Virtual Salt
Virtual Salt: Word Roots and Prefixes
At this website, there is a large chart that "Contains some of the common roots and prefixes that make up the building blocks of numerous English words." Columns for roots/prefixes, meanings, and examples are included.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Word Problems Equations With Fractions
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly shows how to solve word problems in which the derived equation has fractions involved. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Quadratic Word Problems: Projectile Motion
Launching a rocket up into the air, throwing a textbook down off a rooftop, or tossing a baseball out to someone in center field are all examples of projectile motion and quadratic word problems. Situations like these are explored here,...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Finding the Roots of a Cubic Equation Math History
In this Derive activity, students understand how the software solves cubic equations and relate it to contributions made by del Ferro, Tartaglia, and Cardan in finding the method of solving cubic equations.
Able Media
Ctc Web: Latin Derivatives Exercises
These teacher-created exercises use amusing stories chock full of Latin derivatives to help students connect ancient and modern languages. Unfortunately, there is no key.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Quadratic Equation
This MathWorld site shows how to derive the quadratic formula.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: That's Greek
[Free Registration/Login Required] Did you know that at least half of the words in the English language are derived from Greek and Latin roots? Students use these roots to grasp meaning of words before looking them up in the dictionary....
Get It Write
Get It Write: Criteria, Media, and Memorandums
Do you know when to use "criteria" and when to use "criterion?" What about "media" and "medium?" The correct singular and plural usage of these words can cause confusion. This site gives a good explanation of how to use these words...
Other
The Phrase Finder: Home Page
"A professional writers' resource from The Phrase Finder for generating ideas for headlines, advertising copy, song lyrics, etc." Just type your word and the phrase finder will find a phrase to match it. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cubic, Zeros and Tangents
In this Computer Algebra System (CAS) activity, students use CAS to prove a theorem regarding cubic functions, their zeros [roots], and tangents to the curves.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Newton's Method
This lesson provides an example demonstrating the iterative method of finding the roots of a function using derivatives.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Quadratic Formula
This presentation of the quadratic equation includes a discussion on the discriminant and a derivation of the quadratic formula.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Rolle's Theorem
MathWorld provides a brief description of the Rolle's Theorem. Click on any of the highlighted words to further understand the material.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Week of 6 27 16: Summer Solstice and Strawberry Moon a Perfect Day!
Today, June 20, happens to be the first day of summer or summer "solstice." Derived from the Latin words "sol" for "sun" and "sisto" for "stop," it is the day when the North Pole is most inclined towards the sun. As a result, residents...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: What Is an Illuminated Manuscript?
Before the invention of the printing press in Europe around 1455, all books were handwritten and decorated. The word manuscript is derived from the Latin words manus (hand) and scriptus, from scribere (to write). Illuminated, from the...
Other
Rev. Ken Collins: The Season of Easter
This site discusses the Easter season and details how it is celebrated by Christians worldwide. It includes information on the biblical account of the first Easter, derivation of the word "easter," and a method to determine the day on...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Tropical Forest Foragers
The term "tropical-forest foragers," or "pygmies," refers to ethno-linguistically diverse peoples distributed across the forested regions of Central Africa who are particularly short in stature and who traditionally have lived by...
Other
Wordsmyth: The Educational Dictionary Thesaurus
This site not only is a dictionary and a thesaurus, but it also has brain teasers and games.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Oregon, 1898
A map from 1898 of Oregon showing the capital of Salem, principal cities and towns, railroads, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. "Oregon, name derived from Spanish word signifying 'Wild Thyme,’ so called on account...
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Aswan
Aswan is the southernmost town in Egypt. Its name was derived from the Ancient Egyptian word Swn, which means "market", "to trade" or "trading."
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Assiut
Assiut was the capital of the thirteenth province of Upper Egypt in Pharaonic Egypt. The name Assiut is derived from the ancient Egyptian word Sawit, "the protectorate".
Curated OER
Eternal Egypt: Naophorous Statue
A statue that actually consists of two statues; the first is a kneeling man presenting the second one, which represents Osiris, the god of the dead. The term "naophorous statue" is derived from the word "naos" which means "shrine" in...