National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Resources for Teaching Math: Algebra Tiles
Try this hands-on approach to solving algebra problems with this interactive website. Students are able to "solve equations, substitute in variable expressions, expand, and factor".
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Suzanne Alejandre: Algebraic Factoring
Use algebra tiles to explore factoring of polynomials.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Properties of Fractals
Students explore the properties of fractal dimesions.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Patterns to the Rescue
Patterns and sequences of numbers are explored through this lesson.
Rice University
Galileo Project: Francois Viete
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a brief overview of Francois Viete, displayed as ten biographical topics. The fields of data collected include topics such as birth/death dates, father, nationality,...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Henry Briggs
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides ten fields of biographical data which are compiled about Henry Briggs, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education, religion, scientific...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Edmond Halley
This site from the Galileo Project of Rice University provides ten fields of biographical data are compiled related to Edumond Halley, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education, religion,...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Johannes Kepler
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides information on ten fields of biographical data which are compiled about Johannes Kepler, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education,...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides ten fields of biographical data are compiled regarding Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education, religion,...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Blaise Pascal
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides information on ten fields of biographical data which are compiled regarding Blaise Pascal, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education,...
Rice University
Galileo Project: Abraham De Moivre
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides ten fields of biographical data are compiled regarding Abraham de Moivre, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education, religion,...
University of Virginia
University of Virginia: The Studies of Kepler
Biographical information of the early life of Kepler is provided as well as a somewhat detailed look at the highs and lows of his work in studying planetary motion.
Rice University
Galileo Project: Johann Bernoulli
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides a brief profile of Johann Bernoulli. The information is set up in a list format, covering topics such as: dates, father, nationality, education, religion, and scientific...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Slope of Lines
This site provides a detailed unit on finding the slope of lines that investigates methods for solving systems of equations. Good lesson plan for class.
University of South Florida
Florida Center for Instructional Tech: Famous People
Students estimate the ages of famous people, then create a scatterplot with the actual ages. This activity allows them to estimate with linear equations. You can access the age data through the "activity" link.
University of South Florida
Florida Center for Instructional Tech: Wacky Water World
At this site investigate linear equations with a graphing calculator. Data is gathered from a hypothetical situation of purchasing tickets at a waterpark.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Chickscope Egg Math: Embryo Calculus
This interesting and interactive site offers information and activities on exponential functions, tangents and slopes, and "The number e."
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Activities
Students have access to several activities to practice their algebra skills.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Mathematical Information
This site, which is provided for by the Richland Community College, explains the several mathematical theorems.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Algebra Vocabulary Terms
This StudyCards activity includes the definitions for 15 algebra terms for which the students need to identify the correct vocabulary term.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Systems of Linear Equations
This set of questions pertains to systems of linear equations. Students are asked to determine the number of solutions and to find points of intersection. These are multiple choice problems with solutions included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Systems of Linear Equations Using Substitution
Students can use the substitution method of solving systems of linear equations.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Flipping a Penny
In this activity, students will explore two functions which are inverses of each other. They also explore their characteristics and understand how they reverse each other's operation.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Stretching Slinkies
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to explore the TI-84 graphing calculator in conjunction with Microsoft Excel. Students can use the "Stretching Slinkies" worksheet to record and enter data. They will either: enter data...