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Exploratorium

Oil Spot Photometer

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Are these two light sources the same? Groups use a white card and a little cooking oil to create a photometer that allows for the comparison of two lights. The Inverse Square Law provides a way to calculate the actual difference in...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Proportions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for solving proportion problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Quadratic Formula

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Illinois offers an excellent simulation of the quadratic formula, where you can type in different values for a, b, and c, and then view the change in the answer for x.