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Analyzing Cubes
In this analyzing cubes learning exercise, 9th graders solve and complete 6 different types of problems. First, they organize the given data into the table provided. Then, students study the patterns in the table and tell whether the...
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Investing
Young scholars collect data on investments and draw conclusions. In this algebra lesson, students analyze exponential graphs as they relate to money. They discuss the cause of an account balance being high or low.
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Absolute Value of Linear Functions
Students identify and interpret how absolute value affects linear functions. They also graph linear functions and reflect them in a line of symmetry. Finally, students evaluate the absolute value of a constant using technology to...
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Road Trip
Help plan a road trip with linear equations. Scholars consider two different rental car companies and write equations representing the cost for each company. They graph the system of equations to determine the conditions under which each...
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Mathematics Module
Delve into graphing! The concepts covered begin with basic graphing basic coordinates and algebraic expressions on coordinate planes, and build up to graphing linear inequalities and equations. Learners solve and simplify various...
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Taxi!
Your young taxi drivers evaluate and articulate the reasoning behind statements in a conceptual task involving linear data. The given data table of distances traveled and the resulting fare in dollars is used by learners to explore...
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Quadratics: Polynomial Form
Throught this subscription-based sight, learners explore different aspects of the parabola by changing equations from standard to vertex form. Next, find the general form of the vextex based on the values of a, b, and c, and investigate...
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US Garbage, Version 1
An interesting example of a discrete function and how it is applies to the real world. This could easily make a good collaborative lesson with an environmental science class. Practice reading a table and drawing a scatter plot make up...
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Who's got the fastest legs?
Students use a stopwatch to collect information for a scatterplot. For this fastest legs lessons, students collect data through the taking of measurements, create and find a median number. Students develop an equation and...
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Which Method Will You Choose? Finding Solutions to Systems of Equations.
Ninth graders investigate systems of linear equations. In this Algebra I lesson, 9th graders determine which method is the best for solving a systems: graphing, substitution, or elimination. Students choose...
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Let's Play Ball with Families of Graphs
Learners explore quadratic equations in this Algebra II lesson. They investigate families of quadratic functions by graphing the parent function and family members on the same graph. Additionally, they write the equation of the parabola...
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Graphing With RXTE
High schoolers use data from the Rossi X-ray Tiiming Explorer (RXTE) satellite to analyze and graph.
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Lessen the Loan
Middle-schoolers explore the concept linear equations. They use the internet to navigate through videos and problems. Pupils problem solve to determine rates of change, slope, and x and y-intercepts.
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Graphing Data from the Chemistry Laboratory
Students graph and analyze data using a spreadsheet.
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Linear Regression on TI-82
In this linear regression worksheet, students graph linear regression problems using the TI-82 calculator. Instructions for using the calculator are provided. This two-page worksheet contains six problems.
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Relating Distance and Velocity Over Time
Students calculate the distance and velocity over time. In this algebra activity, students graph a linear function to represent the distance vers time travel. They interpret their graphs and draw conclusion.
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Atlatl Lesson Grades 4-12
Tenth graders explore the weapons of the Aboriginal people. In this tenth grade mathematics lesson, 10th graders investigate how throwing with an atlatl increase the speed of the dart as it is thrown. Students calculate the speed for...
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Exponential and Exponents Functions
Students solve problems using exponential properties. In this algebra lesson plan, students differentiate between exponents, exponential and log functions. They graph their functions using table and exponents.
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Plotting Phenology
Finally, a worksheet that involves more than filling in some blanks. Your budding ecologists must graph and analyze three sets of data, then synthesize the information as they think about the impacts of plant reproduction on insects and...
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Why Doesn't My New Shirt Fit?
Students test Leonardo da Vinci's view of the human body by measuring various body parts using a tape measure. They create a data table and a scatter plot and then analyze and interpret the results using a graphing calculator.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns
Learners discover patterns in linear equations by playing a dice game to collect data. They graph the data and analyze the patterns of the lines created by the data. The class then compares the individual graphs to evaluate the position...
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Forces and Graphing
Students analyze graphs to determine relationships between variables and rates of change. They determine the basic concepts about static reaction forces. They determine the slope and equation of a line.
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Wrapping It All Up
Through learning how to examine linear, quadratic, and exponential functions, high schoolers explore the effects of changes in parameters on the graphs of linear, quadratic, and exponential functions. The lesson is designed to be a...
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Linear Equations and Cell Phone Plans
Students calculate the amount of minutes they get charged for each month. In this algebra instructional activity, students relate linear equations to talking on the phone and the cost to do so. They create graph to plot the cost and...