Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Polar Coordinates
This site offers a tutorial for Polar Coordinates. After actively involving in the site, students should be able to convert from rectangular coordinates to polar and from polar to rectangular. Students will also be able to plot points...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Polar Coordinates
This math link contains a plethora of information on Polar coordinates. The site begins with a diagram illustrating the measurements used when working with polar coordinates then goes into detail on specifics of using this coordinate...
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lessons: Polar Coordinates
Introduces students to graphing in the polar coordinate plane.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Polar Coordinates
Hotmath provides 20 practice problems relating to polar coordinates and complex numbers. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Plot Polar Coordinates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will learn how to convert and graph complex numbers in trigonometric or polar form using the polar coordinate system, which is similar in some ways to (x,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Plots of Polar Coordinates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plot coordinates on a polar coordinate system.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Distance Between Two Polar Coordinates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the distance between two points expressed in polar coordinates.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Polar Coordinates
An illustration of Cartesian coordinates (the x,y components of a vector) and Polar coordinates (the magnitude and direction of a vector) as related to natural Simulation and angular movement.
Other
Polar Coordinates
This is a collection of topics about polar coordinates. There are also links to examples that student can work with.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Calculus Ii: Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
The resource examines parametric equations and polar coordinates. Topics investigated are parametric curves, area with parametric equations, arc length with polar coordinates, and surface area with polar coordinates. Class notes,...
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Plot Points in Polar Coordinates
The interactive tutorial examines how to plot points given by their polar coordinates. Learners use the applet to plot polar coordinates.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Self Check Quiz on Polar Coordinates
Learners display understanding of advanced mathematical concepts in Pre-Calculus. The online quiz assesses the scholars on polar coordinates.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Polar Coordinates
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of polar coordinates, plotting points on a polar coordinate graph
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Analytic Geometry: Polar Coordinates
This site from The Math Forum provides great information on polar coordinates. You can access this information either by clicking on the coordinates link or just scrolling down, it is the first one listed on the page. Includes several...
Johan Claeys
Math Abundance: Polar Coordinates of a Point P
Defines a polar coordinate, pole, and polar axis. Includes graph.
Other
Calculus Animations With Mathcad: Polar Curves
Contains an animation that will show you how the graphs of a number of polar equations are graphed. (Page may take some time to load completely.)
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Rectangular to Polar Conversions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Intersections of Polar Curves
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Finding coordinates of intersection of two curves in polar coordinates.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Polar Coordinates
This site, which is provided for by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, shows you how to graph polar coordinates on a TI-85.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Polar Coordinates
This activity allows the user to explore the polar coordinate system. The applet is similar to GraphIt, but instead allows users to explore the representation of a function in the polar coordinate system.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Coordenadas Polares
Learn how to represent points and curves on the polar coordinate system.
Other
Robert Munafo: Polar Coordinate System
This site is a personal site that contains brief but good information on the polar coordinate system. Contains links to additional information, along with several formulas and charts.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Polar Coordinates
This site offers a discussion on polar coordinates. The discussion is an introduction to the concept and is in very simple terms. The site could also be used a s a review, as the fundamentals of polar graphing is easily found.
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Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola
This site gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
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