University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Polar Coordinates
This site offers a discussion on polar coordinates. The discussion is an introduction to the concept and is in very simple terms. The site could also be used a s a review, as the fundamentals of polar graphing is easily found.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Spiraling Out
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson gives students further insight into the various spirals that can be graphed using polar equations. While the lesson assumes that students already have some background with polar...
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Polar Coordinates
This site from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville shows how to graph a polar equation on a TI-86 Graphing Calculator.
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Algebra
This lesson provides basic instruction on the major concepts in algebra. Content includes a focus on fractions, units of conversion, complex numbers, quadratic equations, factorization and roots of polynomials, solving equations, systems...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Precalculus Concepts 2.0
A complete high school Precalculus Concepts course. Includes 'Related Modalities' for each lesson that teach the same concept in different ways. The text materials follows Algebra II and comes before Calculus or Statistics. The content...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Conic Sections: Playing With Hyperbolas
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.
Other
Mathematical Construction of Spirals
This is a simple lesson plan introducing how to graph using polar coordinates.