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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Determine Rotations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a figure on the coordinate plane and a center of a rotation, find the angle for the rotation that maps one figure to the other. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Advanced Reflections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the reflection that maps a given figure to another and draw the image of a reflection. The lines of reflection in this exercise have a wide range of slopes. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...
Activity
National Geographic

National Geographic: Introduction to Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students learn to determine the latitude and longitude of locations within the United States, while making observations about climate and the ways in which these measurements can be useful. Includes maps and discussion...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Assessing the Situation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this activity, students will use the scale, the key, and longitude and latitude on a map to determine where they have crashed. They will then use the map scale to determine the distance to the nearest city and how long it will take...
Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Places on the Planet: Latitude and Longitude

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students learn how citizen scientists involved in the Geological Society of America's EarthCaching project use GPS technology and latitude and longitude coordinates to find special places on the Earth.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hurricane! Saving Lives With Reasoning & Computer Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and apply the distance formula and an x-y coordinate plane on a hurricane tracking map, and then use a map scale to determine distance in miles. Then, using MATLAB computer science programming language, students help...
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Rice University

Rice University: Cynthia Lanius: Mathematics of Cartography

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Can there be a connection between map making and math? Explore the mathematics of cartography in this resource that integrates web-based instruction, mathematical problem solving, geometry, history, and art. Interesting information and...
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: World of Fish: Space

For Students 4th - 6th
Join Otto at the Phantasia construction site. Will you help him build a new playground?
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Winning Inequalities (Part 1)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students write and interpret a linear equation and an inequality with two variables and use the Inequality Graphing Application to map inequalities on a coordinate plane.
Handout
Geographic

Photius Coutsoukis Home Page: Honduras Geography

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about the geography of the country of Honduras from this web site. It describes its location, map references, geographic coordinates, area, land boundaries, coastline, and much more.
Graphic
NASA

Nasa: Central Solar Eclipse Paths: 1991 2050

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides links to maps and path coordinates for every solar eclipse from 1991 through 2050.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Congruence and Transformations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a pair of figures in the coordinate plane, try to map one onto the other and determine whether they are congruent. Includes examples of glide reflections. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Determine Rotations

For Students 9th - 10th
Given a figure on the coordinate plane and a center of a rotation, find the angle for the rotation that maps one figure to the other.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Cyberchase: Echo Explorers

For Students K - 1st
Players explore math concepts and must use echolocation, as well as their skills in mapping and coordinates, to help free the bats trapped in dark caves.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Modern Navigation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level planetary science course highlighting modern navigation. Course introduces the concepts and applications of navigation techniques using celestial bodies and satellite positioning systems (GPS). Course features include...
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Other

Time and date.com: The World Clock Time Zones

For Students 9th - 10th
This website has a variety of time resources. You can find a major city and its time. If you click on that city it will give you lots of information.

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