Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: How to Use a Scientific Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents detailed explanation of how to use the different key functions on a scientific calculator. Each function is accompanied by example problems with the steps for finding the solutions using the calculator. Includes diagram of...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Square Pyramid Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th
Use this calculator to determine the volume, surface area, or other figure for a square pyramid, given the other numbers. Users set their parameters for two known variables of the pyramid and find what the unknown amounts would be.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Writing a Simple Calculator Program With Java Script

For Students 6th - 8th
This is a good first-time programming project. You'll learn how to use JavaScript to create a basic calculator program that you can run in your Web browser.
Lesson Plan
BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Calculating Exponential Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Disease is a breakdown in structures or functions of an organism. Some diseases are the result of damage by infection by other organisms. In this activity learners read an essay, "It's All in the Numbers," about the rapid spread of HIV...
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Other

Mainland Aggregates, Ltd: Many Uses of Sand

For Students 9th - 10th
This infographic includes a calculation for how many grains of sand are on the Earth. It discusses what sand is, its history of use by humans, and its many uses in modern times.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Three Dimensional Distance Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Right Triangles Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this calculator to find the unknown angles in a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. Once you know the sides you can calculate the perimeter, semiperimeter, area, and the altitudes.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Rectangle Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator if you know 2 values for the rectangle, including 1 side length, along with area, perimeter, or diagonals and you can calculate the other 3 rectangle variables. A square calculator is a special case of the rectangle...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Regular Polygon Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this calculator to calculate properties of a regular polygon. Enter any 1 variable plus the number of sides or the polygon name. Calculates side length, inradius, circumradius, area, and perimeter.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Inflation Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to find the equivalent buying power over time for an amount in US dollars.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Golden Ratio Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to find values that satisfy the golden ratio where (A+B):A = A:B. Enter any ratio term to calculate the missing golden ratio values. The answer also includes two additional, equivalent sets of golden ratio terms based...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Scientific Notation Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to add, subtract, multiply and divide numbers in scientific notation, E notation, or engineering notation. Answers are provided in three formats: scientific notation, E notation, and engineering notation.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Calculating Simple Interest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do banks calculate the amount of interest paid on a loan? In this lesson, students will view a Livescribe Pencast to learn how to find the dollar amount in interest that is due at maturity. This lesson uses different time periods...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: A Trip Through Space to Calculate Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
Imagine two aliens racing across outer space to their moon. Who can we deem the fastest alien? With DIRT- or the equation Distance = Rate x Time- we can calculate their rates, using the distance they traveled and the time they took....
Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Using Area as an Architect (Stations Day 1)

For Teachers 3rd Standards
In this multi-day activity, 3rd graders make 3 different models of an orphanage floor plan using Google Drawing, Virtual Graph paper, and a construction of rectilinear shapes, to calculate the area of each room using units square.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Stoichiometric Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Based on the balanced chemical equation, students will calculate the masses or moles of reactants or products generated in a given reaction. They will also convert...
Activity
Math.com

Computer Romanus: Roman Numeral Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a calculator that uses only Roman Numerals! There is also an explanation of the number symbols for reference.
Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Identifying Types of Correlation From a Graph and Calculator

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will identify different types of correlations graphically and by using the linear regression analysis obtained from a TI-84 Plus calculator. Students will also obtain and know the significance of a correlation coefficient as a...
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Calculating Current in Parallel Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Ohm's Law to calculate the current in parallel circuits.
Handout
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Solving Systems Using Addition or Subtraction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Three examples are used to demonstrate solving a system of linear equations algebraically using addition and subtraction. The examples cover different situations that occur with the coefficients of the variable terms. Includes several...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Solving Linear Systems Using Matrices and Technology

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers using a graphing calculator and matrices to solve a system of equations.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Calculating the Circumference of the Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this project, you will estimate the circumference of the earth, using a method developed about 2,200 years ago, by Eratosthenes, a Greek mathematician and the librarian of the great library at Alexandria, in Egypt.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Let's Go Shopping!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This lesson will give students practice with adding and subtracting money using a calculator. It will provide them an opportunity to determine savings using a store coupon, and determine the change they should recieve when making...
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Law of Cosines Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the law of cosines to calculate unknown angles or sides of a triangle. In order to calculate the unknown values, you must enter 3 known values.

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