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Young scholars explore polar bears. In this biology and guided reading lesson, students take a picture walk through the book Polar Babies and discuss what they can learn about polar bears by looking at the illustrations. Young scholars independently read the book, then locate punctuation marks (particularly exclamation marks) and discuss what these marks signal. Students read the book orally and practice fluent reading by using the punctuation marks.
Explore the concept of, and use the Ti-Nspire to, convert complex numbers into polar form. Then practice graphing complex numbers in the polar coordinate plane.
Students read Polar Life. In this nonfiction lesson plan students read the nonfiction book Polar Life. Students read independently and discuss what they read as a group.
Investigate vectors in standard positions and use the CellSheet application on the TI calculator to find the sum of two vectors. Convert from polar to rectangular coordinates and vice versa, and show graphs of the vectors.
In this fiction books worksheet, students complete seven multiple choice questions about the book, "Polar Star." These questions contain concepts such as choosing the correct author, who published the book, when it was on the New York Times best seller list, and more.
A video featuring polar bears, walruses, killer whales, penguins, seals and more introduces a unit study of the Polar Regions. A KWL chart launches research into the three different areas (ice cap, tundra, and taiga) and animals that inhabit these chilly climes. Each class member writes and illustrates a fact on the polar region. Pages can be collected into a classroom Polar Animal Fact Book.
Explore the concept of polar functions and learn how to determine the length around a function using polar coordinates. High schoolers use their Ti-calculators to determine the length of a function that looks like a five-leaved rose. Then there are many more questions to explore based on this five-leaved rose.
High schoolers compare polar coordinates to that of rectangular coordinates. They locate points in a polar coordinate plane and convert that point to one on a rectangular coordinate plane, and vice versa.
Students complete pre reading, writing, and post reading activities for the book Little Polar Bear and the Brave Little Hare. In this guided reading lesson plan, students complete writing, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions, have discussions, and more.
Students brainstorm topics and categories that might be covered by the International Polar Year. After reading an article, they consider the subjects that are going to be studied there. Using the internet, they research a particular project and create an oral presentation to share their information with the class.