Jorge the dog
My dog, Jorge, has just turned 10 years old. He seems like a puppy to me but I wonder how old he is when compared to a human's age. He's definitely not 70 or is he? Hmmmmmm ...
Read tables and graphs, describe relationships between variables and consider proportionality:
The activity: DogYears2015.pdf
For members we have an editable Word docx, an Excel file of the data + a chart, and solutions.
DogYears2015.docx DogYears.xlsx DogYears2015-solution.pdf
CCSS: 4.OA.5, 5.OA.3, 6.EE.9, 7.RP.2
Consider starting off the lesson by seeing what your students already know about dog years and their relationship to human years. Then use this dog years calculator with the class. What rule is being used to convert to dog years? Then move on to the dog years video below and our activity for a more precise study of dog years.
Here is a fun video about dog years from Pet Village of 7 Hills.