Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Graphs of Inequalities

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learn how to solve inequalities and graph their answers. High schoolers use addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to solve problems. They analyze their graph using the TI calculator.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Systems using Elimination

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using elimination to find the point of intersection of two lines, students learn to solve systems of equation. They graph their solutions and use the TI to verify the solution.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Maximizing Your Efforts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students graph systems of equation. In this algebra lesson, students find where the lines cross and identify the type of solution. They analyze a graph and write the equation of the line.
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Curated OER

Evaluation Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore algebraic expressions in this Algebra I lesson plan. They evaluate expressions using paper and pencil and then use the TI-83 to provide immediate reinforcements.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Intersecting Lines and Vertical Angles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils identify and define intersecting lines and vertical angles. They draw two intersecting lines and measure one pair of vertical angles. Learners will also move a line to change the angles of a figure and describe the changes in the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Factoring Trinomials

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students factor trinomials. In this algebra lesson plan, students identify the different integers making up the trinomial and use the special pattern to factor them. They continue to model the equations and how to factor correctly.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Solving Systems by the Elimination Method

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils solve equations by elimination and use the TI to graph the lines and find the point of intersection.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trains in Motion

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Students compare two object as they find the distance between them. In this geometry lesson, students create an equation describing the distance of time as a function. They use the navigator to observe the distance.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Let's Go Slopey

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars create a table of values to graph a line. For this algebra lesson, students identify the slope and intercept of a linear equation. They use a Ticalculator to graph their function.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Building Paper Bridges

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers construct a bridge that can hold 100 pennies. In this math lesson, students evaluate the strength of their bridges. They predict how much weight a bridge can hold based on its design.
Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Linear Programming: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Linear programming is a part of a very important area of mathematics called "optimization techniques". This field of study (or at least the applied results of it) are used every day in the organization and allocation of resources. Linear...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Calzones vs. Mini Pizzas a Linear Programming Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This module presents a linear programming problem. An example of the revenue-maximizing product mix for a pizza parlor is developed. This is an example of a more general mathematical optimization (maximization or minimization) problem....
Activity
Other

High Step Sport Shoes: A Linear Programming Problem [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple example of a linear programming problem for students that helps them understand the basic ideas behind linear programming and how they can be applied to solving real world problems.
Handout
Other

Imse Concept Library: Explanation of Simplex Method

For Students 10th - 12th
A Word document explaining and giving examples of the 11 steps of solving linear programming models using the Simplex Method.
Activity
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Calculus I: Applications of Derivatives

For Students 9th - 10th
Learners examine applications of derivatives. Topics investigated are rates of change, the mean value theorem, optimization problems, critical points, linear approximations, and Newton?s method. Class notes, definitions, and examples...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Branch and Bound

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is best used as an extension to linear programming in which the solutions to the proposed problem must be integers. The Branch and Bound method operates on the optimized point,...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Control Engineering

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from an industrial control course taught at the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning. The course teaches basic characteristics of feedback control systems, frequency-response analysis, and...