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Matrix Madness!!
Perform operations to add, subtract, multiply and divide matrices. Then solve problems with vectors using matrices. A three day lesson: Matrix Madness, Mystical Matrices, and Decode the Encode. The last lesson has prizes that the class...
Gatton Park
Magical Maths
A variety of activities take scholars outside the classroom to explore shapes, symmetry, measurement, patterns, sorting, and time in nature. Learners participate individually, and in teams, to measure found objects, go on a scavenger...
Mathematics Assessment Project
Designing a 3d Product in 2d: a Sports Bag
Sew up pupil interest with an engaging, hands-on instructional activity. Learners first design a sports bag given constraints on the dimensions of fabric. They then evaluate provided sample responses to identify strengths and weaknesses...
Willow Tree
Line Graphs
Some data just doesn't follow a straight path. Learners use line graphs to represent data that changes over time. They use the graphs to analyze the data and make conclusions.
Exploratorium
Measuring and Mapping the Playground
The school playground is a great place to learn about math. Pupils measure the dimensions of a playground using baby steps and individual strides. They use their measurements to create a scale drawing of the playground by applying an...
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Exploring Trigonometric Ratios
Students calculate the different ratios using a right triangle. In this trigonometry lesson, students identify the sine, cosine and tangent of each side. They find the missing angles using the different ratios.
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Exploring Trigonometric Functions
Students are introduced to the characteristics of trigonometric functions. In groups, they analyze graphs of sine and cosine to determine the lengths of a triangle. They compare and contrast the graphical and numerical characteristics...
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Trigonometric Functions of Special Angles
Students explore the concept of the six trigonometric functions, places where the functions can be utilized, and apply these functions to several electrical application problems.
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Investigating Transformations
In this trigonometry instructional activity, students investigate the transformations that can occur to the basic trigonometric functions. The thirteen page instructional activity contains explanation, examples, and forty-seven...
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Ten Trigonometric Review Problems - Calculator Required
In this trigonometry review activity, students convert between radians and degrees, sketch angles, evaluate trig. functions, solve for missing angles, and find the functions that satisfy the given conditions.
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Making and Describing Shapes
Explore the concept of creating and describing 2D and 3D shapes. Using geometry your scholars will describe the attributes of shapes and their properties. They explore and discover what happens when you combine shapes and then take...
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Transformational Geometry Using the Geometer's Sketchpad
Students complete a webquest on the various types of symmetry. Using a computer, they explore the concepts of transformational geometry and identify points, segments, lines and planes. They experiment with the rotation of a quadrilateral...
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CEENBoT Pictionary
Define and review math vocabulary. Use the CEENBoT to draw pictures that represent each vocabulary word. Pupils work in groups to play math pictionary.
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Worksheet 36
In this math worksheet students find the solution u(x,y) of Laplace's equation in a given rectangle with specified boundaries. Students use the chain rule to compute values for a function and relate this answer to Laplace's equation....
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Volume and Surface Area
Young scholars explore volume and surface area. In this math instructional activity, students fill boxes with cubes to identify the volume of the boxes. Young scholars discuss area.
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Area
Learners solve problems involving area. In this geometry activity, students calculate the area of an object and relate it to the area of the ocean. They define what exactly and area is and then solve problems relating to the real world.
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Radian Measure
In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus worksheet, students explore radian measure of an angle and convert between degree and radian measure. The seven page worksheet contains explanation, examples, and nineteen multi-part problems. Answers are...
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Triangle Inequality Theorem
High schoolers investigate the relationship between angle measures and sides of a triangle and the relationships among the three sides of a triangle. The use of technology (Cabri, Jr.) allows learners to make and test conjectures as they...
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Volume and Surface Area of Polyhedrea
In this volume and surface area worksheet, learners use given formulas to determine the volume and area of polyhedrea. This four-page worksheet contains examples, explanations and 32 problems. Answers are provided on the fourth page.
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Comparing Area and Perimeter
Students solve problems by finding the perimeter and area of an enclosed area. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between the area and the perimeter. They see how they relate and how to use it to maximize an enclosed area.
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The Value of Volume
Students measure the perimeter and area of their polygons. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the volume and area using the correct tools. They calculate the time and temperature and the perimeter and side lengths of triangles.
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Basic Compass and Ruler Construction: Line Segment
In this construction instructional activity, students utilize a compass and a ruler to reconstruct a line segment and to combine two line segments together in 2 questions.
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Geometrically Artistic/Artistically Geomtric
Students identify the two-dimensional geometric shapes Lowrey utilized in the painting Untitled. Students compare the two-dimensional shapes in terms of equivalent fractions, congruency, symmetry and asymmetry. Students create their own...
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Using the Distance Formula
In this distance formula worksheet, students solve and complete 30 various types of problems. First, they find the exact distance between each pair of points and make a sketch of the situation. Then, students find the center, horizontal...