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Chill Out
Students investigate Newton’s Law of Cooling. In this Algebra II/ Pre-Calculus lesson, students explore exponential regression as they conduct an experiment to simulate the temperature variations that occur as a liquid cools. ...
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Transposition Cryptography
Young scholars differentiate the types of cryptosystems and use them to communicate privately. In this algebra instructional activity, students use substitution and transposition to identify the cryptographs. They send and receive...
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Interactivate - Lines, Rays, Line Segments, and Planes
Students explore lines, rays, line segments, and planes. In this math lesson, students discuss the math concepts and direct their instructor in graphing functions. Students collaborate in graphing additional functions.
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Tessellations: Geometry and Symmetry
Students explore the concept of tessellations. In this tessellations lesson, students use an applet to construct tessellations. Students use regular polygons to construct tessellations. Students find patterns and symmetry in their...
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Length, Perimeter, and Area
Students explore the concepts of length, perimeter, and area. In this math lesson, students use Shape Explorer to practice finding length, perimeter, and area.
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Estimating With Fire
Watch the damage from a forest fire in this interactive simulation activity that challenges learners to estimate the burn area using different approaches. Learners are given a worksheet to track the different burn patterns and practice...
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Candy Math Fun
Few things can motivate children to learn like the promise of a sweet and tasty treat. Given a bag of M&M®s, Skittles®, or other colorful candy, students first predict the contents of the bag before counting the pieces,...
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What are the Odds
Students predict the-outcome of an event. For this algebra lesson, students compare and contrast the probability of an event occurring. They calculate the odds of a simple event and make estimation.
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Complex Number
In this algebra instructional activity, students identify the vertex of a quadratic functions. They identify complex numbers. There are 6 questions.
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Using Linear Models
In this Algebra II activity, 11th graders examine models whose behavior can be described by a linear function. The four page activity contains explanation of topic, three guided problems, and eight practice problems. Answers...
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The Yo-Yo Problem: Solving Linear Equations
Students compute the length of time it will take to save enough money to purchase a yo-yo. In this math lesson plan, students create a design with pennies and write the associated linear equation. In this linear equations lesson plan,...
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Compound Events: Independent and Dependent
In this probability worksheet, students analyze word problems to determine for part one the independent events and for part two the dependent events. There are 6 questions.
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Fun Creative Activities that Teach Math
Students have fun with math. In this math skills instructional activity, students collaborate to solve the problems presented in this interactive instructional activity. The problems pertain to geometry, measurement, probability, number...
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Logarithms #4
In this Algebra II/Pre-Calculus instructional activity, students solve problems that involve the applications of logs and exponentials. The eight page instructional activity contains seventeen problems. Answers are not...
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Double Sixes
In this algebra worksheet, students are given the challenge of determining how many times they would have to throw the dice to 'up' their chances of throwing double sixes. The problem is solved and fully worked however, it would be a...
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Simulation and Statistics
Students perform simulation of video games as they explore statistics. In this algebra lesson, students relate concepts of statistics and data collection to solve problems. They decide their next step based on the previous assessment of...
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Who Does the Lottery Benefit?
Students investigate the pros and cons of the lottery. In this algebra lesson plan, students use the formulas for permutation and combination to test their arguments about the lottery. They collect data about their argument and plot it...
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Negative Exponents
Pupils solve negative exponential functions. In this algebra lesson, students define the properties for rewriting functions with negative and zero exponents. They use a robot to create a visual of what is happening to the negative exponent.
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Permutations with Repetition
In this algebra worksheet, students solve problems using permutations. They calculate the correct repetition using the formula for permutation. There are 2 questions with an answer key.
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The Mandelbrot Set
Young scholars explore the concept of Mandelbrot sets and Julia sets. In this Mandelbrot and Julia set lesson, students use a function integrator applet to investigate two-variable function iterations. Young scholars use Julia set and...
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An Introduction to Counting
Learners define the counting principle and how it relates to integers. In this algebra lesson, students add and subtract using the addition and multiplication principles. They solve problems using combination and permutations.
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The Why and How of General Terms
Sixth graders find the recurrence relation for simple sequences
construct tables of values for a pattern. They find the value of the general term of a sequence algebraically.
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Estimating With Fire
Students solve problems with percents, decimals and fractions. In this algebra lesson, students convert between fractions, percents and decimals. They estimate their answers and calculate their answer.
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Normal Distribution
Students complete problems on normal distribution equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students complete 11 problems out of their text book.