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Texas Gateway: Solving Quadratic Equations Using Algebraic Methods

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a quadratic equation, the student will solve the equation by factoring, completing the square, or by using the quadratic formula.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Quadratic Equations Using Concrete Models

For Students 9th - 10th
Given a quadratic equation, the student will use tiles to factor and solve the equation.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Quadratic Equations Using Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Given a quadratic equation, the student will use graphical methods to solve the equation.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations Using Elimination

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a system of two equations where at least one of the equations is linear, the student will solve the system using the algebraic method of elimination.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations Using Matrices

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a system of up to three linear equations, the student will solve the system using matrices with technology.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations Using Substitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a system of two equations where at least one of the equations is linear, the student will solve the system using the algebraic method of substitution.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations With Algebraic Methods

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given verbal and/or algebraic descriptions of situations involving systems of two-variable linear equations, the student will solve the system of equations by different methods.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations With Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given verbal and/or algebraic descriptions of situations involving systems of linear equations, the student will solve the system of equations using graphs. Incorporates GeoGebra applets.
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Texas Gateway: Solving Systems of Equations With Three Variables

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a system of three linear equations, the student will solve the system with a unique solution.
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Texas Gateway: Transformations of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given an exponential or logarithmic function, the student will describe the effects of parameter changes.
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Texas Gateway: Using Geometric Concepts and Properties to Solve Problems

For Students 6th - 8th
Given pictorial representations, the student will use geometric concepts and properties to solve problems from art and architecture.
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Texas Gateway: Using Inductive Reasoning to Formulate Conjectures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students will practice identifying the converse, inverse, and contrapositive of conditional statements.
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Texas Gateway: Using Logical Reasoning to Prove Conjectures About Quadrilaterals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given conjectures about quadrilaterals, the student will use deductive reasoning and counter examples to prove or disprove the conjectures.
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Texas Gateway: Using Models to Connect to and Understand Volume Formulas

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] The student will use models to develop formulas and connect them to the volume of prisms, spheres, cylinders, pyramids, and cones.
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Texas Gateway: Using the Laws of Exponents to Solve Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Given problem situations involving exponents, the student will use the laws of exponents to solve the problems.
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Texas Gateway: Using the Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 9th - 10th
The student will use triangle relationships to prove the Pythagorean Theorem and solve problems.
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Texas Gateway: Using the Pythagorean Theorem to Solve Indirect Measurements

For Students 7th - 9th
Given real-life problems, the student will use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve the problems.
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Texas Gateway: Writing Equations of Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
Given two points, the slope and a point, or the slope and the y-intercept, the student will write linear equations in two variables.
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Texas Gateway: Writing Geometric Relationships

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Given information in a geometric context, students will be able to use informal arguments to establish facts about the angle sum and exterior angle of triangles, the angles created when parallel lines are cut by a transversal, and the...
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Texas Gateway: Writing the Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive

For Students 9th - 10th
Given a conditional statement, the student will write its converse, inverse, and contrapositive.
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Texas Gateway: Conservative Resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s

For Students 9th - 10th
Given information about social issues throughout U.S. history, students will describe the causes and effects of significant societal issues.
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Texas Gateway: Exploration and Colonization of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Given short summaries about the reasons for European exploration and colonization of North America, students will compare English and Spanish settlements in the New World.
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Texas Gateway: Origins of the Progressive Era

For Students 9th - 10th
Given broad categories that describe the major goals of the progressive movement and general information about selected issues of the late 1800's/early 1900's, students will categorize the issues according to corresponding progressive...
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Texas Gateway: The Civil Rights Movement and Voting Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Given the voting rights amendments, students will create an annotated time line that illustrates how voting rights have been extended to various groups of people throughout the history of the United States.