real ingredient prices around the world.
Version B · Real-World Investigation🏆 Sports Stats Scout
Scout a real athlete you look up (or your own stats): compute the scoring unit rate, project a full season with a ratio table, compare with a partner's athlete using equivalent ratios scaled to the same games, and rank against real youth players around the world before writing a data-backed scouting report.
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.