Students learn about and make tessellations.  In this geometry lesson, students watch a video about wallpaper tessellations and use a handout to learn about tessellations. Students make an irregular tessellation.

Students investigate an accident and relate it to math. In this trigonometry lesson, students measure the accident scene, the friction produced, and the speed from the skid marks. They create a poster of their findings.

Learners plan the trip of a band across America. In this money planning lesson, students create a budget for the band using excel basic functions. They manage the band and its budget and relate the tour to future budgeting needs of the...

Students find the slopes of linear functions. In this graphing lesson, students analyze linear equations and calculate the slope of the line. They graph a line given the slope and y-intercept.

Students explore math functions by solving word problems in class. For this multiplication lesson, students utilize colored cubes and base blocks to visualize multiplication problems. Students identify the multiplication values within...

Watch an episode of the TV show, NUMB3RS and then explore the mathematics of chain letters and pyramid schemes, both of which involve geometric progressions and exponential growth. They discuss why both are dangerous and illegal.

Students explore slope as a rate of change. In this eighth grade mathematics lesson, students investigate real-world problems to determine rate of change and transform it into a linear representation, thus determining slope. Students...

Learners investigate linear programming using the TI. In this algebra lesson, students collaborate and graph linear inequalities on a TI. They analyze their data and present it to the class.

Do you know how the population has grown of your community? Can you predict the population over the next half century? Can we find an algebraic model that matches our data? These along with many more questions can be researched by...

Seventh graders use toothpicks to investigate a series of designs and identify patterns. Data is organized and analyzed using tables and graphs, and students make generalizations using algebraic expressions.

In this long distance phone plane worksheet, young scholars compare various phone plans and determine which long distance plan has the greatest savings. Students support their answers visually through the use of tables and graphs. They...

Your movie fans will be interested in this resource. They will compare video streaming plans. One plan charges a set rate per month and a reduced viewing fee, and the other has a flat rate per each video viewed. Unfortunately, students...

A car traveling down a steep hill is the model for this resource. The confusion comes when the elevation, E, is given in terms of distance, d. The distance, d, is the horizontal distance from E. Therefore, the equation, E = 7500 – 250d,...

Pupils keep a garden journal after planting a garden and discuss environmental stresses put upon the garden for growth. In this garden lesson plan, students plant the plants differently from one another and observe the outcomes.

In this math worksheet, students examine the functions that are given. The domains and ranges are varied according to each function. Then they write the proofs for them.

Twelfth graders assess their knowledge of logarithmic and exponential functions.  In this calculus lesson, 12th graders demonstrate their knowledge of all concepts of logarithmic and exponential functions.  Students apply the...

In this math worksheet, students practice graphing the linear equations on the Cartesian plane. They also create a function table for each.

In this math worksheet, students graph the equations through recognizing the position of the intercepts. They also create a function table for each.

Students collect and analyze voltage data. In this math lesson plan, students investigate exponential functions using the TI and a Voltage Probe. They graph their data and analyze it using a table.

Students investigate linear functions.  In this linear functions activity, students are given a situation where two race cars start at the same point.  Students have four graphs that they match to the race car scenario. ...

Learners practice using a function machine online to help them with functions. They examine the relationship between input and output. They discover the rule for the change when completing these types of problems.

In this matter and motion worksheet, learners solve 4 different problems that relate to determining the matter and motion of a function problem. First, they find the limit of a as n to infinity and then, determine whether each series...

Students solve exponential functions and inequalities. In this algebra lesson, students find the roots of equations and use it to graph and evaluate exponential functions. They simplify exponents using the law of exponents.

In this math worksheet, pupils solve the problems for the quadratic equations. They factor the equations and determine the probability of the two solutions.