Inside Mathematics
Population
Population density, it is not all that it is plotted to be. Pupils analyze a scatter plot of population versus area for some of the states in the US. The class members respond to eight questions about the graph, specific points and...
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Graphs (2006)
When told to describe a line, do your pupils list its color, length, and which side is high or low? Use a worksheet that engages scholars to properly label line graphs. It then requests two applied reasoning answers.
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The Most Important Property of Logarithms
Won't the other properties be sad to learn that they're not the most important? The 11th installment of a 35-part module is essentially a continuation of the previous instructional activity, using logarithm tables to develop properties....
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Lego Thinking and Building
Run a simulated airplane manufacturing plant with your pupils as the builders! Learners build Lego airplane models and collect data on the rate of production, comparing the number produced to the number defective. Using linear...
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Density
Most scholars associate density with floating, but how do scientists determine the exact density of an unknown liquid? The third activity in a seven-part series challenges scholars to find the mass and volume of two unknown liquids. Each...
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Natural Logarithms
In this Algebra II instructional activity, 11th graders solve equations involving natural logarithms. The two page instructional activity contains explanation, worked examples, and four practice problems. Answers are not included.
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Watts Up Doc?
Young scholars examine the wattage of a light bulb using math. In this algebra lesson, students find the inverse square of given parameter. They work in groups collecting and analyzing data.
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Twelve Facts About e
In this e worksheet, students are presented with several facts about e and Euler. Students are also given a technique to help them remember the numerical approximation for e.
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Logarithms and their Properties
For this logarithm worksheet, students explore the properties of logarithms. Explanations and examples are provided. This three-page worksheet contains ten logarithm problems to solve.
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Pythagorean Theorem Triples
Students research the concept of the Pythagorean Theorem. In this Pythagorean Theorem lesson, students use the Internet to learn about the Pythagorean Theorem. Students construct proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit – TV Task
This handout begins by asking your statisticians to form hypotheses on the correlation between test scores and student height and test scores and the number of hours watching TV. Then using specific data, your class will create scatter...
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Connecting Formulas Related to Geometric Figures
Students identify diagrams of quadrilaterals and circles by different names and classify the figures. They name the areas for each diagram and practice solving the formulas for each.
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Take Your Medicine 2
Real-world application of the finite geometric series. Sick? Need to take Ampicillin? How much is in the body at any given point in time as this medication is taken over the course of time. Use the formulas, make calculation, and graph...
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Word Problems
In this calculus worksheet, students use integration to solve word problems they differentiate between integration and anti derivatives, and between definite and indefinite integrals. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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A Polynomial Quilt
Tenth graders create polynomial quilts. In this polynomials lesson plan, 10th graders use concrete models, such as construction paper, to create various shapes described. Students use the FOIL method to multiply terms and to get a square...
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The Right Angle
In this algebra learning exercise, 11th graders solve word problems creating a right triangle. Students determine the point and direction this turn of ninety degrees occurs. There are 4 questions with an answer key.
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Exercise Set 3.3: Laws of Logarithms
For this logarithms worksheet, students simplify and solve 100 logarithm problems. Students use logarithem rules to prove logarithm properties and simplify logarithmic expressions.
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NUMB3RS Activity: Financial Futures
High schoolers discuss the calculated risk example in Numb3rs about a businesswoman from a company that made its money trading in futures. They use a formula given by the teacher to compute the estimated value of an investment after...
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Conjectures and Conclusions
Learners draw conclusions and make conjectures given a specific scenario. In this geometry lesson plan, students model real life scenarios using properties of triangles. They model number facts and explain why the outcome is what it is.
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Geometric Sequences
Students relate pattern and sequences to music. In this geometry lesson, students identify different scales using chromatic scales. They compare the different waves to sine waves and other trigonometric waves.
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Translating Transformations in Geometry
Students create an image using given coordinates and evaluate how the coordinates change when a slide or rotation takes place.
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The Swinging Pendulum
Students observe a pendulum and graph their observation. In this algebra lesson, students use the TI calcualtor to graph the motion the pendulum makes. They analyze the graph and make predictions.
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Looking For Triangles
Students solve problems with triangles. In this geometry instructional activity, students analyze shapes to find different triangles. They name the shapes created by putting triangles together.