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Graphic
Other

Calculus Animations With Mathcad: Polar Curves

For Students 9th - 10th
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.)
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Activity
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Coordenadas Polares

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to represent points and curves on the polar coordinate system.
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Handout
Johan Claeys

Math Abundance: Polar Coordinates of a Point P

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Defines a polar coordinate, pole, and polar axis. Includes graph.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Distance Between Two Polar Coordinates

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the distance between two points expressed in polar coordinates.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Intersections of Polar Curves

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Finding coordinates of intersection of two curves in polar coordinates.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Plots of Polar Coordinates

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plot coordinates on a polar coordinate system.
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Graphic
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Polar and Cartesian Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about polar and cartesian coordinates. The tutorial consists of notes and examples.
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Activity
Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Plot Points in Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The interactive tutorial examines how to plot points given by their polar coordinates. Learners use the applet to plot polar coordinates.
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Website
Other

Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of topics about polar coordinates. There are also links to examples that student can work with.
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Activity
Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Trigonometry: Trigonometric Functions of Any Angle

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the trigonometric functions of any angle and the polar coordinate system. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems....
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Rectangular to Polar Form for Equations

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert equations from rectangular form to polar form.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Polar to Rectangular Conversions

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert coordinates from polar to rectangular.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Equivalent Polar Curves

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Determine if two polar equations are equivalent.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Rectangular to Polar Conversions

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity allows the user to explore the polar coordinate system. The applet is similar to GraphIt, but instead allows users to explore the representation of a function in the polar coordinate system.
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, which is provided for by the University of Tennessee, shows you how to use the polar coordinate system.
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville shows how to graph a polar equation on a TI-86 Graphing Calculator.
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Unit Plan
Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Polar Coordinates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, which is provided for by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, shows you how to graph polar coordinates on a TI-85.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Hypocycloid

For Students 9th - 10th
View a hypocycloid being created in this simulation.
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Graphic
Other

Robert Munafo: Polar Coordinate System

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a personal site that contains brief but good information on the polar coordinate system. Contains links to additional information, along with several formulas and charts.
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Interactive
Educaplus (Jesús Peñas Cano)

Educaplus: Coordenadas Polares Y Cartesianas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This activity will help you to visualize the representation of a point in a Cartesian plane and in a polar plane.