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Language Guide

Language Guide: El Dinero

For Students 9th - 10th
These interactive vocabulary words pertain to words one would need to know in dealing with money. Pop-ups play audio with Spanish pronunciation and display correct spelling when the mouse is moved over each illustration.
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The College Board

College Board Online:ap Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
The official AP chemistry site by the College Board. Check here for format, calculator usage, and time constraints, as well as sample tests.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Math / Scientific Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online scientific/math calculator supports functions for algebra and trigonometry. Operates using both the keys on the computer keyboard or pressing the keys on the calculator with the mouse or a combination of both.
Interactive
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Household Carbon Footprint Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter your household energy data to find out your family's total carbon footprint. Explore some actions to take to reduce your carbon emissions, and then find out your estimated savings once you take those steps.
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Other

Good Calculators: Cylinder Volume Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The measurements that are inserted by the user will be used by the online Cylinder calculator to compute electronically the volume of the cylinder. The only things that are required to fill in are the radius of the base and the height of...
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Other

Good Calculators: Cone Volume Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
For the purpose of obtaining results for several cones simultaneously, you can introduce into the calculator the multiple values of the cone. The calculator then will automatically sum the cone volume results which provides the...
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Other

Good Calculators: Gpa Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Mathematics is something that usually does not come natural. Anyway, even if you are very good at mathematics it does not mean you do not need assistance. This easy-to-use online calculator will save much time letting you solve...
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History of Computing Science

History of Computing Science: First Mechanical Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Blaise Pascal, the seventeenth-century French mathematician, thinker, and scientist, built the first mechanical adding machine in 1642 based on a design described by Hero of Alexandria (2 CE) to add up the distance a carriage traveled.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Beat the Calculator: Adding Even Numbers

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Can you beat the calculator? Your task is to find the sum of all even numbers between two and any selected two-digit even number. If you can find the number pattern, you are sure to beat the calculator every time. Links to other "Beat...
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Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Adding Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
The Great Idea Finder profiles the adding machine, invented by nineteen-year old mathematician Blaise Pascal in the year 1642.
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Great Idea Finder

The Great Idea Finder: Blaise Pascal

For Students 9th - 10th
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, is considered one of the great minds in Western intellectual history. He also invented the first mechanical adding machine.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Trigonometria Y Calculadora

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. In this unit you will work with angles and the use of a calculator. You will be able to practice with many interactive activities.
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Other

Square Root on Your Computer's Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides a tutorial on using a calculator to evaluate square roots.
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Other

Randelshofer / Online Scientific Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online scientific calculator! Just type as if you were using a handheld calculator. Includes trigonometric functions, degrees, radian modes and other useful functions.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Rectangular Prism Calculator

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site provides an online rectangular prism calculator. Using any three of the six attributes (length, width, height, surface area, volume or diagonal), students can calculate the other three attributes. The calculator allows students...
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Body Mass Index (Bmi Calculator)

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about body mass index and how this number affects your overall health. Then plug in your own data to find your BMI.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Calculator Use With Algebra Expressions

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students learn how to evaluate expressions using a calculator. Students watch a video tutorial, explore guided notes and attempt practice problems.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graphing Calculators

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains information on different kinds of Texas Instruments graphing calculators.
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Other

Online Conversion

For Students 9th - 10th
Conversion calculators galore! Convert just about anything from one measureable unit into another measureable unit here with over two dozen calculators. Each of the links is specific to a measureable quantity. Some examples include...
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Read Works

Read Works: Inventions: Then and Now

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the telephone, calculator, television, and clock have changed since they were invented. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Other

State Farm Insurance: Allowance Calculator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Would you like to see how your allowance can grow over time? Use this online calculator to figure it out.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Ti 82 Calculator Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives an in depth tutorial on the TI-82 graphing calculator. With each step in the tutorial, a picture of the calculator is shown that can be enlarged.
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Richland Community College

Richmond Community College: Graphing Utilities

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Richmond Community College is a great site to learn about graphs and graphing utilities. The information is not too indepth, but it is very informative, and a good over-all site.
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Other

Math notes.com: Rational Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
A quick look at graphing rational functions, with investigationa ideas for using a graphing calculator.