Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F If.3 Snake on a Plane
In a video game called Snake, a player moves a snake through a square region in the plane, trying to eat the white pellets that appear. This task has students approach a function via both a recursive and an algebraic definition, in the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Explaining the Equation for a Circle
This problem examines equations defining different circles in the x-y plane. Students must use the Pythagorean Theorem to find equations whose solutions are points on the circle and explain why they work. Includes a GeoGebra worksheet...
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University of Alabama: Government
Overview in note form on social and political philosophy comparing Plato, Locke, and Hobbes. Scroll to "natural rights" which the author discusses in context for understanding the political and social philosophies of these political...