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Cornell University

Constructing and Visualizing Topographic Profiles

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Militaries throughout history have used topography information to plan strategies, yet many pupils today don't understand it. Scholars use Legos and a contour gauge to understand how to construct and visualize topographic profiles. This...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponent Properties with Variable Expressions: Integer Powers

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Exponent properties can be complicated for learners. A creative lesson seeks to simplify the concept and build a solid understanding. Young mathematicians have the opportunity to create numerous expressions and analyze the simplified...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponent Properties with Variable Expressions: Size of Solar Tornadoes

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Exponents may have your pupils' heads spinning after an engaging lesson as they connect properties to tornadoes! Learners compare a distance between cities to the distance across a solar tornado. They use exponent properties to find the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Quadratic Functions and Equations

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The form of a quadratic function paints a picture of its graph. Young mathematicians explore this connection by locating key features on a graph and then writing the corresponding equations. The interactive tutorial highlights key...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Graphs of Quadratic Functions in Intercept Form: Architectural Bridge Challenge

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
There are architectural parabolas all around us! A creative lesson analyzes the architecture of a parabolic bridge. Learners must manipulate the bridge to satisfy given criteria and then answer questions about the dimensions of the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Matrices to Represent Data: Houndstooth

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Apply matrices to fashion. Here your classes use a matrix to create a popular clothing design. As they construct the pattern, they review the dimensions of a matrix by considering the rows and columns. 
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Identification of Quadratic Models: UFO Launch

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Build conceptual understanding of graphs of quadratic functions with an out-of-this-world resource. An interactive lesson allows learners to manipulate a graph that models the launch of a UFO. The lesson focuses on the key features of...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Linear, Exponential, and Quadratic Models: Bernoulli Effect

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
How can an object as heavy as an airplane fly? Turns out the answer is quadratic! Your classes explore the Bernoulli Effect through an interactive graph representation. As a plane increases in speed, the lift force also increases. Young...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Logarithms: Logarithm Triangle

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Study logarithmic properties using a triangle. A clever manipulative shows how a triangle can represent the three parts of a logarithmic or exponential equation. Pupils review the concept and then answer guiding questions to further...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Geometric Sequences and Exponential Functions: Bouncing Ball

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Explore a geometric sequence model through a simulation. Learners change the starting drop height of a ball and watch how the heights of following bounces change. They consider the ratio of the consecutive bounces as they analyze the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Decay: Cool Sunglasses

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Who wouldn't want to wear four pairs of sunglasses? Each pair of sunglasses reduces the percent of incoming light by one-half. An interactive tutorial helps young mathematicians build a graph that models this scenario. They then explore...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Growth: Exponential, Fractal Snowflakes

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Examine an exponential growth model. Using a fractal, learners calculate the perimeters of each stage. When comparing the consecutive perimeters, a pattern emerges. They use the pattern to build an equation and make conclusions.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Scientific Notation: Matching Numbers to Notation

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Explore the conversion of numbers to scientific notation and back again. Learners begin with a matching activity to identify equivalent expressions. Then guiding questions test and extend their understanding.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Scientific Notation: Light Years to Centaurus Constellation

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Connect scientific notation to a real-life situation. Measuring distances in our solar system require large numbers. As pupils make conversions using these large numbers, they begin to see the necessity of scientific notation. They...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Terms Raised to an Exponent: Exponential Sliders

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Discover the pattern of exponents through an interactive lesson. Young mathematicians manipulate sliders and watch the result as they change the base or exponents in an expression. The tutorial shows them the simplified expression and...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Exponential Properties Involving Quotients

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Watch as exponential expressions expand and contract! An interactive tutorial leads young mathematicians to the discovery of the quotient property of exponents. Through exploration, they realize that an x in the numerator will cancel an...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Solving a Matrix Equation: Mystery Matrix

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Solve a matrix in code—color code. Pupils use the interactive resource to set up the matrix equation and its solution path. Scholars use the created solution path to determine the entries of the 2 X 2 solution.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Cramer's Rule

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Use matrices to solve systems of equations. The interactive introduces Cramer's Rule, using determinants of matrices to solve systems of equations. Color coding helps pupils place entries correctly from the system.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Matrix Multiplication: Vectors

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Visualize matrix multiplication on the coordinate plane. Pupils use the interactive to create a matrix multiplication problem using vectors. The scholars see the resulting product of the matrices as a vector.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Multiplying Matrices by a Scalar: Column Vectors

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Make connections between vectors and matrices through multiplication. Scholars use the interactive to view the effect of multiplying a matrix by a scalar. The interactive displays the resulting matrix and its corresponding column vectors...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Multiplying Matrices by a Scalar

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
The rule is add before multiplying, even with matrices. Pupils use a slider to change the scalar multiplying the sum of two matrices. The interactive displays the resulting solution matrix, and requires scholars answer five questions...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Multiplying Matrices by a Scalar: Making Matrix Patterns

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Scalar multiplication equations can be a drag. Scholars determine missing matrices to make correct scalar matrix multiplication equations. They place the correct matrix into the equations within the interactive resource and analyze the...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Matrix Algebra: Matrix Match

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
What size is the product of two matrices? Individuals determine that two matrices that can be multiplied and their resulting matrix by connecting them in the interactive resource. They make a generalization about the sizes of matrices...
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Lesson Plan
Global Oneness Project

Bearing Witness

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A controversial construction project in South America, the Belo Monte dam, is endangering local cultures, ecosystems, and communities. High schoolers create a concept map based on an online article they read before engaging in discussion...

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