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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stretching the Quads

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars investigate transforming parabolas.  In this transforming parabolas instructional activity, they take the parent graph y=x^2 and transform it by shifting left, right, up, and down and shrinking and stretching. The class finds...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring the Landscape

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars determine the monotonicity and concavity properties of a function, then apply the First Derivative Test and draw conclusions about the first and second derivatives from these properties.
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Interactive
Physics LAB

Diverging Lens Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 12th
For this lens worksheet, learners explore the images that are produced through different types of lenses such as a single lens or a convex or concave lens. This worksheet has 10 multiple choice and 4 fill in the blank questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Refraction and Lenses

For Students 7th - 12th
In this lenses worksheet, students will review refraction through lenses by reading pairs of statements and circling the correct ones. Then students will read 9 statements and indicate if the statement is referring to a concave lens,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Lenses and Telescopes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine telescope construction. In this telescope lesson, students examine the lenses used in telescopes by exploring with convex and concave lenses.
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Activity
Exploratorium

Far Out Corners

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Construct a three-dimensional optical illusion when your class is exploring vision and how the eye and brain work together. Three concave corners are mounted inside of a black box, but as a light is shined upon them, they appear to be...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Polygon Classification

For Students 8th - 10th
Polly want a polygon? Young mathematicians sort shapes using an interactive. They classify the shapes as convex polygons, concave polygons, or not polygons.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Intervals

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this intervals worksheet, students solve and complete 8 various types of problems. First, they find the intervals of x for each curve. Then, students sketch a graph of each showing all maximum and minimum points and all inflection...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Polygons

For Students 10th
In this polygons worksheet, 10th graders solve 18 various types of problems related to different forms of polygons. First, they state the number of sides for each convex polygon and then, use the polygon shown to respond to each of 6...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math Vocabulary

For Students 9th - 12th
In this math vocabulary worksheet, students read clues and rearrange given letters to identify the described vocabulary word.  This one-page worksheet contains 8 problems.  Answers are provided.
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Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Quadratic Equations — What We Know

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Everything you could possibly want to know about quadratic equations, all in one resource. Instructors demonstrate how to translate between different forms of quadratics (equation, table of values, graph, verbal description) and finding...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Contact Lens

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
How do contact lenses work? The simulation allows young scientists to explore focal length and lens type to see how and why contact lenses work. Pupils control the focal length for an eye and a lens, the type of lens, and the distance...
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Building a Compound Light Microscope

For Students 9th - 12th
What better way to learn how to use a microscope than building your own? A lab investigation has scholars use lenses from magnifying glasses and sheets of cork to design their own compound microscopes. They calculate focal length and the...
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Assessment
Curated OER

Physics 152 ~ Fall 2003 Midterm Exam #3, Parts A, B

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Illuminated physics stars show what they know about light by taking this exam. They match several related vocabulary terms to descriptions and answer multiple choice questions about the characteristics of light, magnification, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worksheet 15-Fall 1995

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this math worksheet students use the intermediate value theorem to solve two problems. They find parallel lines that will cut a convex shape into two pieces with equal areas. Students repeat this problem with a concave shape. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Optics- The Study of Light

For Students 9th - 12th
In this optics worksheet, high schoolers read about refraction and reflection, lenses and mirrors, and objects and images. They answer 13 matching questions about light rays, light behavior and types of lenses. They also answer 9...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Geometry of Real Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this math worksheet, students read the examples for using the techniques of mathematical modeling. They draw the angles in order to simulate the reflection of light while using a concave mirror.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Derivatives and Maximum or Minimum

For Students 9th - 11th
In this calculus worksheet, students calculate the maximum, minimum, and determine if the graph is concave up or down. There are 2 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Derivative Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students analyze the derivative of a graph. In this calculus lesson plan, students identify the different behavior of a graph. They label concavity of the graphs as increasing or decreasing.
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Handout
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Using Derivatives to Graph Polynomials

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
You can learn to graph as well as a calculator using calculus. The lesson introduces using derivatives to find critical points needed to graph polynomials. Pupils learn to find local maximums and minimums and intervals of increase and...
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PPT
Urbana School District

Optics

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Don't worry, optics is a light topic! The presentation covers reflection, refraction, fiber optics, mirages, prisms, rainbows, dispersion, mirrors, lenses, telescopes, diffraction, the human eye, and much, much more. Presentation is the...
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PPT
Bowels Physics

Light, Reflection, and Mirrors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore the connection of light, reflection, and mirrors. A comprehensive lesson introduces the basics of light in relation to reflection and mirrors. After an explanation of the vocabulary, the presentation shows how to create ray...
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AP Test Prep
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC Unit 5 Review: Analytical Applications of Differentiation

For Students 10th - 12th
Time to put it all together in one sheet—well five. Pupils review all the topics presented in the resources for Analytical Applications of Differentiation. The five pages summarize the concepts with explanations and examples.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What do Lenses Do?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn to differentiate between different types of lenses. In this lens activity, students discover how lenses are different and why a specific lens should be used. Students understand how to find the focal point of a lens....

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