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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

An Area Formula for Triangles

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Use a triangle area formula that works when the height is unknown. The eighth installment in a 16-part series on trigonometry revisits the trigonometric triangle area formula that previously was shown to work with the acute triangles....
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Fundamental Theorem of Similarity (FTS)

For Teachers 8th Standards
How do dilated line segments relate? Lead the class in an activity to determine the relationship between line segments and their dilated images. In the fourth section in a unit of 16, pupils discover the dilated line segments are...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Examples of Dilations

For Teachers 8th Standards
Does it matter how many points to dilate? The resource presents problems of dilating curved figures. Class members find out that not only do they need to dilate several points but the points need to be distributed about the entire curve...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informal Proof of AA Criterion for Similarity

For Teachers 8th Standards
What does it take to show two triangles are similar? The 11th segment in a series of 16 introduces the AA Criterion for Similarity. A discussion provides an informal proof of the theorem. Exercises and problems require scholars to apply...
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Flipped Math

Equations of Lines in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What, you mean there is algebra in a Geometry class? Pupils review graphing and writing the equations of lines in slope-intercept form. The instruction follows the "I do, we do, you do" framework of a lesson. The instructor first...
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Unit Plan
Kenan Fellows

Unit 2: Chemistry Review

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What exactly goes into the medications people take every day? Scholars learn about the chemistry of medications in the second of a four-part series on Pharmacology. Over the course of two weeks, class members complete seven experiments,...
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Interactive2:10
Scholastic

Study Jams! Classify Quadrilaterals

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Face the vertex of two-dimensional shapes and discover what each figure requires as part of its classification. With one shape per slide, learners see what makes each shape special and compare it to others with similar qualities. 
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Solving Quadratic Equations – Alternative Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
There's more than one way to solve quadratic equations. Scholars learn how to solve quadratic equations using alternate methods. They use completing the square by making the linear coefficient even and the leading coefficient a perfect...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Describing Data

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners will practice many ways of describing data using coordinate algebra in this unit written to address many Common Core State Standards. Simple examples of different ways to organize data are shared and then practice problems...
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Interactive
Scholastic

Study Jams! Edges, Faces, Vertices

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Before determining the classification of a three-dimensional shape, you need to know about the characteristics of a vertex, edge, and face. Go step-by-step using a prism, and discover what each aspect refers to and how it applies to...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Secant, Cosecant, and Cotangent Functions: Hold the Ladder!

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Determine the length of a falling ladder. Pupils use an interactive to find the angle a ladder makes with the floor after it falls to answer questions. The scholars use the triangle formed in the interactive to determine values of...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Angles of Elevation and Depression: Fly-By Calibration

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Determine the distance between two trees from afar. Pupils use an interactive resource to create two right triangles using trees and a plane. They determine the horizontal legs of each triangle to find the distance between the two trees.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparing Methods for Solving Quadratics: Comparing Methods to Solve a Quadratic

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Determine the quickest process for solving quadratics. Pupils compare the number of steps in the process of solving quadratics using three different methods. Scholars determine which situations lend themselves to the different solving...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Pythagorean Theorem to Determine Distance: Neighborhood Map

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Find the distance between various locations in a neighborhood. Scholars use the interactive to find distances between locations on a map. The map is overlaid onto a grid to provide coordinates for each location, and pupils apply...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Changes in Period and Amplitude of the Sine Function

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How does a change in amplitude or period affect the equation of a sine function? Scholars move sliders to change the frequency and period of the sine function. The interactive displays the resulting equation, and pupils determine the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Addition and Subtraction of Polynomials: Sliders

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Slide the coefficients to determine sums of polynomials. The interactive contains sliders to change the coefficients of an addend in a polynomial addition problem. Pupils determine the coefficients of the addend to arrive at particular...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Systems of Linear Equations in Three Variables: Intersecting Planes - No Solution

For Students 9th - 12th
How many different ways can three planes intersect? The interactive provides three movable planes. Pupils manipulate the planes to determine the number of solutions possible based upon their intersections.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Linear Programming: Bakers' Dilemma

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Place the pies in a line. Pupils create a graph of a system of linear inequalities to represent the number of pies a bakery can make. Learners analyze the vertices on the graph to determine the number of pies they can bake without...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Fitting Lines to Data

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Scatter the TV sales over weeks. Pupils create a scatter plot to display the number of TV sales over a period of several weeks. The interactive allows class members to create two lines of best fit. Then they determine which line fits...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

DeMoivre's Theorem and nth Roots: The nth Roots of Unity

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
The nth roots of unity all have a magnitude of one. Scholars use the unit circle and DeMoivre's Theorem to find the complex roots of one and discover that the complex numbers all lie on the unit circle and are equally spaced around it...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Plots of Polar Coordinates: Submarine Sonar

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Find the location of enemy submarines with a sonar display that doubles as a polar coordinate system. Pupils find polar coordinates that would be the same location of plotted submarines. They then determine multiple polar coordinates...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Translation of Vectors and Slope: Identical Vectors

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Translate vectors to find equivalent ones. An interactive shows 10 randomly displayed vectors. Pupils grab the vectors and move them to group them with similar vectors in magnitude and direction. Scholars find the groups of vectors that...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Pascal's Triangle: Pyramid Blocks

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Build a pyramid of sums. An interactive presents the first five rows of Pascal's Triangle as a pyramid. Pupils match missing entries in the pyramid and continue the pattern to determine entries of other rows. The learners use the entries...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Expected Value: Creating a Discrete Probability Distribution Table

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
Wanna roll the dice? Determine whether it is a good idea to play a dice game. An interactive presents the rules for a game of dice. Pupils find the probabilities of each event and calculate the expected value of the game. They finish...

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