Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Sigma Notation and Series

For Students 9th - 10th
The lesson discusses sigma notation and series. Students learn about strategies to find an expression for a sequence or series. The resource consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Finite Geometric Series in Sigma Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Practice writing finite geometric series like 3 + 6 + 12 + 24 in sigma notation. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Website
Cool Math

Coolmath: Some Sigma Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
This CoolMath resource will help students understand sequences and series. The symbol "sigma" is featue
Handout
Other

The Sigma Notation for Summation of Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Conprehensive site explaining sigma notation. Site has many formulas and a few examples
Interactive
Cool Math

Coolmath: Series and Sigma Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation and examples for series and sigma notation.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Sequences and Series

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Hotmath provides 20 practice problems relating to sequences and series. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Sequences and Series: Terminology and Notation

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the basic terminology and notation of sequences and series, including summation symbols, subscripts, and indices.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Sum Notation and Properties of Sigma

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] An introduction to summation notation and basic operations on sigma.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Sum Notation and Properties of Sigma

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers writing terms of a series and finding the sum of a finite series.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Finite Geometric Series

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Evaluate finite geometric series given in sigma notation, recursively, or explicitly. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Applications of Finite and Infinite Series

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity shows students the power of finite and infinite series. It can be used as an introduction to infinite series provided that the student is adept at using the sigma notation to denote such series. (Continued: See before the...
Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Vital Revision for Fourier Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Begin your studies of the Fourier Series with this lesson. It contains information on all of the essentials of getting started, including trigonometric functions, continuity, periodic functions, and more.
Activity
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Sum

For Students 9th - 10th
This page gives a complete discussion of the advanced applications of the summation operation in mathematics. Provides information about sigma, or summation notation, a manner of writing sums and how to manipulate them. The site also...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Sums of Finite Geometric Series

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers finding the sum of a geometric series using the formula and the calculator.