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Discovering Mitosis in Onion Roots
High schoolers discover the different stages of mitosis by examining onion roots under a microscope, drawing diagrams of what they see, and organizing collected data in a chart and create a pie graph from their lab data.
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Exploiting the Connection to Trigonometry 2
The class checks to see if the formula for finding powers of a complex number works to find the roots too. Pupils review the previous day's work and graph on the polar grid. The discussion leads the class to think about how to reverse...
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Does Every Complex Number Have a Square Root?
Help the class find a better way. Pupils recall finding nth roots or a complex number in polar form from a previous module to find the square root of a complex number. Using the second installment in a series of 23, scholars discover it...
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Square Root Worksheet
In this square root worksheet, students determine the square root of perfect squares. This one-page worksheet contains 20 problems.
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Rome and the Roots of Western Civilization
Western civilization was built upon many Roman ideals, beliefs, and political constructs. Share the foundations of western society through the legacy left by Roman culture. Each slide provides examples of Roman roots that have affected...
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One of the Many Ways
Explore the concept of polynomials and determine the value and number of zeros for a given polynomial using the Rational Root Theorem. Then graph the polynomials and relate the number of zeroes to the degree of the polynomial.
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Common Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots
Sixth graders identify word parts, such as prefixes, suffixes, and root words by cutting and pasting. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to gain practice working with these parts of speech.
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Sum and Product of the Roots
In this root worksheet, students determine the sum and product of given roots. They write quadratic equations for specified roots. This one-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Root Words
Eighth graders practice finding the meaning of words by analyzing the root word. In this root word lesson, 8th graders review a chart of roots, words, and meanings. Students find and list words that have the root of 'geo,' 'terra,' and...
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Up From The Roots
Students review prefixes and root words then complete a Root Words worksheet. An answer sheet is provided with the lesson plan.
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Roots of the World
Students recognize consist stems, trunks, leaves, and roots. They compare different types of roots by observing and comparing photographs. Aterwards, they observe the growth of a lima bean plant and document changes in root and shoot...
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Simplifying Roots
In this simplifying roots worksheet, students simplify given roots and express them in terms of exponents. Explanations and examples are provided. This three-page worksheet contains ten problems.
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Babylonian Square Roots
Students are introduced to a method for finding square roots used by the Babylonian people of Mesopotamia. The method involves dividing and averaging, over and over, to find a more accurate solution with each repeat of the process.
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Why Roots, Stems, and Leaves are Important
Young scholars use the Internet to research the importance of leaves, stems and roots to plants. They participate in a hands-on experiment to identify the functions of different plant parts.
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Plant Roots
Students discover the purpose of plant roots and how they move water through a vascular system. They conduct an experiment using colored water to observe the movement of water through the roots and stem of a plant in a controlled...
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Roots
Young scholars are introduced to Latin and Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes. They are given a lesson on ten root words that students identify the correct meaning of the words. Young scholars design cards that are divided into four parts.
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Square Roots and Real Numbers
In this square roots and real numbers instructional activity, 9th graders solve and complete 12 different problems that include types of numbers. First, they find each square root, rounding to the nearest hundredth. Then, students...
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School-Home Links: Root Words and Suffixes
In this spelling new words worksheet, learners learn to figure out the meaning of a new word by learning the root word and suffix. Students put the root words and suffixes together to make new words and write those words on the line....
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The Math of Science-Squares and Square Roots
In this squares and square roots instructional activity, learners practice finding the squares of numbers and the square roots of numbers given word problems.
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Exponents III- Squares and Square Roots
Students explore the process of inverse operations to solve square root problems. After exploring the perfect squares and area, students examine methods to find square roots by observing the teacher, taking notes, and listing vocabulary...
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Algebra II Test covering Radicals, Complex Numbers, and Finding Roots of Quadratics
In this algebra two worksheet, students solve twenty-five problems in test format. The worksheet covers radicals, complex numbers, and finding roots of quadratics.
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Latin Roots 1
In this Latin roots worksheet, 8th graders figure out the answers to fourteen clues associated with a spelling list connected to Latin roots. Students locate their answers and circle each one in a word search puzzle.
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Latin Roots 2
In this Latin roots learning exercise, 8th graders fill in a crossword puzzle as they figure out the answers to ten clues associated with words containing Latin roots.
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Foreign Root Words: The Ancestors of English Words
In this root word learning exercise, students use given definition to choose the best foreign root word that explains highlighted words in sentences.