Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Graphing Conic Sections: Hyperbolas

For Students 9th - 10th
Given an equation, the student will use parameter changes to graph a hyperbola and to identify the changes in the graph of a hyperbola.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A fairly comprehensive look at various types of conic sections is presented. Most of the information is presented as introductory, with an emphasis on terminology. Through an understanding of the terminology, one can understand the...
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Hotmath provides 26 practice problems relating to conic sections. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their conic.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Geometry: 10.1 Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The conic sections are the cross-sections of a double-napped cone. Depending on the angle of the plane with respect to the cone, a conic section may be a circle, an ellipse, a parabola, or a hyperbola.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Conic Sections

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These questions ask students to write the equations of conic sections given a variety of information. Students are also asked to find the foci of an ellipse and the asymptotes of a hyperbola. Solutions and explanations are included.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: General Forms of Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students review the general forms of conic section equations, identifying conic sections from their equations. Students examine guided notes, review...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Conic Sections: Discovering the Degenerates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through a mixture of online exploration, and teacher instruction, students will discover how the degenerate forms of the conic sections are formed and will be able to identify the degenerate case of each conic section.
Graphic
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Alpha: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource consists of a geometry animation that shows conic sections.
Activity
Other

Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This animated tutorial gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
Activity
Other

Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Mathworld: Conic Section Directrix

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains how the directrix relates to the three conic sections: parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes a definition, formulas, and links to related topics.
Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Uses of Conics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Wondering who uses conics and where they occur in our lives? Dr. Math provides some answers to how math concepts involving conic sections, perabolas, hyperbolas, and ellipses are applied practically.
Activity
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Conic Flyer

For Students 9th - 10th
"This applet allows the user to create graphs of conic sections. Using slider bars, one can manipulate the function to change the constant values and view the effects of those changes."
Handout
Math Words

Math words.com: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Examples of conic sections are given and the equation for their standard form is also given.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: General Forms of Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers changing a general second-degree equation into the standard form of a parabola, ellipse, circle or hyperbola. Students examine guided notes,...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Conic Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This Learn Check file is a review of writing conic sections given the graph of a conic section. Students are asked to use the graphs to write the equations for a ellipse, circle, parabola, and hyperbola.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students can investigate the graphs of conic sections in standard form. Cirlce, ellipse, and hyperbola graphs are included.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Conics and Reflection

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students investigate the reflective properties of the parabola, the ellipse, and the hyperbola. They will look at applications that relate to both the collection of incoming signals and signals that are emitted from a source and...
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Hyperbola

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a vast amount of information relating to the hyperbola, including the definition of a hyperbola, equations in various systems, including polar, and many important characteristics of hyperbolas. Site also provides many...
Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Plots and Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides descriptions and helpful hints regarding conic sections - circles, parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas. Content also includes interactive problem solvers complete with a full analysis of the math behind the answer.
Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas: Esferas De Dandelin

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Conics are planar curves obtained by intersecting a cone with a plane. In this unit you will be able to visually interactively the different conic sections.
Activity
Other

Gobierno De Navarra: Estudio De Las Conicas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about conics sections with these interactive activities.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Hyperbolas and Asymptotes

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students learn about the asymptotes of hyperbolas. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Hyperbola Equations and the Focal Property

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn by exploring the focal property and graphing hyperbolas. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...