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Simple Harmonic Motion

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students solve problems involving graphs. In this calculus lesson, students relate harmonic motion to velocity. They discuss the derivative and the effect on the functions created.
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Mathematics in Robotics

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students build and create using math. In this geometry lesson, students differentiate between congruent and similarity as they observe polygons. They create robots with different functions using properties of geometry.
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Getting Triggy With It

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The concept of sine and cosine is explored in this instructional activity where students graph sine and cosine graphs using a transformation application on the graphing calculator.  Students change the coefficients for the...
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Extrema on an Interval

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore maximum and minimum points, slopes and tangents. In this Pre-Calculus lesson, students solve optimization problems and find rates of change.
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Pilots, Airplanes, and the Tangent of Three Degrees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to use trigonometry in the aviation field.  In this aviation instructional activity students complete trigonometry equations that show what planes should do to land their airplanes.
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Sine

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this sine worksheet, young scholars use the trigonometry equation to find the sine of triangles. Students solve the sine for 10 triangle problems.
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Integration Strategies

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this integration worksheet, students determine the best technique of integration to use. They evaluate given integrals. This one page worksheet contains nine multi-step problems.
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Sin, Cos and Tangent

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars find the identity o sine, cosine and tangent. In this precalculus lesson, students solve and identify the different parts of a right triangle. They use the ratios of the Pythagorean Theorem to find the missing side or angle.
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Cosine

For Students 10th - 12th
In this cosine worksheet, students find the cosine of x for different measurements of triangles. Students complete 10 cosine problems.
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Evaluate Integrals

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this evaluate integrals worksheet, students solve and complete 12 different problems. First, they use the trigonometric identity given to rewrite the integral as follows. Then, students substitute when necessary and use integral...
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Integration

For Students Higher Ed
In this college level calculus activity, students evaluate the given integrals.  Problems include trigonometric and logarithmic functions.   The two page activity contains twenty-six problems.  Answers are not...
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Limit Estimation

For Students 9th - 12th
For this pre-calculus worksheet, high schoolers estimate the limit of trig functions and rational functions as x approaches a number. There are 4 questions.
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Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners 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...
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Precalculus Test 3 (4.4-4.5)

For Students 10th - 12th
In this precalculus test, students select the best answer from 8 multiple choice problems. They solve 4 short answer problems and graph one cycle of each of four equations.
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Creating a Mathematical Model Using Weather Data

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the concept of mathematical models. For this mathematical model lesson, students create a mathematical model from data from 4 cities over 15 months. Students are told they are working for a weather station. Students...
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Math 155 - Fall 2005 Differentiation

For Students Higher Ed
In this differentiation learning exercise, students find an equation of a line tangent to a curve. They use linear approximation to estimate answers. This two-page learning exercise contains approximately 12 multi-step problems.
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Numerical Analysis/ Other Root-finding Methods

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students examine the uses of false position, Newton’s and Secant methods of finding the root of an equation.
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Sine Cosine Game

For Students 11th - 12th
In this algebra worksheet, students are given a word problem they must solve by rewriting the words in to algebraic symbols. They investigate Sine and Cosine using word problems. There are 18 questions with an answer key.
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Complex Numbers and Transformations

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Your learners combine their knowledge of real and imaginary numbers and matrices in an activity containing thirty lessons, two assessments (mid-module and end module), and their corresponding rubrics. Centered on complex numbers and...
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Special Right Triangles

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for missing angles, students evaluate right triangles and their properties.
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NIGHT AND DAY: DAILY CYCLES IN SOLAR RADIATION

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how Earth's rotation causes daily cycles in solar energy using a microset of satellite data to investigate the Earth's daily radiation budget and locating map locations using latitude and longitude coordinates.
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Even and Odd Numbers: Lesson Plans and Sample Problems

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
If your youngsters are new to numbers, here are several interactive strategies to get them thinking about even and odd numbers. For example, they can count the number of desks, people, etc. in the room and determine if it is even or odd....
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Vectors

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Represent motion with arrows and call them vectors! The lesson is a presentation that models the mathematics involved when determining a resultant vector. It addrssses motions that are parallel, perpendicular, and a combination of...
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Measuring the Wavelengths of Visible Light

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students demonstrate use of an Emission tube power supply, a diffraction grating, and a scientific calculator to determine the different wavelengths of light.