Eleventh graders work in groups and investigate how force determines the speed and distance then they view the video, "Math Vantage #7: What's Your Angle?." They are given a real life problem to solve using speed, ramps, angle, incline...

This session will examine how the TI-83+ can be used to improve instruction in Algebra II classes. We will look at different objectives from the Algebra II curriculum and examine several ways that calculators can improve student...

The average temperature in any location changes with the season. In this activity, you will develop a model for the average temperatures in your hometown.

Thanksgiving Holiday activity for Algebra students. Linear data taken from the internet and used to create a linear model of the class data.Students will then discover the slope of the line is the speed of the car in miles per hour....

Guide your students to the discovery that the end behavior of a polynomial function is determined by the degree of the polynomial and the sign of the leading coefficient by using this activity from Holt, Rinehart, & Winston's Algebra...

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to pursuit curves, in which objects follow seemingly awkward paths due to other objects chasing it. In this lesson (which is technology intensive), students...