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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Concept of Limit: Limit Notation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Limits to infinity are simple to find if you can compare numerators and denominators. Users of the interactive drag expressions to match with their limit as x approaches infinity. A set of challenge questions assesses their groupings.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hotel Infinity

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate the concept of infinity. They read a story, discuss the concept of infinity from the story, and create an illustration of the hotel described in the story.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Fractals: Infinity, Self-Similarity and Recursion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students think about several of the concepts from fractals, including recursion and self similarity. They use mathematical concepts of line segments, perimeter, area and infinity are used, and skill at pattern recognition is practiced.
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Curated OER

What is zero? What is infinity? Where they come from? (Senior, Mathematics)

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss and determine what is zero, what is infinity, and where do these numbers come from?
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Curated OER

Infinity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of infinity as defined in a series by geometry. The lesson integrates the use of philosophy to help them comprehend how infinity can possibly mean while investigating...
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Curated OER

Intuitive Approach to Limits

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify and comprehend the concept of limit in mathematics. They also view artistic works illustrating limits by M. C. Escher and apply techniques of one-sided limits to graphs of relations. Finally, students compute limits...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

The Real Numbers: Size of Infinite Sets

For Students 8th - 10th
The learning opportunities with the resource on infinity are finite, but it's still good to use. Individuals investigate the size of the set of integers and the set of even integers. Conclusion: the two sets have the same size.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Fractals: Infinity, Self-Similarity and Recursion.

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This instructional activity introduces students to the ideas involved in understanding fractals. They develop a sense of infinity, self-similarity and recursion and
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Mathematics Vision Project

Module 3: Polynomial Functions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An informative module highlights eight polynomial concepts. Learners work with polynomial functions, expressions, and equations through graphing, simplifying, and solving. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Infinite Limit Type: Asymptotes and End Behavior Question

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
There are an infinite number of reasons to use the resource. Scholars drag vertical and horizontal lines to the graph of a rational function to identify all asymptotes. They investigate the connection between asymptotes and limits to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Fractals: Geometric Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study and observe the patterns made by the areas of the Sierpinski Triangle. Students use the computer to draw two or three iterations to discover the number patterns. Students complete worksheets based on Geometric Fractals.
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Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial...
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Curated OER

Infinity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners determine the sum of an infinite geometric series.  In this determining the sum of an infinite geometric series lesson, students discuss how the sum of an infinite geometric series is a paradox.  Learners use the sum of an...
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Curated OER

Learning Abstract Concepts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create iMovies depicting abstract concepts, such as sorrow, future, wishes, infinity, etc., in this technology-based Visual Arts/Language Arts lesson. Music can be used to enhance created movies.
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Interest and the Number e

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Mary, Mary, quite continuously, how does your money grow? Uses examples to examine the difference between simple interest and compound interest, and to take a look at different rates of compounding. Learners explore what would happen as...
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Curated OER

Converge or Diverge?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students prepare for the calculus concepts of limits by examining sequences that converge and diverge. By using an Excel program that generates sequences, students manipulate the starting number, multiplier and add-on values, and examine...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Functions: Domain, Range, End Behavior, Increasing or Decreasing

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Examine key features of various functions through exploration. A comprehensive lesson has learners describe the domain, range, end behavior and increasing/decreasing intervals of various functions. Function types include linear,...
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Activity
PBL Pathways

Students and Teachers 2

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Examine trends in student-to-teacher ratios over time. Building from the first task in the two-part series, classes now explore the pattern of student-to-teacher ratios using a non-linear function. After trying to connect the pattern to...
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Activity
PBL Pathways

Doctors and Nurses

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
How many nurses does it take to support one doctor? A project-based activity asks learners to analyze state data to answer this question. Classes create polynomial functions from the data of doctors and nurses over a seven-year period....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Fractals: Geometric Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of fractals. In this fractals instructional activity, students discuss Sierpinski's Triangle using an applet. Students discuss the patterns involved with fractals. Students discuss the area of Sierpinski's...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 8

For Students 6th - 8th
For this math worksheet, students consider the harmonic series. They assume that the sums move towards infinity and that they are divergent.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the concept of Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets. In this Mandelbrot and Julia set lesson, students use a function integrator applet to investigate two-variable function iterations. Students use Julia set and Mandelbrot set...
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Curated OER

Calculus

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students make an inquiry with the aid of technology into the concept of functions. The emphasis of the lesson is on the interplay between the geometric and analytic information.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Fractals

For Teachers All
Students build a working definition of regular fractal, look carefully at the concepts of dimension and scale, and are introduced to logarithms. They solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error and using...