Curated OER
Polar And Cartesian Coordinates
Students engage in a lesson plan that is about the study of Cartesian and Polar Coordinates. They play a game of Battleship to create the context for the lesson plan. The examples in the lesson plan can be used as a guide for the...
Curated OER
Graphing Polar Coordinates
Students engage in a lesson that is about the plotting of polar coordinates while graphing equations. They plot multiple points with the help of a graphing calculator and using coordinate graph paper. Students identify the pattern known...
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Polar Coordinates
This site offers a tutorial for Polar Coordinates. After actively involving in the site, students should be able to convert from rectangular coordinates to polar and from polar to rectangular. Students will also be able to plot points...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Calculus (Textbook Study Guide)
The online course consists of a study guide about calculus. Topics included are differentiation, vectors, infinite series, polar coordinates, and integration.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Calculus (Textbook Instructor's Manual)
The online course consists of a textbook instructor's manual about calculus concepts. Topics included are differentiation, vectors, infinite series, polar coordinates, and integration.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Calculus (Textbook)
The online course consists of a textbook about calculus concepts. Topics included are differentiation, vectors, infinite series, polar coordinates, and integration.
University of Saskatchewan (Canada)
University of Saskatchewan: Complex Numbers
The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides high school students with an online tutorial on complex numbers. Students can access accompanying examples within the tutorial. After you can also test...
Other
Calculus Animations With Mathcad: Polar Curves
Contains an animation that will show you how the graphs of a number of polar equations are graphed. (Page may take some time to load completely.)
Other
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.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Parabola
This is an excellent site on parabolas. Examples and formulas are given.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Polar Coordinates
This math link contains a plethora of information on Polar coordinates. The site begins with a diagram illustrating the measurements used when working with polar coordinates then goes into detail on specifics of using this coordinate...
Johan Claeys
Math Abundance: From a Cartesian Equation to a Polar Equa
Shows how to convert a cartesian equation (rectangular coordinates) to a polar equation.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Cissoid of Diocles
Shows the a graph of the Cissoid of Diocles and the formula in rectangula and polar coordinates. Also includes a history of the cissoid.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Polar Coordinates
Hotmath provides 20 practice problems relating to polar coordinates and complex numbers. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving.
University of Vienna (Austria)
Maths Online
This site consists of interactive lessons on a multitude of math topics including sets, drawing plane and coordinate system, variables, equations, and functions. You may also view this Vienna University site in German.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lessons: Polar Coordinates
Introduces students to graphing in the polar coordinate plane.
Math2
Math2: Circles
This site has many useful formulas and examples relating to circles, including related definitions, circumference of a circle, area of a circle, length of a circular arc, area of a circular sector, equation of a circle in cartesian...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Why Are Satellite Dishes Parabolic?
This site explains why satellite dishes are parabolic.
Texas Instruments
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...
University of Vienna (Austria)
Maths Online: Drawing Plane and Coordinate System
Interact with these Applets on the Cartesian coordinates, the Coordinate system, the Polar coordinates, and the Oblique coordinates.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Centripetal Force
Wikipedia's site on centripetal force provides a section explaining the difference between centripetal force and centrifugal force. Includes formulas and hyperlinked terms.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: The Polar Form of a Complex Number
This lesson from S.O.S. Math provides great information on the polar form of a complex numbers. It has many formulas and examples, and it also discusses the polar coordinates as well. Links are provided for additional subjects.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Coordenadas Polares
Learn how to represent points and curves on the polar coordinate system.
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.