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Making Good Investments
Students compare different aspects of investing money from traditional savings accounts to money market accounts. They research investment accounts at local banks and compare them.
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Proportions
Students examine the mathematical concept of proportions in an attempt to apply them in various types of problems. The real application of proportions is often found in word problems which requires a them to also practice a systematic...
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Computer Graphing Calculator Explorations
Students explore the graphing calculator feature on the Macintosh computer to explore some "parent" functions and their translations, combinations, and composites.
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From Probability to Combinatorics and Number Theory
Learners see how division is used to help solve probability problems. They use tables as data structures where they are used to count outcomes and to compute probabilities. Students use games to help solve probability problems.
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Misleading Graphs
Students explore number relationships by participating in a data collection activity. In this statistics lesson, students participate in a role-play activitiy in which they own a scrap material storefront that must replenish its...
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Box Plots
Students review the concept of median, explore how to calculate quartiles for any size data set and experience how to build a box plot.
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Determining Angle Measure with Parallel Lines
Students observe and solve examples of corresponding angle postulates, alternate interior angle theorems, and exterior and consecutive angles. They complete the Determining Angle Measure With Parallel Lines worksheet.
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Exploring Function Graphs
Tenth graders investigate three different sets of data that relate temperature to another variable in the physical world. These illustrate linear, inverse and exponential relationships.
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Patterns in Pascal's Triangle
Students examine the patterns that exist in Pascal's Triangle. They explore multiples and factors. Sudents use an applet to create and color the multiples in Pascal's Triangle.
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Finding Patterns in Fractals
Students discover patterns and sequences. They use a website to explore patterns and fractals. Students share their discovery of fractals and their patterns with the class. They develop a list of patterns used in everyday life.
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Introduction to Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Learners examine the concept of sequences. Students create a sequence using varied starting numbers, multipliers, and add on values. Learners practice determining the starting values to use in order to produce a desired sequence.
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Virtual Field Trip: Lodging and Meals
Young scholars calculate the costs for lodging and meals for a virtual field trip. They calculate the number of nights lodging needed for road and city travel and the number of meals needed, the costs for each, and input the data using...
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Free Fall Graphing Exercise
Twelfth graders practice their graphing skills in an exercise about acceleration due to gravity. Lesson opens with a demonstration of acceleration due to gravity and a brief discussion. Students complete a worksheet and go over answers...
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The Corner Problem
Students explore the concept of the corner problem. In this corner problem lesson, students use the TI-NSpire to determine the maximum length a rod can be and still pass horizontally around a corner. Students use similar triangles to...
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Commutative, Associative, and Distributive Properties
Students explore the concept of the associative, commutative, and distributive properties. In the associative, commutative, and distributive properties instructional activity, students discuss real world examples of each property....
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Linear Programming and the Inequalz App
Learners graph system of linear inequalities in this lesson plan. Your class will use the Inequality Graphing App to enter linear programming functions into the calculator that can be stored for later use. They then determine the maximum...
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Triangle Exterior Angles Theorem
Students identify the measure of missing exterior angles. In this geometry lesson plan,students define and apply the exterior angle theorem to solve problems. They use Cabri software to create different angles and make investigations.
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Practicing Arithmetic
Students practice single operation arithmetic ranging from single digit addition to long division of decimals or real numbers using Graphit. They use data sets and rules to graph ordered pairs.
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The Mandelbrot Set
Learners explore the Mandelbrot Set. They are introduced to the concept of a complex number and function in order to motivate the discussion of Julia and Mandelbrot sets. Students investigate fractals and how they are built.
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Aircraft Trajectory Problem Set
Students read text from a NASA Web-based textbook then demonstrate an understanding of the text by using it to complete an activity on aircraft trajectories.
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Impossible Graphs
Students distinguish between possible and impossible graphs of functions, and to learn why some graphs are impossible. They have practiced plotting functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane
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Number Line Math
Second graders use a number line to practice subtraction. For this subtraction lesson, 2nd graders use a number line to count backwards. Students participate in mad math activities and solve problems.
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Rotation Sensor Challenge
Young scholars participate in a challenge to construct a rotation sensor with the highest degree of accuracy and repeatability. They conduct computer analysis of their sensor using repeated trial.
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Complexity
Students perform mathematical operations on complex numbers. After a lecture/demo, students utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to gain practice performing operations on complex numbers.