New York State Education Department
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 13
The six instructional shifts in this workshop definitely move math and science teachers' understanding of instruction. The workshop, 13th out of a series of 15, asks participants to examine sample tests and to look at how the six...
EngageNY
TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 15
What do a cheetah, Audi commercial, and air have in common? They're all topics of an engaging inquiry-based, hands-on workshop for educators about background knowledge, reading strategies, the CER model, and argumentative writing. The...
PBS
Pbs: Real Life Math: Production Scheduler
Production scheduler Jessi Felde explains how she uses math in her work in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students watch the video and then complete an activity involving one aspects of math that Ms. Felde...
PBS
Pbs: Real Life Math: Restaurant Manager
Restaurant manager Tad Peelen explains how he uses math in his work in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students complete an activity involving one aspect of math that Mr. Peleen mentions: determining...
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Applications of Differential Equations
Scholars examine applications of differential equations. Examples explore how differential equations are used to model population, Newton's law of cooling, and engineering systems.
Other
Kodak Lesson Plans: Math
Kodak's site has five lesson plans integrating photography into math lessons. Activities involve geometry and other math concepts for fourth grade on up.
PBS
Pbs: Real Life Math: Physical Trainer
The general manager of a fitness center explains how numerical calculations, percentages, and ratios are critical to his job in this video from KAET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students explore percentages, fractions, and...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Math for Everyone
Provides online programs and explanations on everyday math: calculating a tip at a restaurant, determining the sale price of an item, finding the odds of winning a lottery, computing simple and compound interest, and more.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life
Read about what math has to do with cooking, chances of winning a game, even decorating your home. Teachers may want to peruse this site for ideas about real world applications in their lesson planning.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Applications Using Linear Models
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This site offers a video, an interactive, and a practice quiz where students must solve word problems using linear equations involving time and rate.
Math Slice
Math Slice: Money Slice Special Test
Assess money estimation skills with this concise test that focuses on application of these skills in real world situations. Assessment is scored online providing students with immediate feedback. Excellent tool for a quick assessment.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Working With Exponents and Logarithms
Clearly presented explanation of how logarithms and exponents work together, the properties of logarithms, the natural logarithm and the natural exponential functions, the common logarithm, changing the base, and real-world applications...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Applications of Trigonometry
Dr. Math answers a word problem involving the use of vectors.
Virginia Commonwealth University
Math Applications: Quadratic Functions
This site provides a brief overview of quadratic functions. It ends with three applications of quadratic functions in excel format. Click on each file to download.
Other
Plane Math: Activities: Plane Math Enterprises (Design an Airplane)
Students are trained on how to design an airplane. The activity demonstrates how math applies to aeronautics.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math:applications of Exponential and Logarithmic Functions: Interest Rate
A set of examples and exercises that cover interest rate problems and how to solve them using exponents and logarithms.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Baseball Math
Learn more about baseball and math when you check out this resource. It provides a lesson plan for upper elementary to middle school students where they will use their skills in percentages, decimals and combinations.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Get the Math
On this site, students can explore real-world applications of algebra concepts in music, fashion, and video games. It provides comprehensive lesson plans, video clips, and interactive challenges for students.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Applications
Provides examples of applications of exponential functions involving compound interest and exponential growth and decay, and an example of an application of a logarithm involving earthquake intensity.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Applications of Quadratic Equations
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that review applications involving solving a quadratic equation including distance/rate problems and work rate problems.
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Surface Area and Volume
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at surface area and volume and how math involved in the design of large inflatable shapes. The accompanying interactive component lets students investigate a variety of cylinders to get a...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trig Ratios
Investigate the cosine, sine, and tangent ratios of trigonometry using this interactive Learn Alberta math resource. Students will use these ratios to determine a right triangle's unknown side or angle. Be sure to follow the link to the...
Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Trigonometry (Video Interactive)
This multimedia Learn Alberta math resource looks at how trigonometry is used in making sure that airplanes land safely at airports. The accompanying interactive component gives students practice in using trigonometric ratios, namely...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Faq, Geometric Figures
This page brings you to a table of contents of three-dimensional figures. Selecting a figure will bring you to a page defining and illustrating the figure with applicable formulas listed.
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