Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Mass Spectrometer (Single Sector)

For Students 9th - 10th
Mass spectrometers are machines that give scientists a look at the composition and origin of a material by analyzing and quantifying its atoms and molecules. This tutorial shows how a single sector mass spectrometer works. (Java tutorial)
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Scale Factor

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The interactive applet allows learners to explore the relationships between side length, area, and perimeter. Students see how changes in the scale factor influence the ratio of areas and perimeters. [Requires Java.]
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Linear Regression 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive program where students will explore regression lines. Students will be introduced to the correlation coefficient and come to understand what it represents through the given exploration. Requires Java.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Mirror Tool

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive tool helps student visualize symmetry. The exploration provided by the site helps students explore reflective symmetry. [Requires Java.]
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Linear Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th
This activity provides an opportunity for students to examine transformations of linear equations. Linked activity requires Java Plug-in.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Solving Square Root Equations Using Tables and Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Given a square root equation, the student will solve the equation using tables or graphs - connecting the two methods of solutions. Includes Java applet.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Try to Simplify a Trigonometric Expression

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebMath site is a java program that will simplify a trig expression. This is a good site to use to check answers to problem sets. Read the site instructions carefully.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graphing Parabolas

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input the equation of a parabola, in one of many forms, and gives you a graph of the parabola along with an explanation of how the graph was drawn.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graph a Line

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input the slope of a line and a point on the line and gives you the equation, in slope-intercept form, of the line with the given slope that passes through the point. It also includes a...
Interactive
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Calculate a Right Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input information about a right triangle, and then solves the triangle for any of the missing pieces of information. It also gives a detailed solution using the information that you provided.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graph a Circle

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input information about a circle, in one of four forms, and gives you the graph of the circle.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graphing Ellipses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input information about an ellipse, in one of four forms, and gives you the graph of the ellipse.
Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graphing Hyperbolas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input information about hyperbolas in one of eight forms and gives you the graph of the hyperbola.
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Bangladesh

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a great general resource for information on Bangladesh from the CIA World Factbook. It includes geography, population, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This resource...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Bhutan

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the World Factbook presents extensive information on Bhutan in South Asia. It includes geography, population statistics, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Ireland

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Ireland. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Cuba. The content covers the country's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. This resource...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Sri Lanka

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive resource from the CIA World Factbook on Sri Lanka, including geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, transnational issues. It also includes images of a flag and maps. This...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: French Southern and Antarctic Lands

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of the French Southern and Antartic Lands. The content covers the area's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and...
Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Gaza Strip

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of the area of the Gaza Strip. The content covers the area's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational...
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Volume of a Cube

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
"The volume of a cube can be developed by considering unit cubes, a single row (longs) of unit cubes or a single layer (flats) of cubes using this applet." This easy software makes it possible to easily construct a cube and take it...
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Mars Earth Orbit Computer Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will use this applet to form and test hypothesis of what the orbit of Mars will look like relative to Earth. [Requires Java.]
Activity
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Slope of a Line Segment

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive Java applet allows visualization of line segments and their slopes. The slope and how it is found is given for each line drawn by the user.
Handout
Other

Vlps: Mean and Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of frequency distributions, mean, standard deviations, and variance including a Java Applet.

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