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How Many Quasars Are There?
In this quasars learning exercise, students read about how astronomers can detect quasars by their luminosity. Students use a given equation to solve 4 problems including finding quasar magnitude, determining the number of quasars with...
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Solar Flare Reconstruction
For this solar flare reconstruction worksheet, students read about the 'saturation' point of satellite detectors when solar flares are at their most intense phase of brightness. Students are given x-ray flare data and they re-plot the...
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Pedal Power
Show your classes the importance of mathematics in something as simple as bicycle design. The final lesson in the six-part STEM series has each group research a different aspect of the bicycle. Learners use mathematical formulas, linear...
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Slope Fields and Euler's Method
For this slope field worksheet, students use a slope field for a rate equation. Using Euler's Method, they identify the piecewise linear function approximating the solution of the initial value problem. This four-page worksheet...
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Successive Approximations and Euler's Method
In this Euler's method worksheet, students compute the successive approximations for a given function. They compute the piecewise linear function to produce the approximation to the solution of the initial value problem. This four-page...
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Rate Equation
In this rate equation learning exercise, students use Euler's method to estimate the value of rate equations. They use the piecewise linear function approximation to determine the solution of an initial value problem. This two-page...
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NEXT GENERATION SPACECRAFT-Orion
Students investigate the volume of a solid. In this calculus lesson, students use integration to find the volume of a solid generated by a region, the Orion crew module.
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Let's Get Physical
Students collect data using the CBL. In this statistics activity, students predict the type of graph that will be created based on the type of activity the person does. The graph represents heart rate depending the level of activity.
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Absolute Value Equations and Inequalities
Students explore the concept of absolute value inequalities and equations. In this absolute value inequalities and equations lesson, students discuss how to solve absolute value inequalities and equations through teacher led discussion...