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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Dialing Ben
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students try to discover if there has been a significant change in cell phone use over the course of ten days. If so, this "change point" can be detected by creating a line of...
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Texas Instruments: Linear Functions: Slope as Rate of Change
Students learn to associate the slope of a straight line with a constant rate of change. They also learn to calculate the rate of change from data points on a line, using the correct units. Students also learn to read from a linear...
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Polar Coordinates
This site, which is provided for by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, shows you how to graph polar coordinates on a TI-85.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Great Escape
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity introduces students to the concept of parametric equations. Using such equations, students model (on their graphing calculator) a scenario which questions whether a vehicle...
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Polar Coordinates
This site from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville shows how to graph a polar equation on a TI-86 Graphing Calculator.