Virginia Commonwealth University
Math Applications: Quadratic Functions
This site provides a brief overview of quadratic functions. It ends with three applications of quadratic functions in excel format. Click on each file to download.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Clearing All Obstacles
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students modeling a mock food fight using projectile motion. This lesson is very technology-intensive, and a CBR2 is used to measure the velocity of an object so that it's...
Cool Math
Coolmath: Graphing Parabolas Part 2
Find out how to graph parabolas in this second tutorial.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Quadratic Word Problems: Projectile Motion
Launching a rocket up into the air, throwing a textbook down off a rooftop, or tossing a baseball out to someone in center field are all examples of projectile motion and quadratic word problems. Situations like these are explored here,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Solve Quadratic Equations: Complex Solutions
Solve quadratic equations using the quadratic formula. Some of the equations have real solutions while others have complex solutions.