Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Determining Parent Functions (Verbal/graph)
Given a graph or verbal description of a function, the student will determine whether the parent function is quadratic or linear.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Making a Racket: The Science of Tennis
As London is heading for the 2012 Olympics, it's not just athletes who are gearing up for action. Engineers, too, are working hard to produce the cutting-edge sporting equipment that guarantees record performances. If you're a tennis...
University of Guelph
University of Guelph: Graphing With Logarithmic Paper
Good tutorial explaining how to produce a graph on logarithmic paper.
Mathematics Archives
Math Archives: Visual Calculus: Even and Odd Functions
A detailed definition of even and odd functions begins an in-depth look at how these functions are composed and evaluated in the study of math. It goes from from basic algebra through calculus. Interactive LiveMath Notebooks are provided...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Entomology: Larva
Article on the types and function of larvae in the animal life cycle.
Other
Implications of Sequencing Caenorhabditis Elegans Genome for Plant Nematology
From The American Phytopathological Society, this is a detailed discussion of the genomic sequencing of a type of nematode which is a plant parasite, including how knowledge of the genome structure might make it possible to create crop...
Other
Nutrasweet: Functional Groups
Inquiry type activity which introduces the basics of functional groups by analyzing the Nutrasweet molecule.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Domain and Range of Graphs
This activity will allow the students to determine the domain and range of many different graphs presented to them through TI-Navigator using the activity center.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cells: The Structural and Functional Units of Life
An illustrated presentation introducing the structure and function of the cell, including the two different types of cells: prokaryotic and eukaryotic.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cell Cell Junctions
Learn about the different types of intercellular junctions, including plasmodesmata, tight junctions, gap junctions, and desmosomes.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ligands & Receptors
Article looks at different types of receptors and ligands, seeing how they interact to turn information from outside the cell into a change inside the cell.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Grammar: Nouns
This lesson focuses on nouns including noun functions, singular and plural nouns, types of nouns, irregular plural rules, and practice activities. It also provides two videos: "Introduction to nouns | The parts of speech | Grammar" and...
Earth Life
Earthlife: Cells
Thorough introduction to cells and their importance to life. Includes various types of cells and their function. Good diagrams of the different types of cells.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Graphs
MathWorld.com shows many types of discrete math graphs and provides links to related topics.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if Logistic Growth Model, Abstract Version
For this task, students are presented with an equation for a logistic growth model and are asked to analyze it. They are then questioned about a graph showing bacterial population growth. Next, they must use information from earlier...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if a Sse Modeling London's Population
For this task, young scholars are shown a table of population data for the city of London and are asked to explore whether a linear, quadratic, or exponential function would be appropriate to model relationships within the data. They are...
University of Guelph
University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Logarithm Bases
This site explains the types of logarithms.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Justification for the State
From Wikipedia, this article outlines the purpose of government and explains how disagreement over purpose can splinter into various movements such as socialism, fascism, and communism. Includes links to further explanations of different...
Other
Dalhousie University: Antibodies
A very good explanation of what antibodies are and what their functions are. Includes a list of the different types of antibodies.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Adaptive Immune Response: T Lymphocytes
With these learning exercises, students explain the advantages of the human adaptive immune response over the innate immune response including the types of T cells, development, and their functions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Multiplication of Monomials by Polynomials
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students multiply two monomials or a polynomial by a monomial. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
Clark University
Clark University: Dave's Short Trig Course: Complex Numbers
This site from a professor at Clark University teaches you about complex numbers.
University of Glasgow
Steps Statistics Glossary: Random Variable
Describes random variable and briefly mentions the two types of random variables: discrete and continuous.
Other
Alyeska Pipeline: Pipeline Facts
This site from Alyeska Pipeline defines permafrost and explains the various types of permafrost that can be found. The effect of permafrost on the building of the Alaskan Pipeline is examined.