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Npr: Algebra Project Teaches Math Skills That Pay

For Students 9th - 10th
How can we help low-income students and students of color achieve in math? Robert Moses, founder of The Algebra Project, talks about his efforts to help students succeed in math and science through this "national math literacy project."...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Key Curriculum Press Algebra: Project the Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will choose a small region on the boundary of the Mandelbrot Set and create a graph of that smaller region.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Scalar Projections

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students will study scalar projections: dot products of vectors and unit vectors. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Edmond Halley

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Johannes Kepler

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Blaise Pascal

For Students 9th - 10th
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,...
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Vector Space Projection

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage discusses projections in vector space. The material is rather advanced. A clear understanding of Linear Algebra, the study of linear equations and their transformations, is required to understand this information.
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Christoff Rudolff

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides ten fields of biographical data which are compiled for you. The fields of data collected include, but are not limited to, dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth),...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: Pierre Fermat

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Galileo Project of Rice University provides information on ten fields of biographical data which are compiled regarding Pierre Fermat, including dates (birth/death), father (occupation/wealth), nationality, education,...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Magnetic Launcher

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore electromagnetism and engineering concepts using optimization techniques to design an efficient magnetic launcher. Groups start by algebraically solving the equations of motion for the velocity at the time when a...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Energy Efficient Housing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
We all know that it takes energy to provide us with the basics of shelter: heating, cooling, lighting, electricity, sanitation and cooking. To create energy-efficient housing that is practical for people to use every day requires...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hybrid Vehicle Design Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This module is written for a first-year algebra-based physics class, though it could easily be modified for conceptual physics. It is intended to provide hands-on activities to teach the overarching concept of energy, as it relates to...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Dot Products

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students are calculating dot products of vector quantities. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Imaginary Numbers? What Do You Mean Imaginary?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Is it any wonder that students are suspicious? We lead, sometimes drag, them through Algebra I insisting they must follow the order of operations. We make them learn the "hard way" of doing an assignment one day only to show them the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
As a hands-on lesson, the learners will recognize the correct usage of the order of operations. In groups, the students will work cooperatively to discover the importance of following step-by-step instructions and apply that knowledge in...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Polynomials Divided by Monomials

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Investigation of division of polynomials by mononials. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Dartboard Probability

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson learners will find probability of events presented in a geometric context. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: It's in the Bag!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
It's in the Bag will allow students to explore basic principles of probability. Students will investigation the likelihood of a certain color cube coming out of a bag. Then proceed to write word problems involving the plausible outcomes....
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Midpoint of a Line Segment.

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Investigate finding the midpoint of a line segment and derive the formula for the midpoint of two points on a coordinate plane. This lesson plan was created by exemplary Alabama Math Teachers through the AMSTI project.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Exponents and Division

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce the exponent and division rule, the zero exponent rule, and the negative exponent rule. Students will make a human fraction to discover the division rule for exponents. The lesson will also introduce various...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Piece of Pi

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson uses graphing to help young scholars understand that pi is a constant and is the slope of the line graphed on a circumference vs. diameter graph.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Battleships

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed to review and reinforce three methods (graphing, substitution and elimination) of solving systems of linear equations. The students will work together and independently to find the solutions to systems of...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I'm Lovin' It: Finding Areas Between Curves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will best fit equations to a curve to find the area of a logo or image. Images will include McDonalds, Nike, and the Motorola logo. This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project...

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