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Clemson University: Linear Thermal Expansion
Clemson University offers an excellent site of linear thermal expansion lab. Includes experiment, images, charts, links, questions, and much more.
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Cometography.com: C/2000 Wmi (Linear)
This site provides a detailed overview of the comet C/2000 WMI (Linear). Content includes discovery information, images, and historical highlights.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Recognize Common Straight Line Graphs
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.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Draw Straight Lines Using Alternative Linear Formats
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...
University of Sydney (Australia)
University of Sydney: Structure and Properties of Materials/thermal Physics
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,...
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Slope Intercept Form
This Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University site contains an example and a few exercises about Slope-intercept form in linear equations.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Lever
Wikipedia offers excellent information on levers, including a hyperlinked table of contents, images, and examples.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Work Done in Moving Charge
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.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Algebra Resources
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...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Systems of Linear Equations: Definitions
Covers the basic definitions involved in systems of linear equations.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: Work and Energy: How Far Will It Skid?
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.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Vertical Motion of Firework Level 1
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.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Vertical Motion of Firework Level 2
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...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Quick Graph 3.0
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...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Quick Graphing/linearizing Program
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...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Graphing Overview: Straight Lines
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Two Step Inequalities
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.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Linear Programming: Introduction
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: One Step Multiplication & Division Equations
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Identifying Function Models: Linear, Exponential, and Quadratic Models
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to distinguish between linear, exponential, and quadratic models.
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Regression
Build on your understanding of modeling with linear, quadratic and exponential functions to begin to include other function families.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 1.14 Polynomial Models
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:...
University of Maryland
University of Maryland: Thermal Expansion Pin Breaker
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...
Brown University
Linear Interpolation
This site explains how linear interpolation allows for prediction and gives several examples.