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Reenactor Math

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate items used during the CIvil War in a creative integration into the Math curriculum. They use a website with a price list of Civil War items in order to create different math word problems. The students can also...
Unit Plan
Mathematics Vision Project

Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Inquiry-based learning and investigations form the basis of a deep understanding of quadratic functions in a very thorough unit plan.  Learners develop recursive and closed methods for representing real-life situations,...
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PBS

Using Symmetry to Create Corporate Logos

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Young mathematicians investigate the use of symmetry in graphic design. After first learning about reflection, translational, and rotational symmetry, children use this new knowledge to identify symmetry in letters of the...
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BW Walch

Creating and Graphing Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This detailed presentation starts with a review of using key components to graph a line. It then quickly moves into new territory of taking these important parts and teasing them out of a word problem. Special care is...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Length of a Plane Curve

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Challenge your class to use straight lines when estimating the length of a curve. An engaging interactive allows individuals to place line segments one after another along the arc. Learners determine that the more lines used, the better...
Interactive
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Word Problems

For Students 10th - 11th
In this calculus instructional activity, 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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Riemann Rectangle Errors

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students calculate the area under a curve. In this calculus lesson plan, students integrate the function to find the area under the curve. They use the Ti to create a visual of the graph.
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Fundamental Theorem of Calculus

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers, with the assistance of their TI-84 Plus / TI-83 Plus calculators, explore and assess the connections between an accumulation function, one defined by a definite integral, and the integrand. They summarize that the...
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Exploring Real Numbers

For Students 11th
In this algebra activity, 11th graders classify numbers as rational, irrational, integral and whole. They solve the equations and graph i ton a number line. There are 26 questions with an answer key.
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Lunar Crater Frequency Distributions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this lunar crater frequency worksheet, students use the power-law function to solve 3 problems related to the number of craters in a given area. They integrate the power-law function to determine their answers.
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The Ant and The Turntable-Frames of Reference

For Students 11th - 12th
In this frames of reference worksheet, students solve 5 problems given the details of a journey an ant takes from the center of a CD ROM to its edge. Students draw a scaled sketch of the turntable showing the motion of the ant from...
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Radicals and the Irrational Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Integrated Algebra instructional activity, learners differentiate between rational and irrational numbers and locate irrational numbers on a number line.  The one page instructional activity contains six problems. ...
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Jr. Chef Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the food pyramid. In this health/math lesson students make biscuits. Students are assigned a group to measure out ingredients. Students also discuss which part of the food pyramid biscuits fall into and the nutritional...
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Mended Hearts, Broken Hearts, Healthy Hearts, Half-Hearted

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students integrate locomotor movements with nutrition information. They solve simple math functions related to the calories-per-gram contents of each nutrient and perform fitness activities to match the number of calories contained in...
Worksheet
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Irrational and Imaginary Root Theorems

For Students 9th - 11th
In this irrational and imaginary root theorem worksheet, students identify the number of complex zeros for a given function. They write a polynomial function of leas degree with integral coefficients. This four-page worksheet contains 22...
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Less is More: Realizing Mathematics Through Agriculture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the architectural designs of different popular sites. In this math lesson, students draw a grid diagram. They explain what geodesic algorithms are used for.
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Texas Instruments

Quartic Regions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young scholars explore quartic functions in this calculus lesson plan. They investigate an application of derivatives and definite integrals, then explore the question of which of the "three bumps" of a quartic is the largest.
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The Bouncing Ball

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students use the scientific method to conduct an experiment to test how a ball bounces. In this inquiry-based physical science and scientific method lesson, students drop a ball from specified heights and record the rebound, then record...
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F(x)g(x): A Tale of Two Functions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this graphing functions learning exercise, learners solve four problems where they graph given functions, find the sum related to the area under the curve and determine an integral.
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Amazing Fibonacci

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students integrate the patterns of Fibonacci into music. In this geometry lesson, students apply the concepts of recursion, pattern and Phi or Golden Ratio to composing and playing music on various instruments. They lesson is co-taught...
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The Io Plasma Torus

For Students 11th - 12th
In this plasma torus worksheet, learners solve 5 problems including finding the dimensions of the Io torus, determining the formula for the volume of a torus, finding the actual volume of the Ion torus and finding the amount of sodium...
Worksheet
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Modeling a Planetary Nebula

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this modeling a planetary nebula worksheet, students use a diagram to calculate the intensity at different radii from the center of the nebula. Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine the distance between two points on the...
Worksheet
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Solar Flare Reconstruction

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this solar flare reconstruction worksheet, learners read about the 'saturation' point of satellite detectors when solar flares are at their most intense phase of brightness. Students are given x-ray flare data and they re-plot the...
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From Dust Grains to Dust Balls

For Students 10th - 12th
In this formation of planets worksheet, students solve 6 problems including finding the equation for the mass of rocks as a function of time, finding the equation for the rate of growth of the mass of rocks and integrating these equations.

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