Curated OER
Geometry Regents Bimodal
For this geometry worksheet, students solve problems that are bimodal. They define properties of circles and triangles. There are 117 questions.
Curated OER
Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic
Students explore the interplay between the geometric and analytic information and on the use of calculus both to predict and to explain the observed local and global behavior of a function. They write a paragraph describing any...
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Tangent Lines
This is a detailed site concerning tangent lines to curves. The site gives the limiting definition of the slope of the tangent. This site has a link to a discussion and animation of the approaching secant line, a java applet for the...
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University
Npac Reu Program: Tangent Lines
The Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University offers a fairly detailed site explaining the slope of a tangent line to a curve.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Segments From Secants and Tangents
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Apply the Tangent Secant Segment Theorem.
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Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Tangent and Secant Lines 1 [Pdf]
Students use the given graph to sketch secant and tangent lines. The resource consists of an enlarged printable version of a graph available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Tangent and Secant Lines 2 [Pdf]
Learners sketch the secant and tangent lines of a given graph. The resource includes an enlarged printable version of a graph available in PDF format.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Segments From Secants and Tangents
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students to solve for missing segments created by a tangent line and a secant line intersecting outside a circle.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Angles Outside a Circle Intermediate
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students how to calculate angles formed outside a circle by tangent and secant lines.
Walter Fendt
Walter Fendt: Slope of a Secant / Tangent Line
A short interactive activity to help you visualize the slope of a secant as it gets closer to the tangent line.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Circles, Segments, and Area
A wealth of resources to supplement instruction on parts of the circle. Find lessons describing chords, tangents, secants, and segments, as well as related practice quizzes and classroom activities.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: The Derivative: Graphical Viewpoint
The resource investigates the graphical approach of calculating the derivative. Topics examined are secant and tangent lines. Students learn about the calculus concepts through notes and examples.
Geometry Help
Geometry Help: Tangent Lines
Explains the basic concept of congruent triangles with step-by-step instructions and methods for solving specific problems on your own relating to this topic.
Curated OER
Spark Notes: Tangent Lines and Secant Lines
This site contains definitions and pictures of secant and tangent lines. The site contains links to define terms on the page.
Curated OER
Spark Notes: Tangent Lines and Secant Lines
This site contains definitions and pictures of secant and tangent lines. The site contains links to define terms on the page.
Curated OER
Spark Notes: Tangent Lines and Secant Lines
This site contains definitions and pictures of secant and tangent lines. The site contains links to define terms on the page.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Making Conjectures About Circles and Segments
Given examples of circles and the lines that intersect them, the student will use explorations and concrete models to formulate and test conjectures about the properties and relationships among the resulting segments.
Other
Dans Math: Lessons: Calculus (Part 1)
College professor Dan Bach reviews the basic calculus concepts of limits and derivatives. The site includes examples and animated graphs.
Hofstra University
Hofstra University: An Introduction to the Derivative
This lesson from the Hofstra University discusses the derivative. The lesson begins with the average rate of change of a function and discusses how this is related to the derivative of a function at a point. The site gives visual aids...
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Average Rates of Change
This document looks at look at the difference between averages and instantaneous rates of change. Formulas are provided for average speed, instantaneous speed, the slope of a secant line, the slope of a tangent, and the slope of a curve...
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Mean Value Theorem 1 [Pdf]
The resource examines the Mean Value Theorem. Students sketch secant and tangent lines. The graph is available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Mean Value Theorem 2 [Pdf]
The resource examines the Mean Value Theorem. Learners sketch secant and tangent lines. The graph is available in PDF format.
Other
Ctte: Geometer's Sketch Pad Activities
This site offers numerous activities for middle school and high school learners to explore using Geometer's Sketch Pad.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Mean Value Theorem 3 [Pdf]
The handout investigates the calculus concept that given a section of a smooth curve, there is at least one point on that section where the slope of the curve is the same as the average derivative. The exercise consists of a graph that...