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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graphing Your Motion With Easy Data App and Cbr 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use a CBR 2 motion detector to measure distance and velocity. Students prepare graphs of motion and analyze them. They compare and match graphs of distance versus time and velocity versus time.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Step Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn to use measurements on a real model to develop the concept of slope and linear functions. They use a calculator to explore changing the slopes and Y- intercepts in the slope intercept form Y = MX + B.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: A Tall Story

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students can use the motion detector to measure their current height and obtain a mean value. They will use this and earlier data to plot a graph of height versus age. Students will identify the mathematical model that...
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Molecular Expressions: Basic Concepts in Optical Microscopy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the microscope in great detail. Content includes a focus on the microscope's basic functions (including a general diagram), the history of the microscope, each feature of the microscope, differing objectives,...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Ratios in Regular Polygons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use linear measurement and calculators to investigate the ratios between corresponding parts of regular polygons.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Predicting Pi

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students explore the use of linear measurement and calculators to discover the existence of pi, the constant ratio between the circumference and the diameter of a circle.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: What's My Ratio?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students use linear measurement and calculators to investigate proportionality and determine the constant ratio between similar figures.
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Shaq's Hand/foot Span: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students compare their own hand/foot span to Shaquille O'Neal's, then graph the data & construct a best-fit line. They can then use the information to investigate the proportionality of the human body.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Intersecting Lines and Vertical Angles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students visualize and explore the angles that are formed when two lines intersect. By measuring angles formed by intersecting lines, they enhance their understanding of vertical angles, supplementary angles, and a...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Funnel Volumes: Volume and Weight

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a force sensor to measure the weight of a water filled funnel as it drains. They analyze the weight versus time data and describe it using concepts of slope and intercepts of a linear function.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Float or Sink?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will define density and use the density formula to determine the density, volume, and mass of various items using the correct units for each measurement.
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Alternative Record Books

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at the amazing limits that athletes push themselves to in search of Olympic glory. Which events see the fastest speeds, furthest distances and highest forces? This activity challenges students to undertake some research,...
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PBS

Pbs: Bivariate Data and Analysis: Anthropological Studies

For Students 6th - 8th
Investigate how skeletal populations can help determine the impact of slavery on the height and health of African American males. This video focuses on the measurements and equations Mark Mack is using to explore relationships between...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Approximation of Pi

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will measure the circumference and diameter of a variety of different circles. They will graph the class' values of (d,c) on the coordinate plane and use linear regression to approximate pi.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Adding Marbles

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Each time students add ten marbles to a container filled with a small amount of water, they measure the height of the water. Students will examine their data and develop linear equations.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Do You Have a Temperature?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students represent and analyze climate data. They use linear regressions to understand the relationship between temperatures measured in the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales and examine conversion factors.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Describing Bivariate Data (Two Quantitative Variables)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore the relationship between two quantitative variables in bivariate data using various x-y plots. They compare the relationships for several categories on the same plot. Students calculate the correlation coefficient to...
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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Drone Delivery Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students find the relationships that govern the behavior of a package that has been released by a drone that is flying horizontally. Students will have control over the drone's height and horizontal speed....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is the Slope?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The purpose of this lesson is to help young scholars apply the mathematical definition of slope to a concrete example. The students will learn to make the appropriate measurements and apply the formula to calculate the slope of the...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Converting Metric Measurement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will know: Customary and Linear Measurement Vocabulary, How to use the conversion table for customary and metric units of length to convert units of measurement, How to add and subtract units...
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Math2

Math2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a site for students and teachers of all grade levels. If you are looking for math tables, general information about math topics, or you would like to ask a question, this is the site to visit.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Transforming Data Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
It is very common to take data and apply the same transformation to every data point in the set. For example, we may take a set of temperatures taken in degrees fahrenheit and convert them all to degrees celsius. How would this...

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