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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Water Fountain

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Thorough instructions are given to guide you through making a demonstration hydraulic pump from two plastic soda bottles. After using the resource to teach your class about Pascal's and Bernoulli's principles, turn them loose in groups...
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Teach Engineering

Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Amaze your scholars with an activity that uses a Cartesian diver to demonstrate Pascal's Law, Archimedes' Principle, and the Ideal Gas Law. Groups then repeat the process and make their own diver move up and down in a bottle.
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Curated OER

Mathematical Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The hunt is on! Young mathematicians follow clues and complete a series of ten math puzzles as they try to crack Dr. Integer's code and find the location of his hidden treasure.
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D-Day Normandy 1944

D-Day Normandy 1944

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
No study of World War II would be complete without an in-depth examination of the events of June 6, 1944. Pascal Vuong's D-Day Normandy:1944, is the perfect vehicle to convey the sheer magnitude of the events that have been called...
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Teach Engineering

Above-Ground Storage Tank Design Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The challenge: determine whether a tank will float. A design activity has groups work as engineering teams in order to determine the stability of given tanks and liquid contents. The teams need to determine the equations to...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Exploring Pascal's Triangle

For Students K - 1st
Every grade level can learn from Pascal's Triangle, and this site helps make it possible. There are explanations, examples, exercises and printable worksheets available.
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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: The Pascal Programming Language

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of the Pascal programming language, including history and sample programs.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Pascal's Triangle and the Ice Cream Cones

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math explains how Pascal's triangle can be used to determine the possible combinations of ice cream cones that can be made with different numbers of flavors. His response also includes an explanation using combination functions.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Pascal's Triangle and Binomial Expansions

For Students 9th - 10th
This Math Forum author shows how combinations can be used to identify the pattern in Pascal's Triangle.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from MathWorld provides great information on Pascal's Triangle. Links are provided throughout for additional information, along with several helpful charts and formulas. This is a good site to check out on the subject.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Expanding Binomials and Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Math Forum site explains how expanding binomials relates to Pascal's Triangle.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Binomial Formula: Its Expansion Using Pascal's

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set of questions pertains to the binomial formula and Pascal's triangle. Students will find terms of an expansion and investigate combinations. Questions are short answer, true/false, and multiple-choice; solutions are included.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Coloring Remainders in Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity the student will identify number patterns formed in Pascal's triangle when coloring remainders.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Nineteen problems present a variety of practice working with Pascal's Triangle and Binomial Theorem. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed explanation of Pascal's trianlge, with lots of examples and patterns described.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Pascal's Triangle

For Students 3rd - 8th
You will find the triangular numbers in Pascal's triangle.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
Students can find all sorts of number patterns in Pascal's Triangle.
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Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa

Red Escolar: El Triangulo De Pascal

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Find out about the life of Blaise Pascal who discovered the famous Pascal triangle. Use their interactive activities to learn how to fill out the Pascal triangle.
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Other

Math Pages: Polynomials From Pascal's Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Math Pages contains relevant information regarding polynomials from Pascal's Triangle. The information is in-depth and a good knowledge of the subject is advised for better understanding.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cartesian Diver

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe Pascal's law, Archimedes' principle, and the ideal gas law as a Cartesian diver moves within a closed system.
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Harvey Mudd College

Mudd Math Fun Facts: Pascal's Triangle

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This tutorial defines and and demonstrates Pascal's triangle.
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Fundación Cientec

Fractales en Su Aula

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson plans and activities available in Spanish dealing with fractals. Some are also available in English. Activities are step by step and easy to understand. Included topics are the Koch Snowflake, Sierpinski's triangle, and Pascal's...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Under Pressure

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students learn about Pascal's law, an important concept behind the engineering of dam and lock systems, such as the one that Thirsty County wants Splash Engineering to design for the Birdseye River (an ongoing hypothetical engineering...
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Expanding Binomials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides discussion on binomial expansion. Works through an example of this concept and provides example problems.

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