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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Polynomials in Standard Form

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn about standard form and how to classify and simplify polynomials.
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Drawing Curves

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Mangahigh is a website with math games aimed at twelve to eighteen year olds. On this site students draw graphs of polynomial functions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Graphing Polynomials

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers finding the minimum(s), maximum(s), end behavior, domain, and range of a polynomial graph. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice,...
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William Mueller

William Mueller: Families of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Meet the Function Family! Each member of the family has examples of their graphs and descriptions of the types of real-world situation that produce those graphs.
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Polynomial Functions and Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Want to find the roots of a polynomial function? Learn how, using several methods in this tutorial. Graphing and Scientific Notebook are used on the main page. Click on the "Dinosaur Method" link at the bottom of the page to see the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Translations of Parent Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity utilizes the TI-Navigator and Activity Center to explore translations of a parent graph.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 1.4 Characteristics of Polynomial Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson explores graphs of polynomial equations including how to find the maximum and minimum y-values on a polynomial function.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: End Behavior of Polynomials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Analyze polynomial functions to determine how they behave as the input variable increases to positive infinity or decreases to negative infinity. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra Ii: Zeros of Polynomials (With Factoring)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use various methods in order to find all the zeros of polynomial expressions or functions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Curated OER

Polynomial Functions of the First Degree

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A java applet that lets you graph a first degree polynomial and see how changing the coefficients changes the graph.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F if Graphs of Power Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are asked to sketch and label the graphs of different (positive) powers of x. Aligns with F-IF.C.7.c.
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Richland Community College

Richland Community College: Rational Functions and Asymptotes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains basic information on rational functions. Gives definition, how to find domain and roots, and how rational functions apply to asymptotes and holes in the graph.
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Richland Community College

Richland Community College: Algebra Lecture Notes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Richland Community College provides lecture notes to a class on Algebra. It covers a wide array of topics including functions, quadratic equations, inequalities, and much more.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Graphing General Polynomials, Radicals, Rationals, and Piecewise Fun

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides an overview of graphing, giving examples of general polynomial, radical, rational, and piecewise functions. Also includes advice on common mistakes made by students.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Graphing Cube Root Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers graphing cubed root functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice and attempt practice problems.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Multiplying/factoring Polynomials

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will be given binomials to multiply or trinomials to factor. The teacher will enter the binomials/trinomial into activity center and students must send in other form. Correct answers should match teacher graph.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Special Functions Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This downloadable java simulation shows a variety of special functions. Functions included are Legendre polynomials, Chebyshev polynomials, and Bessel functions.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra Ii: Zeros of Polynomials (Factored Form)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Select the graph that best suits a polynomial equation by considering the zeros of the polynomial. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Slope of the Tangent Line (Part2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students graph the cubic and quadratic functions. They also graph the slope values of the tangent lines for each of the function graphs.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Quest for Roots of Higher Order Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to approximate the roots of any polynomial equation of any order by first using tables, and then by tracing along the graph to the point where the curve intersects
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Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: La Function Cuadratica. Parabolas.

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an interactive activity to explore the second-degree polynomial function. It goes from the simplest case, y=x^2 to different translations.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: General Polynomials

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Confused about graphing or just need a refresher? This explanation focuses on graphing higher-power polynomials along with radical functions, rational functions, and piecewise functions. Plenty of examples are included.
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Oregon State University

Calculus Quest: Power Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
This CalculusQuest site is details the power function by looking at the significance of the function, standard notation, the rules of exponentiation, domains and graphs of power functions, and also calculations. This site is a good...