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Be Direct - Oil Spills on Land

Direct variation is taught using a simulated oil spill, using toilet paper tissues (to represent land) and drops of vegetable oil (to simulate oil).

Discipline: Mathematics

Bigger and Smaller - Exponent Rules

Use a scene from Alice in Wonderland to introduce negative exponents and the rules for dividing powers.

Discipline: Mathematics

Bouncing Ball - Function Families

Explore quadratic functions by using a motion detector known as a Calculator Based Ranger (CBR) to examine the heights of the different bounces of a ball.

Discipline: Mathematics

Building Viewpoints

Use cubes and grid paper to interpret shapes in both two and three dimensions.

Discipline: Mathematics

Cups and Chips - Solving Linear Equations Using Manipulatives

Manipulatives visually represent the steps taken to obtain the solution to an algebraic equation.

Discipline: Mathematics

Curses and Re-Curses! It's Happening Again

The class learns about basic recursion by exploring patterns in the data they generate from two simple probability-based experiments.

Discipline: Mathematics

Hassan's Pictures - Linear Programming and Profit Lines

Find the feasible region in a linear programming problem, graph a family of profit lines and find the optimum point.

Discipline: Mathematics

Hot Dog Sales - Solving Linear Equations and Inequalities

Provides an introduction to solving equations and inequalities numerically (using a table), graphically, and algebraically.

Discipline: Mathematics

Left Hand, Right Hand - Solving Systems of Equations

Compare the speed at which you write with your left hand to the speed at which you write with your right hand In order to understand the three different types of possible solutions to a system of two equations with two unknowns.

Discipline: Mathematics

Mathematical Modeling, Circular Movement and Transmission Ratios

Examine the difference in the number of revolutions for each of two gears in a model, in order to undertand the significance of the radii of the gears.

Discipline: Mathematics

Miles of Tiles - The Pool Border Problem

Algebraic notation and variables are used to recognize patterns and represent situations.

Discipline: Mathematics

Overrun by Skeeters - Exponential Growth

This introduction to exponential functions considers the world population since 1650. In a simulation, the population grows at a random yet predictable rate.

Discipline: Mathematics

The Phone Bill Problem - Linear Functions

Write an equation of a linear function when given a set of data. Interpret the meaning of the slope and y-intercept and then use the equation to find other values of x and y.

Discipline: Mathematics

Skeeter Populations and Exponential Growth

Exponential functions are used to represent population growth.

Discipline: Mathematics

Up, Down, Right, Left - Function Families

Study quadratic functions by examining the family of functions described by = a (x - h)2 + k.

Discipline: Mathematics

Very Varied - Inverse Variation

Compare the heights of a fixed amount of water poured into cylindrical containers of different sizes to the area of the containers' bases.

Discipline: Mathematics

The X Factor - Trinomials and Algebra Tiles

Factor trinomial expressions of the formx2 + bx + c. Use algebra tiles to identify the binomial factors and the graphing calculator to verify the result.

Discipline: Mathematics