Concord Consortium
Center of Population
Let the resource take center stage in a lesson on population density. Scholars use provided historical data on the center of the US population to see how it shifted over time. They plot the data on a spreadsheet to look the speed of its...
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Graphing Square Root and Other Radical Functions
In this worksheet, students graph the square root and other radical functions by examining the parent function and the translations and shifts that occur within the function family. The two page worksheet contains twelve problems.
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Graphing
In this graphing activity, students solve and complete 8 different types of problems. First, they graph each set of axes completely. Then, students label the axes and shown a table of their results. In addition, they determine the cycle...
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Statistics: Reading and interpreting production graphs
Students interpret and create different types of graphs. They analyze data from charts, develop a survey and design appropriate graphic illustrations and make a presentation.
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Graphing Data on Ellis Island
Third graders use data to make a bar graph. In this graphing and social studies lesson plan, 3rd graders use data about where Ellis Island immigrants came from to complete a bar graph on Microsoft Excel.
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 7: Connecting Algebra and Geometry
The coordinate plane links key geometry and algebra concepts in this approachable but rigorous unit. The class starts by developing the distance formula from the Pythagorean Theorem, then moves to applications of slope. Activities...
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Transformations with Functions
In this transformations activity, students solve and graph 8 different problems related to various forms of functions. First, they write the equation for the graph of a function given. Then, students describe the transformations that...
Modesto Junior College
Graphical Transformations of Functions
Transform your knowledge from average to excellent with this comprehensive guide to function transformations. All of the types of shifts, stretches, and reflections are included with an explanation and coordinating graph to show...
University of Utah
Representations of a Line
Line up to learn about lines! Scholars discover how to express patterns as linear functions. The workbook then covers how to graph and write linear equations in slope-intercept form, as well as how to write equations of parallel and...
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Building the Aggregate Expenditures Model
A good accompaniment to an economics lesson, this presentation explores the aggregate expenditures model, detailing the relationship between consumption and saving using graphs and charts. Additional information includes investments and...
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Chapter 11: Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
Bring the intricacies of the Aggregate Demand-Aggregate Supply Model (AD-AS) to life in this detailed - yet understandable - presentation. Viewers will appreciate the clear explanations and graphs as they begin their adventure through...
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Transformations of the Quadratic Parent Function
Efficiently graph a quadratic function using transformations! Pupils graph quadratic equations by completing the square to determine the transformations. They locate the vertex and determine more points from a stretch or shrink and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Fixing the Furnace
This comprehensive resource applies simultaneous equations to a real-life problem. Though the commentary starts with a graph, some home consumers may choose to begin with a table. A graph does aid learners to visualize the shift of one...
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"Dead-Zones" and Coastal Eutrophication: Case-Study of Chesapeake Bay
Take an in-depth look at nutrient loading, eutrophication, and hypoxia using data on The Chesapeake Bay as an example. This comprehensive presentation includes detailed graphs, photos, and details about the changes in marine organism...
Global Change
Impact of Climate Change on the Desert Pupfish
A fish that lives in the desert? You and your class can meet the desert pupfish as they examine its habitat, the role humans play in diminishing water supplies, and how climate change might impact this fishy friend. There are four short...
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Related Functions
In this function worksheet, students discuss how a function would change if it shifted on a graph. They create ten new, related functions. Students identify odd, even and symmetric functions. This two-page worksheet contains examples,...
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Musical Plates
Pupils receive current data on the movement of plates on the earth's crust. These plates shift and the magnitude of their shift over time can be tracked. They track this velocity vector on a global map and determine the speed of the...
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Decode Word Is..
Students solve problems using patterns. In this algebra activity, students identify the relation, domain and range of a function. They graph functions using coordinate pairs.
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Regressive Music
Student use the Ti calculator to graph sinusoidal graphs. In this calculus lesson, students use the CBL to collect and analyze data of sinusoidal graphs. They manipulate their collected data and make predictions.
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Senior Analysis
In this senior analysis worksheet, students solve and complete 10 various types of problems. First, they graph each function completely. Then, students label the axes and show a table for each. They also determine if the graph is a...
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Chapter 3 - Worksheet 3E - Functions
In this function worksheet, students observe graphs and determine if the function of the graph is odd or even. They find the inverse of a function and determine the horizontal asymptote of a function. This four-page worksheet contains...
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Why Do Gasoline Prices React to Things That Have Not Happened?
Students investigate how the price of gas is determined. In this economics instructional activity, students analyze supply and demand and seasonal demand, create tables and graphs and reflect on consumer expectations.
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Geometry: Translations and Reflections
Group work and participation is used to perform a specified translation or reflection. In this geometrical translation lesson, small groups of pupils are each given a shape to plot on a coordinate grid. Each shape is then translated or...
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Light and Elements
Here is a full-fledged investigation of light waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, and element spectra. Physicists research a scientist that contributed to our understanding of the behavior of light. They take notes on your lecture, and...