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Patterns, Relations, and Functions: Lesson 3: Numerical Patterns
Fourth graders extend and continue numerical patterns using function or input/output machines. They finish the increasing patterns using input/output tables, and generalize the rules that apply to the pattern. They complete the...
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Sonic Booms and Logarithms
Students practice working with the symbolic notation for logarithms. They understand various types of patterns and functional relationships. They use symbolic forms to represent and analyze mathematical situations.
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Classifying Functions
Eleventh graders sort different types of functions including rational, periodic, exponential, polynomial, quadratic, logarithmic and linear using "function cards." The functions are displayed in multiple representations including...
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Using The Calculator
First graders explore a calculator and practice using its basic functions. Students use the calculator to check math problems they complete. They will use a colored crayon to correct wrong answers.
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A New, Capital Idea#141
Students design a pamphlet which explains where a capital for a new country, which is comprised of the New England region, should be located. They include the reasons for their decision based on where physical and human features are...
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Firewood Problem
Students write and solve their own story problems. They determine the cost of firewood by the cord. They organize their data in graphs and charts.
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Cutting Cordwood
Pupils examine a story problem in which two men are earning money by cutting cords of wood. They use data from graphs to use on a grid. They practice writing algebraic equations as well.
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Lesson 2: What Is Money?
Young scholars describe the functions of money as a medium of exchange, a store or a measure of value. They determine a number of characteristics of money by completing an activity in which they assign common items the value to buy...
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Quadratics Introduction
Students investigate quadratic functions graphically and algebraically.
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Data Collection Project
Students collect data using email. They calculate the mean, median, mode, range and outliers. They create a graph using the data results. They write five paragraphs to summarize their data.
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Arkansas and Louisiana Purchase Wetlands
Students experiment to determine the value and importance of wetlands in Arkansas. They develop an environmental appreciation for wetlands.
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Deadly Roots?
Students examine the roots of various plants. They study and discuss the cross section of a root. They compare different plants with their root systems and complete a worksheet, giving the function/importance of each root part.
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Brain and Nervous System
Third graders study the physical characteristics of the brain and identify its parts through this series of lessons.
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Tooth Detectives: Determining the Diets of Extinct Animals
Learners study the teeth of living mammals and apply those skills to the interpretation of the diet of extinct animals.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Transformation of Exponential Functions
Good site that allows the student to interactively explore how changing coefficients will change the graph of a function.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Derivative of Exponential Function
This site explains how the derivative of an exponential function is found.