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EngageNY

Using Linear Models in a Data Context

For Teachers 8th Standards
Practice using linear models to answer a question of interest. The 12th installment of a 16-part module combines many of the skills from previous lessons. It has scholars draw scatter plots and trend lines, develop linear models, and...
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EngageNY

Properties of Tangents

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You know about the tangent function, but what are tangent lines to a circle? Learners investigate properties of tangents through constructions. They determine that tangents are perpendicular to the radius at the point of tangency, and...
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EngageNY

Writing the Equation for a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Circles aren't functions, so how is it possible to write the equation for a circle? Pupils first develop the equation of a circle through application of the Pythagorean Theorem. The lesson then provides an exercise set for learners to...
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EngageNY

A Critical Look at Proportional Relationships

For Teachers 8th Standards
Use proportions to determine the travel distance in a given amount of time. The 10th installment in a series of 33 uses tables and descriptions to determine a person's constant speed. Using the constant speed, pupils write a linear...
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EngageNY

Constant Rate

For Teachers 8th Standards
Two-variable equations can express a constant rate situation. The lesson presents several constant rate problems. Pupils use the stated constant rate to create a linear equation, find values in a table, and graph the points. The resource...
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EngageNY

Linear Equations in Two Variables

For Teachers 8th Standards
Create tables of solutions of linear equations. A lesson plan has pupils determine solutions for two-variable equations using tables. The class members graph the points on a coordinate graph. 
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Texas Instruments

Drawing a Line Tangent to a Circle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore lines tangent to a circle. In this math lesson, high schoolers manipulate circles and lines on a TI calculator. They draw a circle  and analyze perpendicular lines intersecting the circle in only one place. This activity works...
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Curated OER

College Level Study Guide

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this study guide worksheet, students examine and complete questions that are similar to the college Accuplacer College Level Math test. This worksheet includes, but is not limited to, factoring and expanding polynomials, simplifying...
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Curated OER

Carbon 14 Dating

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Evaluating and analyzing exponential functions will help your archaeologists find the amount of Carbon 14 remaining in a plant in this real-life task centered on carbon dating. Learners will also be introduced to the concept of half-life.
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Curated OER

Illegal Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young fishermen learn about exponential function growth by interpreting the pieces of the given equation within the context of numbers of fish in a lake.
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EngageNY

Multiplying and Dividing Expressions with Radicals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
That's radical! Simplifying radicals may not be exciting, but it is an important skill. A math lesson provides explanations of properties used throughout the material. Scholars practice skills needed to multiply and divide radical...
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EngageNY

Are All Parabolas Congruent?

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Augment a unit on parabolas with an instructive math activity. Pupils graph parabolas by examining the relationship between the focus and directrix. 
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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Multiple Representations of Equations

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
class members first work through finding the equation, table of values, graph, and key features of a linear function expressed verbally. Individuals then work through several more problems given different representations.
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American Institutes for Research

Digital Smiles

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Explore metric measurement, recording data, and creating an electronic spreadsheet displaying results with your math class. Scholars will measure the length of their smiles, record the measurements, and represent the results on an...
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EngageNY

Solution Sets to Inequalities with Two Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What better way to learn graphing inequalities than through discovering your own method! Class members use a discovery approach to finding solutions to inequalities by following steps that lead them through the process and even include...
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Curated OER

Multi-dimensional Modeling of Ore Bodies Making Sense of Empirical Data

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Math scholars identify four different rock types in that strata and use this identification and data to construct a two dimensional geologic cross-section. They use data tables to construct a three-dimensional geologic cross-section.
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School District of Palm Beach County

Egyptian Hieroglyphs

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Humans have been developing number systems for thousands of years, and while they can be very different from one another, they can also share surprising similarities. Take your young mathematicians on a journey through the history of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Placing a Square Root on the Number Line

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
There are many ways to approach finding the rational approximation of an unknown square root. Here is a problem that will help math learners make a connection between square roots and their order on a number line. As usual, determine two...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Animal Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Assume all you know is that the variable Q represents a value that is bigger than the value represented by the variable P. Which is larger P + Q or 2P? The problems in this activity get more complex than that example, and they do a good...
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Project Maths

Introduction to Calculus

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Don't let your class's heart rates rise as you introduce them to differentiation ... an inquiry-based lesson helps them keep it in check! The second lesson in a three-part series asks learners to analyze the rate of change of different...
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Curated OER

Applying Properties to Variables

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders combine like terms in this properties of variables lesson. Using named items (stars, moons and hearts), they combine like terms using variables. They use the distributive property to combine like terms. Finally, they write...
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Mathalicious

Domino Effect

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Carryout the lesson to determine the cost of pizza toppings from a Domino's Pizza® website while creating a linear model. Learners look through real data—and even create their own pizza—to determine the cost of each topping. They explore...
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Curated OER

Worksheet 25

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students draw a graph of functions on a polar graphing system. They graph two functions by first plotting them on the vertical axis as a function of a given angle, then by plotting them at a radial distance from...
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Curated OER

Worksheet 20 - Derivatives

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this derivative worksheet, students solve functions, sketch the direction of the rate of change, and describe functions using polar coordinates. This two-page worksheet contains seven multi-step problems.

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