University of Vienna (Austria)
Maths Online
This site consists of interactive lessons on a multitude of math topics including sets, drawing plane and coordinate system, variables, equations, and functions. You may also view this Vienna University site in German.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: De Los Numeros Naturales a Los Complejos
This interactive unit will expand your knowledge from natural to complex numbers. Learn how to express a complex number in polar form, move from rectangular form to polar form and vice versa, operate with complex in polar form and...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Trawling for an Intersection
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is designed to draw a connection between polar and parametric equations, as well as to expose students to the Trawler Problem (involving a fast boat chasing a slower boat which...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Precalculus Concepts 2.0
A complete high school Precalculus Concepts course. Includes 'Related Modalities' for each lesson that teach the same concept in different ways. The text materials follows Algebra II and comes before Calculus or Statistics. The content...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Hyperbola
This site contains a vast amount of information relating to the hyperbola, including the definition of a hyperbola, equations in various systems, including polar, and many important characteristics of hyperbolas. Site also provides many...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Flex Book: Trigonometry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Six-chapter book that introduces students to trigonometry. Topics include right angles, circular functions, trigonometric identities, vectors, and polar equations.
Math2
Math2: Circles
This site has many useful formulas and examples relating to circles, including related definitions, circumference of a circle, area of a circle, length of a circular arc, area of a circular sector, equation of a circle in cartesian...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry:complex Roots
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Plot the roots of equations in polar coordinates.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Conic Sections: Playing With Hyperbolas
Through a mixture of online exploration, and teacher instruction, students will discover how Hyberbolas are formed and will be able to use the key components (center, vertices and the asymptotes) to generate the equation of a graph.
Other
Mathematical Construction of Spirals
This is a simple lesson plan introducing how to graph using polar coordinates.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Folium of Descartes
This site gives the parametric, cartesian, and polar equations for this plane curve. Also given is the point of discontinuity, equation for the asymptote, and area under the curve.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Analysis: Tangents to a Curve
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Calculate the equation of a line tangent to a single point
Curated OER
Crossed Polarizers
At this univeristy physics department site, the polarization of light is explained and illustrated. Methods for analyzing light to determine the degree of polarization are stated and explained with equations.
Curated OER
Crossed Polarizers
At this univeristy physics department site, the polarization of light is explained and illustrated. Methods for analyzing light to determine the degree of polarization are stated and explained with equations.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Line Integral
At this site the student can download a program to do line integrals.
Math Words
Math words.com: Foci of an Ellipse
The definition for foci for an ellipse is given and the definition for ellipse is given. Also gives a diagram and the equation for an ellipse in standard form.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Powers of Complex Numbers
Simplify a power of a complex number z^n, or solve an equation of the form z^n=k. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Physics Iii: Vibrations and Waves
A collection of video lectures from a physics course focusing on vibration and waves taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The course overviews topics dealing with mechanical vibration and waves with twenty-three lectures....
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Science World: Fresnel, Augustin
This site from ScienceWorld provides a short biographical sketch of Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827 CE) and describes his most notable scientific discoveries and contributions. Links are provided throughout for additional information.
Other
Edwin's Animated Images: Hyperbola
This animated tutorial gives the focus/directrix definition of a conic. Also includes specific definition for the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. Includes equations for the conics in both rectangular and polar coordinates.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: The Ellipse
This site explain ellipse how they are formed with the foci, and gives a nice moving demonstration of drawing an ellipse. Read further down the page to equations of ellipses in different systems, including polar. The last half of the...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Hyperbolic Functions
This site from MathWorld explains the hyperbolic function. The information is not too in-depth, but factual and quite a few links are provided for additional information on related subjects.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Circle
This site from Mathworld provides a wealth of information about circles is presented. The information ranges from the basics--radius, circumference, etc.--to advanced concepts--equations in polar and pedal coordinates, etc.
Curated OER
Math World: Hyperbola
This site contains a vast amount of information relating to the hyperbola, including the definition of a hyperbola, equations in various systems, including polar, and many important characteristics of hyperbolas. Site also provides many...