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Platonic Realms: Function
Resource provides an introduction to conics. A picture of each conic, the definition, and a brief discussion about the standard form of conic equations are given, along with encouragement to master conics.
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Platonic Realms: Conics
This resource provides in depth information on the conic sections. Click on the underlined words for definitions and diagrams.
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Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola
This site gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
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Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola
This animated tutorial gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Parabola
This is an excellent site on parabolas. Examples and formulas are given.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Conic Sections
Hotmath provides 26 practice problems relating to conic sections. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their conic.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Conics: Hyperbolas
A three-part tutorial that discusses the basic terms, definitions, and formulas related to hyperbolas.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Parabola
This is a brief instructional activity on the parabola. The instructional activity also has links to related topics.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Parabola Focal Point
Dr. Math discusses some of the "rules" of parabolas that are specific to the focal point.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Rotating Parabolas
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, shows how to derive the equation of a parabola for situations when the line of symmetry is not || to one of the axes.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Hyperbolas
A four-lesson tutorial on hyperbolas, the standard form for hyperbolic functions, and how to graph them. Includes a lesson quiz.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Conic Sections
These questions ask students to write the equations of conic sections given a variety of information. Students are also asked to find the foci of an ellipse and the asymptotes of a hyperbola. Solutions and explanations are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Conic Equations
This Learn Check file is a review of writing conic sections given the graph of a conic section. Students are asked to use the graphs to write the equations for a ellipse, circle, parabola, and hyperbola.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Conics
Three Learning Check documents on the various characteristics of parabolas, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas.
University of Michigan
Virtual Conics
You may have to download first, but the two VRML icons near the bottom of the page allow you to observe the plane intersecting the cone to form the conic. Controls are present to change the angle of the plane and your view of the...
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas
In Spanish. Learn more about the ellipse, hyperbola and the parabola with these interactive activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Las Conicas
In Spanish. Learn how to distinguish and draw each of the conic sections with these activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Las Conicas
In Spanish. Learn about each of the conic sections with these interactive activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Construccion Geometrica De Las Curvas Conicas
Learn to construct conic curves with these interactive activities.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas
Learn about the different conic sessions and try the different interactive exercises.
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Sierra College: Conics
Provides the locus of points, dominant axis and equation, discriminant, center, vertex, focus, directrix, and asymptotes for the parabola, the ellipse, and the hyperbola.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Conicas: Esferas De Dandelin
Conics are planar curves obtained by intersecting a cone with a plane. In this unit you will be able to visually interactively the different conic sections.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Lessons on Parabolas
Nine lessons on parabolas are presented here. The lessons progress from the basics of parabolas (definition, algebraic representation of parabolas) to more advanced topics (ie. tangents to parabolas, parabolas in polar form).
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Circles and Other Conics
Gives brief description and standard equations for the four conic sections. Includes pictures, examples, and practice problems.