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Food or Fuel?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the process of transesterification utilizing chemical formulas. They construct and compare models of chemical structure of the substances involved in biodiesel production such as: alcohols, alkenes, alkanes, alkyls,...
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Tower of Hanoi Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the Legend of the Tower of Hanoi and complete mathematical problems related to the legend. They play the Tower of Hanoi game online in order to discover the number pattern involved. They solve problems using the...
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Summer 1999, MA 123: Cumulative Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this math learning exercise, students work to complete the review for a final part of an Algebra II class. The sheet has review problems.
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Numerical Analysis

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math instructional activity, students practice analyzing iterative methods. Then they use the reading to practice problem solving focusing upon convergence.
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Chemical Equations

For Students Higher Ed
In this chemical equations activity, students write mass balance equations and charge balance equations. Students write the system of equations to solve for solution concentrations at equilibrium. This activity has 21 problems to solve.
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Balance Equation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this balance equations worksheet, students write the charge balance equation for different compounds dissolved in water. Students rank the concentrations of ions and neutrals at equilibrium for solutions formed. This worksheet has 21...
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Tilted Squares and Right Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate squares. They generate patterns from structured situations and find a rule for the general term and express it using words and symbols. Students generate patterns from a rule and substitute values and formulas.
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Limits

For Students Higher Ed
For this limit worksheet, students evaluate functions and determine the limits of the function. This one-page worksheet contains 10 problems.
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Modeling Drug Assimilation in the Human Body

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students investigate the accumulation of drugs in the body. In this algebra instructional activity, students collect data on drug retention and assimilation. They use their data to predict the behavior and effects of drugs.
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Human Coordinate Plane, Using the Distance Formula

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write the distance formula to solve equations for finding the distance between 2 points. In this distance formula lesson plan, students also write sentences explaining why their formulas would work.
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Euler's Method

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners identify Euler's method of graphing in this calculus lesson. They approximate values of a function and check their work using EM. They also differentiate equations at an exact point.
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Velocity

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the concepts of velocity, acceleration, distance and football. They collect data on the velocity of a football and they determine the distance and height of a football when it is thrown. Students compare their findings...
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Discovering Pi

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover Pi.  In this discovering Pi lesson, 6th graders measure the diameter and circumference of various circular objects.  Students record their measurements in a table.  Students discuss how Pi relates to...
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Worksheet 14 - Spring 1996

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students Find the interval of convergence of the power series. Special attention should be paid by checking the endpoints.
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Worksheet 31

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math activity, students investigate vectors and polar coordinates. They convert the paths of polar coordinates to Euclidian points.
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Newton's Theory of Universal Gravitation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how Newton tied together the gravity observed on Earth and the motion of the Moon. They apply an earlier lesson about centripetal forces.
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Local Linearity and the Microscope Approximation

For Students Higher Ed
In this local linearity worksheet, students identify the slope of a line tangent to the graph at a given point. They use linear approximation to estimate values. Students determine the slope of a secant line at a given point. This...
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Spheres

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work algebraic expressions with various types of powers to find the solutions. They Students also become familiar with problems that involve the square roots of numbers. The work should be completed with computational accuracy.
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A Functional Housing Market

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students access the Internet to search for housing prices in Houston, Texas,(the location can be changed to accommodate any location) and compare the prices to the number of square feet found in the living area of a house.
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Determining Mercantile Volume of a Pine Tree

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, acting as foresters, determine timber volumes as sawtimber or pulpwood for marketing. They find the marketable value of a tree using its diameter and volume.
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Million Dollar Gift

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a box big enough to hold a million dollars. This is a project fun to do near the winter holidays with inexpensive gifts included in the boxes. This hands-on lesson very effectively demonstrates the concept of volume.
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Alternative Alphabet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners determine and compare hieroglyph content and frequency to sentences constructed in an alternative alphabet based on symbols that mimic sounds of the alphabet. They decide which images are hieroglyphs and which ones are not.
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Va Va Va Zoooommm

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, measure a variety of physical components to several activities. They use both standard and non-standard forms of measurement and then develop conclusions about the use of units in measurement.
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Year Book Page Special Shape Collage

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students design a collage of pictures for a yearbook that make a shape. They determine the area of the shape and the price of putting the collage in the yearbook.