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Effects of Temperature, Deviation on Climate

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students collect and record data for a given city. They calculate standard deviation of temperature and analyze the impact of climate changes on a city's and culture.
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Supply and Demand

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students access a tutorial website entitled "Supply and Demand," and participate in interactive activities in the computer lab. They read two articles and complete a post test experience.
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Worksheet 17 Practice Exam

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students complete the practice exam that asks for the solution to the parametric equation. Also they name the perpendicular line in relation to it.
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Numerical Analysis: Polynomials

For Students Higher Ed
In this polynomial activity, students explore functions, determine the least square error, and explore quadratic spline interpolation. This two-page activity contains approximately six problems.
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PreCalculus: Final Examination

For Students 10th - 12th
In this final examination activity, students find the tangent function and sine function.  They graph problems on a polar coordinate.  Students describe trigonometric properties.  This twelve-page activity contains 80 problems.
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Limits

For Students Higher Ed
In this college level calculus worksheet, students evaluate limit and indicate any limit rules they apply.  If the limit does not exist they explain why. The two page worksheet contains seven problems. Answers are not provided. 
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Picasso's "The Dog"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students draw a dog. For this drawing lesson, students discover how to tap into their right brain dominance by sketching a picture upside down. Students draw a picture resembling Picasso's "The Dog".
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Black Holes

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore what black holes are and how gravity is associated with them.  In this space lesson students are given enough information to imagine a journey to a black hole. 
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Barrels, Casks and other Curvy Containers: Math, Geomety, Art

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners construct a barrel or other curvy container and then estimate and gauge its volume.
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Observing Bursts from an X-ray Burster

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students study the use of X-ray data to make size and energy estimates of the source and the processes occurring there. They use XTE observations of the object GRO 1744-28 to determine whether bursts occur periodically and the duration...