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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Pierre De Fermat (1601 1665)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events of the life of Pierre de Fermat are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
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Trinity College Dublin

Trinity College: Pierre Simon Laplace (1749 1827)

For Students 9th - 10th
The events of the life of Pierre Laplace are presented in a timeline form. The biographical information is taken from "A Short Account of the History of Mathematics" by W. W. Rouse Ball (4th Edition, 1908).
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University of Saskatchewan (Canada)

University of Saskatchewan: Emr: Exercises in Math Readiness

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Saskatchewan offers this resource for the review of mathematical concepts that students need to enter university level math courses. Topics include mental arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, exponential and...
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Other

G Calc: Java Online Graphing Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This free online graphics calculator is an excellent resource to aid with studies in algebra, calculus, trigonometry, etc.
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Other

Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
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Other

Stat Soft: Multiple Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource has a lot of information on multiple regression. It also contains information on the regression line.
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Other

Stony Brook University: Solving Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The name linear comes from the fact that such an equation in two unknowns or variables represents a straight line. A set of such equations is called a system. This site explains all this and more.
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Quia

Quia: Evaluating Algebraic Expression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive game is similar to Concentration. Students must evaluate the expression in the puzzle for the given value and match it with the correct answer.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Snake Patterns Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Determine the rule for the number of black vs. red rings on a snake. Printable lesson.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Hop to It Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will determine the rule for the number of jumps and slides of the pair of frogs. Printable lesson.
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Other

The mathlab.com: Practice Activities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains activities that will help students learn concepts dealing with expressions, equations, and the coordinate plane.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Aw Chute Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will design and construct parachutes to determine the rate of descent using the distance formula. Printable lesson
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Curses and Recurses! It's Happening Again

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As a larger Insights into Algebra workshop for teachers from Annenberg Learning, this lesson plan teaches about recursion by interpreting experiments in probability. Find procedures, assessment questions, teaching strategies, examples of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Coordinates and the Cartesian Plane

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
A brief refresher on the Cartesian plane includes how points are written in (x,y) format and oriented to the axes, and which directions are positive and negative. Then students learn about what it means for a relation to be a function...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Forms of Linear Equations

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners learn about four forms of equations: direct variation, slope-intercept form, standard form and point-slope form. They graph and complete problem sets for each, converting from one form of equation to another, and learning the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Applications of Linear Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lesson plan culminates the unit with the Go Public phase of the legacy cycle. In the associated activities, students use linear models to depict Hooke's law as well as Ohm's law. To conclude the lesson plan, students apply they've...
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Algebra Help

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Heres a comprehensive review of the basics of algebra. WyzAnt includes lessons on varied topics, calculators that show step-by-step solutions, and interactive worksheets for practicing and testing your skills. Just choose a topic and use...
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University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Al Khwarizmi

For Students 9th - 10th
The School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Shttp://athena.nettrekker.com/editEvaluation?np=/admin/evaluation.ftl&pp=/admin/evaluation.ftl&evaluationId=19962t. Andrews, Scotland, presents biographical...
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: The Evolution of Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discusses what numbers are and how our understanding of them has evolved over thousands of years, from simple counting to negative numbers and irrational numbers, for example. Includes a set of practice questions where students identify...
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Models to Solve Equations

For Students 6th - 7th
Given a problem, the student will use concrete and pictorial models to solve equations and use symbols to record their actions.
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University of Virginia

Sir Isaac Newton Projectiles and Planets

For Students 9th - 10th
A short account of Newton's life is provided (from birth to death) as is a somewhat detailed look at Newton's studies of gravity.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Math Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great lesson plans covering a wide-range of math-related subjects.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Learning Math: Min, Max and the Five Number Summary

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Explore how to interpret a large set of data by dividing it up into smaller portions in order to answer statistical questions.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource allows users to test their knowlege of Algebra.