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Assessment
Mathed Up!

Vectors

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians connect vectors to geometric shapes by watching a video that expresses vectors in relation to the sides of geometric figures. They then apply what they learned by completing a activity of practice questions.
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Lesson Plan
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Curated OER

NUMB3RS Activity: Where’s the Source? Episode: “Undercurrents”

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Several real-world problems are posed as a way to learn about vector fields in order to make some predictions after analyzing the data. The main problem comes from the tv show NUMB3RS and is based on solving a crime where a body has...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Resultant as Magnitude and Direction

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Express vectors in magnitude and direction form.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Unit Vectors and Unit Circle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Description of the unit vector and its relationship to the unit circle.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Vector Addition: Geometry

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Illustrates and describes how to add two vectors graphically.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Dot Products of Non Unit Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Description of finding the formula for the dot product of any two vectors.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Perpendicular Vectors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Come to this site to find the transformational matrix to find the vector rotated 90 degrees from the original. The site also states the special relationship between two perpendicular vectors when using the dot product.