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Google

Google for Education: Surveys and Estimating Large Quantities

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students use estimation to approximate the size of a large set of data. By observing smaller sets and seeing patterns they make general predictions and even create algorithms capable of making approximations.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Passing the Bug

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars apply concepts of disease transmission to analyze infection data, either provided or created using Bluetooth-enabled Android devices. This data collection may include several cases, such as small static groups...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What Makes Up a Color?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
As a part of the research and revise step of the Legacy Cycle, this lesson provides students with information they will need later on to be able to average pixels to simulate blurring in the peripheral plane of vision. Students learn why...
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Other

Ibm: Mastering Recursive Programming

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of how to write a correct recursive algorithm. Numerous examples are given in several different programming languages.
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Other

Adb: How Remote Sensing Technology Improves Efficiency of Irrigation Systems

For Students 9th - 10th
With the increase of free satellite data combined with scientific algorithms and cloud computing capacity, developing affordable operational monitoring systems for irrigation management in Asia is now feasible. The use of virtual field...
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Counting Solution Clusters in Graph Coloring Problems

For Students 11th - 12th
This paper proposes one of the first scalable methods for estimating the number of clusters of solutions of graph coloring problems using a belief propagation like algorithm.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Solving Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Introduction to various algorithms for solving single-variable, linear equations.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenge: Recursive Powers

For Students 9th - 10th
Challenge problems practicing recursive powers.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenge: Recursive Factorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice solving recursive factorials with these problems.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computing Powers of a Number

For Students 9th - 10th
Although JavaScript has a built in pow function that computes powers of a number, learn how to write a similar function recursively.
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Activity
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Challenge: Iterative Factorial

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice applying recursion with iterative factorials.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Using Recursion to Determine Whether a Word Is a Palindrome

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to use recursion to determine whether a word is a palindrome.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Multiple Recursion With the Sierpinski Gasket

For Students 9th - 10th
See a good example of a mathematical construct that is a fractal known as a Sierpinski gasket.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Factorial Function

For Students 9th - 10th
See examples of recursion, and look how to compute the factorial function.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Recursion

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about recursion and how it applies to different situations.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Insertion Sort

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about many differnet ways to do an insertion sort.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Big Omega Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Big Omega notation in computer programming.
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Article
History of Computing Science

History of Computing Science: The Turing Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
A Turing Machine is not an actual machine, but rather a symbolic system that can be used to represent any algorithm used to solve a problem. This lecture series gives a very brief description of the Turing Machine.
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Other

Elmwood Park High School: Vertex Edge Graphs

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Unit, you will use vertex-edge graphs and Euler Circuits to help find optimum paths. Included are two lessons that help you develop the understanding and skill needed to solve problems about optimum paths and conflicts.
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Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Golden Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
Math World explains the Golden Ratio, gives the formula for finding the irrational number, and expresses this value as an infinite series. Also defines and represents the Ratio geometrically, its relationship to the Fibonacci numbers,...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Getting More Out of Less : Google Hits and Search Terms

For Students 3rd - 5th
Google is the name of the most often used search engine on the Internet. "Googol" is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros. It's a very large number. This experiment will help you test different search terms and find out.
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University of Texas

Inside Mathematics: Bikes and Trikes [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in multiplication.
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PPT
Other

Bucket Sort and Radix Sort

For Students 9th - 10th
A slideshow presentation of the Bucket and Radix sorts.
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Other

Ohio Department of Education: Models for Dividing Fractions [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
This resource consists of a detailed, hands-on lesson plan for dividing fractions using manipulatives such as fraction bars.

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