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Ridgerunner

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners jog for three minutes at the beginning of the class, increasing one minute per week for ten weeks. They count each lap as one mile on the Appalachian Trail, computing the class average and plotting their progress on a class map.
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Graphs And Ellipses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become acquainted with linear graphs, the parabola and the rectangular hyperbola. Also prepare tables of paired values as preparation for plotting a line. They study the cartesian equation of an ellipse, with a worked example.
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High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Investigation of Herring Statistics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read complex charts, find measures of central tendency, calculate large numbers, create histograms and box plots. They answer questions using the "Fisherman's Copy" of statistics.
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Ohm's Law

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explain the meaning of Ohm's Law, and plot a graph of voltage versus current, by explaining how the slope is the resistance of the circuit.
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Volcanoes: How Safe Are They?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth, plot their locations, and research different volcanic hazards.
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Sunspot Graphing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students, using 15 years of sunspot data, plot data on a classroom graph. They discuss why the pattern from their individual sheets did not and could not match the class graph.
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How Can We Determine the Concentration of an Unknown Solution?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in experiments to help them determine the concentration of an unknown solution. They graph a standard curve and plotting the relationship between the concentration and the amount of light needed. They discuss their...
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Beta-Oxidation of Unsaturated Fatty Acids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in small groups to determine the amount of protein contained in an unknown sample. They conduct the experiment, plot the points of absorbency, and present their findings to the class.
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Did You Feel That? Earthquake Data Chart

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students plot earthquakes on the world map using coordinates of longitude and latitude. They designate the earthquakes magnitude with a symbol which they include in the map key.
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Mathematical Techniques - Basic Graphing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to significant figures and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide them. In a group, they practice plotting data points from a table to a graph and labeling all axes. They calculate the slope and y-intercept and...
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Graphing To Solve Systems of Equations

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars explore graping linear equations and their relevance to real life situations. After a teacher led demonstration, students work at their desks and on the board to plot points and determine the slope of a line. Young...
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Introduction to "As You Like It"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the character relationships and their connection in the play "As You Like It." Working in groups, students act out the various scenes from the play and discuss the characters and their actions in the scene. Students...
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A Ststistical Study on the Letters of the Alphabet

For Students 10th - 11th
In this Statistics and Probability worksheet, students create a line plot for the first 100 letters in the Preamble to the constitution and compare their frequency distributions to the actual frequency distribution.  The one page...
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Hurricane Tracking

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners recognize that hurricanes are tropical storms that have a sustained wind speed greater than 74 miles per hour. In this science instructional activity, students plot data they observe on the National Hurricane Center Website in...
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Chart Interpretation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the use of a nautical chart and how to obtain information from it. They describe and differentiate the basic topographic characteristics of a chart and demonstrate the use of nautical tools used to plot fixed points on a...
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Introduction To Polar Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the polar coordinate system and practice plotting using Cartesian Coordinates. They find the angle and the radius and plot them while comprehending the ordered pairs using the x and y axis. The lesson includes...
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Graphing Polar Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners engage in a lesson that is about the plotting of polar coordinates while graphing equations. They plot multiple points with the help of a graphing calculator and using coordinate graph paper. Students identify the pattern known...
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Linear Independence, Bases and Coordinate Systems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners define vocabulary related to vectors and investigate vector problems. In this math instructional activity, students define basis and explore plotting vectors in correlation to their basis. Plotting polynomials facilitates...
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Lord of the Flies Quiz

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
How well does your class know the characters from William Golding's The Lord of the Flies? Learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about the novel in an online interactive reading comprehension...
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Cultural Anthropology Study Using the Fundamentals of Geography and GPS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, operate the GPS unit, plotting each head stone with accompanying description. Two other students to log in data that corresponds to the given points. One student to note general observations
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Making the Nightingale: Sing from "The Nightingale"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students appreciate the art of storytelling. They retell parts of the story with contemporary lyrics and/or poetry to demonstrate their understanding of the plot, characters, relationships, themes, and moral of the story.
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CURRENT AND CLIMATE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study currents and how they have been used to plot courses for travel. They examine the ocean currents in both the Atlantic and Pacific and discuss their effect on local weather.
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Calculating & Graphing Using a Spreadsheet

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use the lab apparatus to calculate the average velocity and average acceleration at several points and record the data. They use the spreadsheets to plot distance vs. time, velocity vs. time and acceleration vs. time graphs.
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Sea Surface Temperature Trends of the Gulf Stream

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use authentic satellite data to produce plots and graphs of sea surface temperature as they explore the seasonal changes of the Gulf Stream.

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