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Geometry of The World War II Memorial

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students develop an appreciation of the use of geometry in our everyday world and structures. Students collect various picures and multimedia objcets that explain geometric principles and place them in a powerpoint presentation to be...
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Lift vs. Airspeed

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students, after reading the explanation given below, use FoilSim and a graphing calculator to complete the activity to determine the relationship between airspeed and lift of an object by interpreting data.
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Wing Shapes and Areas

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, after reading the explanation given below, use FoilSim to determine the weight of the aircraft that can be lifted by a pair of wings of each type. They also design a unique platform of a wing to lift a plane weighing 11500 pounds.
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Weather Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use yearly averages over a five-year period to understand weather trends for a specific area.
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Gotcha Covered

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in investments. They purchase property for future financial return or benefit. They discover a stock strategy in which you own stock and write (sell) a call at the next strike price above the current stock value.
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Save Your Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students solve problems involving exponential, logarithmic, and scientific notations. Using calculators, students explore investment problems. They use a formula and logarithms to determine the years to earn a particular income, figure...
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Graph and Compare the Adventure's Temperature Vs. Local Temperature

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils explore the concept graphing data. In this graphing data lesson, students use weather data from their local weather and some other city and graph them. Pupils plot the local weather vs. another city. Students record temperature...
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Lift Equation Problem Set

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners, after reading an explanation from a NASA Web-based textbook, demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it, along with FoilSim, to complete an activity to graph and interpret the lift equation.
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Earth's Orbit Lesson

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders devise a computational model to explore how the orbit of the Earth might change if its velocity were different. Using accurately recorded data, 10th graders defend a scientific argument.
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Investigating the properties of a circle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars use wax paper to look at different properties of circles such as chords, tangent lines, inscribed angles, and inscribed angles in a semi-circle, as well as finding the center of the circle, and use GSP to investigate...
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Scientific Notation III: Linear vs Exponential

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the differences in exponential growth and linear growth of a system. They interpret data on graphs and develop their own charts. They answer discussion questions as well.
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Estimating Fish Populations

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students describe the mark/recapture method used to estimate fish populations. They explain the importance of being able to predict population numbers.
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Get A Life!

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students participate in a program which helps them determine what they want to do after high school. Individually, they develop their own webpage describing where they want to be in ten years. They research a career they are interested...
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Geometry in the Heavens

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders access a star worksheet and determine properties of polygons.  In this investigative instructional activity students complete a worksheet and discuss myths. 
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Show Me the Money!!!

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners research employment rates in the United States with a focus on broadcast journalists. For this employment rate lesson, students visit the given websites to explore popular states to live in, highest and lowest unemployment...
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Geometry Digital Blogging Books

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars observe geometric shapes in their everyday lives.  In this middle school/high school mathematics activity, students use their cell phone to record and publish their observations about the geometric shapes they encounter. ...

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