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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Fresh Air and Parabolas
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson examines a plane crash, and gets students to try to find the location of various pieces of wreckage. This is done using parametric equations which form a parabolic trajectory....
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Texas Instruments: Vectors and Projectile Motion on the Ti 89
Students will study various properties of projectile motion by showing how the calculator manipulates three dimensional vectors, deriving the standard equations of motion for projectile motion, and applying these equations to 1st and 2nd...
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Texas Instruments: Powers and Roots of Complex Numbers
Complex numbers can be represented graphically using parametric equations. The roots of complex numbers, including the roots of unity, can be represented graphically using De Moivre's theorem and parametric equations.
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Texas Instruments: Motion of Related Objects
This activity introduces the concept of related rates with parametric equations using a projectile motion problem.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Great Escape
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this activity introduces students to the concept of parametric equations. Using such equations, students model (on their graphing calculator) a scenario which questions whether a vehicle...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Trawling for an Intersection
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is designed to draw a connection between polar and parametric equations, as well as to expose students to the Trawler Problem (involving a fast boat chasing a slower boat which...
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Curvas Y Superficies
In Spanish. This unit extends the model of Cartesian representation to three dimensional. You will be able to study interactively some curves and surfaces in space, its parametric and implicit equations.
Other
Gobierno De Navarra: Cicloides Y Trocoides
This unit shows the graph of a polar equation and gives several pretty graphed examples. It shows the difference in the graphs just by varying a constant value.
Johan Claeys
Math Abundance: The Parabola
Defines parabolas, their properties, gives parametric equations, tangent line in a point D of a parabola, etc.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Calculus Ii: Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
The resource examines parametric equations and polar coordinates. Topics investigated are parametric curves, area with parametric equations, arc length with polar coordinates, and surface area with polar coordinates. Class notes,...
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs Season 2 "Convergence" Where Is the Bullet?
Charlie uses parametric equations of projectile motion to figure out where to look for a fired bullet in the "Convergence" episode of the show NUMB3RS. The lesson plan includes a student page complete with keystroke instructions for the...
Johan Claeys
Math Abundance: The Hyperbola
Great Site! Defines Hyperbola, gives the parametric equation, etc.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Jump!!! An Exploration Into Parametric Equations
Students will use vectors and parametric equations to determine the velocity that they should jump out of the window of a burning building in order to land safely into the rescue net. They will work in small groups and utilize graphing...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Precalculus Concepts 2.0
A complete high school Precalculus Concepts course. Includes 'Related Modalities' for each lesson that teach the same concept in different ways. The text materials follows Algebra II and comes before Calculus or Statistics. The content...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Parametric Graph It
This activity allows the user to plot ordered pairs and parametric equations on the same coordinate plane.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Families of Parametric Equations
This site gives an example of parametric equations. The site also gives an animation of how the curve is drawn. Requires the use of Live-Math plug-in, which is free.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Math 116 Lecture Notes
This site from the Richland Community College provides the detailed lecture notes to a college algebra course, complete with equations and definitions. Content ranges from "functions and their graphs" to "conics and parametric equations."
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Parametric Equations
Read a short explanation of parametric equations and how they differ from other kinds. Also provides a diagram and a bibliography.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Parametric Equations
This is a discussion of how to graph parametric equations, how to enter them into your calculator, and how to eliminate the parameter. The site has examples to help clarify the concept of eliminating the parameter.
Other
Lake Tahoe Community College: Parmetric Equations
Parmametric equations are explained by finding the parametric equation of a line giving two points on a line.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Parametric Equations 1 [Pdf]
Students explore the graph of a line given by a parametric equation. Topics explored are the orientation and coordinates of the equation. The exercise consists of an enlarged printable version of a graph available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Parametric Equations 2 [Pdf]
Students explore the graph of a line given by a parametric equation. Topics explored are the orientation and coordinates of the equation. The exercise consists of an enlarged printable version of a graph available in PDF format.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Parametric Equations and Further Graphing
[Free Registration/Login Required] Excellent diagrams, including the Ferris wheel, depict parametric equations and their related graphs.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Parametric Equations and Projectile Motion
Six problems offer practice working with parametric equations and projectile motion. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution"...