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Other

Clemson University: Linear Thermal Expansion

For Students 9th - 10th
Clemson University offers an excellent site of linear thermal expansion lab. Includes experiment, images, charts, links, questions, and much more.
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Handout
Other

Cometography.com: C/2000 Wmi (Linear)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/2000 WMI (Linear). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Recognize Common Straight Line Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Mangahigh is a website with math games aimed at twelve to eighteen year olds. On this site students draw and recognize lines without the need to construct a table of values.
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Interactive
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Draw Straight Lines Using Alternative Linear Formats

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive media source has two parts a learning mode and a practice game mode. The learning mode is where students are guided through understanding concepts of linear functions. Next, students play a game where they are asked...
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Handout
University of Sydney (Australia)

University of Sydney: Structure and Properties of Materials/thermal Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive set of "lecture notes" on various topics in thermal physics (including thermal expansion). Explanations are well done and more interesting than most. Includes both a mathematical and conceptual treatment of topics. Humor,...
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Activity
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University site contains an example and a few exercises about Slope-intercept form in linear equations.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lever

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers excellent information on levers, including a hyperlinked table of contents, images, and examples.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done in Moving Charge

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the energy that must be added to a system to move a charge from one location to another in the vicinity of another charge.
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Activity
Purple Math

Purplemath: Algebra Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Purplemath contains about 40 different lessons on various algebra topics. The lessons are divided into five different sections: preliminary topics, beginning algebra, intermediate algebra, advanced algebra, and word problems. The lessons...
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Activity
Purple Math

Purplemath: Systems of Linear Equations: Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Covers the basic definitions involved in systems of linear equations.
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eBook
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How Far Will It Skid?

For Students 9th - 10th
Most driver's education classes teach future drivers that the stopping distance of a skidding car is directly proportional to the square of the speed of the car. See how this situation plays out in this animation.
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Activity
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Vertical Motion of Firework Level 1

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the maximum height and the time to reach the maximum height for a firework that is fired vertically upward and explodes at the point where it would have started coming back down again.
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Activity
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Vertical Motion of Firework Level 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the maximum height and the time to reach the maximum height for a firework that is fired vertically upward and explodes at the point where it would have started coming back down again. Information about the planet will be given to...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Quick Graph 3.0

For Students 9th - 10th
This program was designed as a quick graphing program that students could use on a computer, tablet or smart phone when a more complex graphing program is not available. This program will let students plot up to 10 data points and then...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Quick Graphing/linearizing Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This program was designed as a quick graphing program that students could use on a computer, tablet or smart phone when a more complex graphing program is not available. This program will let students plot up to 10 data points and then...
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Graphing Overview: Straight Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides an overview of graphing for various types of functions, instruction on graphing straight lines and also, includes advice on common mistakes made by students.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Two Step Inequalities

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Solve inequalities that take two steps to solve. For example, solve 3x + 2 > 5. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Linear Programming: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Linear programming is a part of a very important area of mathematics called "optimization techniques". This field of study (or at least the applied results of it) are used every day in the organization and allocation of resources. Linear...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: One Step Multiplication & Division Equations

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Based on our understanding of the balance beam model, we know that that to keep a true equation, we always have to do the same thing to both sides of an equation. But how do we know what to do to both sides of the equation? Learn to...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Identifying Function Models: Linear, Exponential, and Quadratic Models

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to distinguish between linear, exponential, and quadratic models.
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Regression

For Students 10th - 11th Standards
Build on your understanding of modeling with linear, quadratic and exponential functions to begin to include other function families.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 1.14 Polynomial Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learning to express real-life situations as mathematical functions (models) allows seemingly complex ideas and actions to be broken down into smaller, simpler parts and analyzed. In this section are three types of of those models:...
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Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Thermal Expansion Pin Breaker

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of thermal expansion. Shows apparatus and set-up; Provides suggestions. Easily adaptable as a student project...
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Activity
Brown University

Linear Interpolation

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how linear interpolation allows for prediction and gives several examples.