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Linear Systems: Column Space and Nullspace of a Matrix

For Students Higher Ed
In this matrix worksheet, students find the column space and nullspace of a matrix. They give examples of vectors. This two-page worksheet contains four problems.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: AL-CAN Highway Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
Students write and solve equations converting between metric and standard measurement as they travel southeast on the Al-Can Highway.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Tourist and Traveler Information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work with monetary exchange rates and the metric system as they simulate working to help tourists travel through Canada to Alaska.
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Count the Differences

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students determine the degree of polynomials.  In this determining the degree of polynomials lesson, students find the difference between consecutive y-values.  Students find the degree of a linear, quadratic, and cubic function by this...
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Shopping Spree

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine currency by completing monetary equations.  In this economics lesson plan, 6th graders participate in a numbers experiment where they roll a die and earn money based on their roll.  Students compete for their...
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Representing Constraints

For Teachers 8th - 10th
What are constraints and how can they be represented mathematically? This instructional slideshow provides an explanation and an example of how to translate constraints into algebraic inequalities.
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Teach Engineering

Sliders (for High School)

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Slip sliding away. Groups investigates the two types of friction by running an experiment that allows them to calculate the coefficient of static friction and the coefficient of kinetic friction. The experiment uses a box, a basket, and...
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NASA

Exercising in Space

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using the CEVIS space bike as a context, groups work together to calculate the settings required for astronauts to reach their necessary exercise. Pupils calculate the prescribed exercise settings and complete the last section, which can...
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Cornell University

Predicting Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Prove the Law of Conservation of Mass through a lab investigation. A well-designed lesson asks groups to combine materials and monitor indicators for chemical reactions. Measuring the mass of the reactants and products allows individuals...
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Unit 2: Global to Local: Understanding My Place in the Hydrosphere

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What does the ground around your home have to do with water pollution? Young ecologists learn about their local watershed and create their own cause-and-effect models of the hydrosphere.
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Baseball Jerseys

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Batter up! As an assessment task, learners write linear functions to model the cost of baseball jerseys. They then determine which of two companies would charge a cheaper rate to buy baseball jerseys.
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PBL Pathways

Medical Insurance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Design a plan for finding the best health insurance for your money. Learners compare two health plans by writing and graphing piecewise functions representing the plan rules. Using Excel software, they create a technical report...
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Assessment
Mathematics Assessment Project

Printing Tickets

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
That's the ticket! Pupils write and investigate two linear functions representing the cost of printing tickets. Individuals then determine which of two printing companies would be a better buy.
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Teach Engineering

Energy and the Pogo Stick

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Let your class bounce to examine the concept elastic potential energy. Individuals bounce on a pogo stick in order to calculate its elastic potential energy. Groups then compare the elastic potential energy to the gravitational potential...
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Lesson Plan
Teach Engineering

Doing the Math: Analysis of Forces in a Truss Bridge

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Join together to investigate truss joints. Scholars learn how to analyze forces at truss joints to determine the strength of truss bridges. They apply the "method of joints" in calculating the tension and compression forces at each joint...
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More on Least Squares

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this least squares instructional activity, students solve 3 different problems that include determining the least squares of equations. First, they use the data given in the table to write out the normal equations a system of 2...
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Don't Let Parabolas Throw You

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify relation, function, patterns and range. In this algebra lesson, students factor and graph quadratic equations. They use transformation to move the parabola around and make predictions.
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Exploring Quadratic Graphs

For Students 8th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve quadratic equations. They factor and graph their solutions. There are 5 questions with an answer key.
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Wacky Water World: Student Worksheet

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students will work alone or in pairs to determine which theme park ticket package is a better deal. Students will use data provided in the worksheet and a graphing calculator to make the decision.
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Full Multi-Digit Division Word Problems

For Students 4th - 7th
In this full multi-digit division word problems worksheet, students examine, analyze and determine how to solve division word problems with multi-digit divisors and quotients.
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H2O in Us

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discover through this activity that all organisms are composed of water. They find that 70 percent of their bodies are made up of water that is in thier cells and blood, and not free-flowing throughout their body.
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Elimination with Multiplication

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars solve equations using linear combination. In this algebra instructional activity, students solve a system by checking if a given pair of coordinates are solution to the system. They solve the system using elimination, and...
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Worksheet
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WS 10.10 Salts and Buffers

For Students 10th - 12th
In this salts and buffers activity, students answer five questions about the acids and bases that form salts as well as the equations for a buffer system.
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Worksheet
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Black Holes....II

For Students 8th - 10th
In this black hole worksheet, students use the equation for time dilation to solve 8 problems including determining the time it takes to receive a GPS signal from space, the time delay for the GPS-Earth system, the distance a radio...

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