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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Types of Degernate Conics

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math, in response to a student question, provides insight into degenerate cases of conic sections.
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Other

Sierra College: Conics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides the locus of points, dominant axis and equation, discriminant, center, vertex, focus, directrix, and asymptotes for the parabola, the ellipse, and the hyperbola.
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Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Hyperbolas

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that take a look at the process of graphing hyperbolas.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Solving Systems With Quadratic Equations: Systems of Conics

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students will plot the graphs of systems of equations and determine the number of real solutions of the system. Then find the solution of the system algebraically.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Conics

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three Learning Check documents on the various characteristics of parabolas, circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Equation of an Ellipse

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students are provided with an introduction to conic sections and sketching ellipses. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Conic Sections: Playing With Hyperbolas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Through a mixture of online exploration, and teacher instruction, students will discover how Hyberbolas are formed and will be able to use the key components (center, vertices and the asymptotes) to generate the equation of a graph.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Las Conicas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Learn how to distinguish and draw each of the conic sections with these activities.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Las Conicas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Learn about each of the conic sections with these interactive activities.
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Other

Old Dominion University: Calculus Animations W Mathcad

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanations and animations of limits, slopes, derivatives, arc length, infinite series, conic sections, cycloids, parametric curves, polar curves, quadric surfaces, and more.
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Math2

Math2.org: Algebraic and Conic Section Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
THis resource provides examples and information about Algebraic graphing.
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Construccion Geometrica De Las Curvas Conicas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn to construct conic curves with these interactive activities.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Ellipse or Circle? Parametric Equation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math, in reply to a student question, shows how a specific pair of parametric equations produces a circle as opposed to an ellipse.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Completing the Square: Finding the Vertex

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Demonstrates step-by-step how to complete the square to find the vertex of a parabola. Thorough descriptions of each problem.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Equation of a Circle: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Follow along with this tutorial to explore writing equations of a circle.
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Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Focus

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation for the focus in conic sections along with diagrams. Site provides graphs, references, and a brief bibliography and citation.
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Math Open Reference

Math Open Reference: Parabola

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the three ways to define a parabola: Focus and Directrix, The Graph of a Function, and As a Conic Section. Examples are provided.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Graphing Inequalities of Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A solution to a student submitted problem is given. The problem involves systems of conic sections with inequalities.
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Curated OER

Zona Land: Conic Sections the Parabola

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows the graph of a parabola and how it slices a conic section.
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Curated OER

Zona Land: Conic Sections the Parabola

For Students 9th - 10th
Shows the graph of a parabola and how it slices a conic section.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Ellipse

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson is designed for an Algebra II through Pre-Calculus classes and introduces the conic section- an ellipse. In this lesson students explore an ellipse, the set of points in a plane such that the sum of the distances from each...
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Other

Platonic Realms: Conic Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A proof to show that the square root of two is an irrational number, followed by a shorter and even more beautiful proof.
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Curated OER

Circle Conic

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the four types of conic sections is presented. The origin of how each conic is formed and a table of various characteritics specific to each type of conic is shown.
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Curated OER

Ellipse Conic

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the four types of conic sections is presented. The origin of how each conic is formed and a table of various characteritics specific to each type of conic is shown.

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