Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice: Polygons and Area of Plane Figures
Practice using your graphing calculator for measuring and constructing polygons and other plane figures. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Orthocenter
This site from InterMath gives a description of the orthocenter of a triangle along with a visual representation. Be sure to follow the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Interpreting Barometric Pressure Readings
Explains how to read a barometer and interpret its meaning, as well as how the barometer was invented.
Math Open Reference
Math Open Reference: Orthocenter of a Triangle
Learn about the orthocenter of a triangle with this handy reference guide. Provides a detailed definition, examples, and an interactive activity that enhances further explanation. Includes links to related topics.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Area, Surface Area, and Volume Problems
A guide to support parents as they work with their students with area, surface area, and volume problems.
Michigan Reach Out
Nasa Teacher's Resource Center: Balloon Staging
Activity to show student how rockets reach high altitudes.
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Virtual Sun: Maya Environment
This site from the Virtual Sun gives a detailed account of the geographical region once inhabited by the Maya People. It describes the landscape, climate, and altitude.
Other
Eastern Illinois University: The Eustachian Tube
Describes the role that the eustachian tube plays in maintaining pressure in the middle ear, during flight in an airplane or other changes in altitude and pressure. Tells why your ears pop more on the descent than on the ascent of a flight.
Other
Baranidesign: Air Density Calculator
A calculator that computes air density if altitude, temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure are known.
Other
Space Crew Protective Equipment
The David Clark Company outlines the history of their "Crew Protective Equipment". Good images and information on their suits is available here. Information is available on the following equipment.Anti-G Suits used by allied fighter...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Problems Library Geometry Triangles
This site contains a wealth of problems that deal with the basic definitions of medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors or the defining characteristics of the different types of triangles. There are also...
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Right Triangles Calculator
Use this calculator to find the unknown angles in a right triangle using the Pythagorean Theorem. Once you know the sides you can calculate the perimeter, semiperimeter, area, and the altitudes.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Isosceles Triangles Calculator
Use this calculator to find the sides, perimeter, area, semiperimeter, and altitude of an isosceles triangle.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Best Amount of Water to Fly a Bottle Rocket
In this rocket experiment, students will investigate the question, "Which amount of water will cause the rocket to stay in the air the longest?" Students will compare how long the rocket was in the air with how much water was in the...
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: How High Does the Atmosphere Go?
This lesson shows the parts of the atmosphere and their size (thickness) relative to the size of the Earth. It includes background information, lesson outline, links to standards and assessments.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Geometry: More About Triangles
Explores triangles and related vocabulary through examples and a video lesson.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Boiling
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers boiling point.
Read Works
Read Works: Climates: An Introduction to Climates
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about climates. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Pressure and Density of the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the pressure and density of the atmosphere varies.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Pressure and Density of the Atmosphere
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How the pressure and density of the atmosphere varies.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Geographical Determinants of Climate Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key processes that determine the type of climate. Includes several questions to check for understanding.
South Carolina Educational Television
Know It All: The Properties of the Atmosphere
In this instructional activity, 6th graders will develop and use models to exemplify the properties of the atmosphere and the relative scale in relation to the size of Earth.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Orthocenter
This site from MathWorld provides a diagram of a triangle with its orthocenter labeled. The site details how to find the orthocenter with links to the key terms. The site details many other interesting properties of the triangle...
NASA
Nasa: Image Science Center: Ask the Space Scientist Earth
Site from NASA contains a collection of 91 questions pertaining to the Earth's atmosphere, magnetic field, ionosphere, rotation and origin of life.
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