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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Scholastic.com provides a reproducible coordinate grid activity on a 100 grid to help your students celebrate the 100th day of school.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: What's a 360?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry tries to snowboard and learns how to measure and identify many common angles.
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Graphic
Other

Calculus Animations With Mathcad: Polar Curves

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains an animation that will show you how the graphs of a number of polar equations are graphed. (Page may take some time to load completely.)
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: A Lego Introduction to Graphing

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use a LEGO ball shooter to demonstrate and analyze the motion of a projectile through use of a line graph. This activity involves using a method of data organization and trend observation with respect to dynamic experimentation...
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Isometric Drawing Tool

For Students 9th - 10th
This site includes an interactive math tool to create drawings on isometric dot paper. You can draw figures using edges, faces, or cubes. Rotate and color your drawings, and view them in 3D or 2D.
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Algebra Ii: The Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
A lesson plan where students will interpret the trigonometric functions in terms of the unit circle, graph a sinusoidal function, and use a sinusoidal function to make interpretations in a modeling context.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Inequalities, They Are Not Just Linear Anymore!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students study quadratic relationships and explore the process of graphing quadratic inequalities and systems of quadratic inequalities. They will solve these inequalities algebraically and graph them on a coordinate plane.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Traveling Shapes Motion Geometry

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students describe how to move a shape from one place to another in a plane. They learn about translations, rotations, and line reflections. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Absolute Value Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to graph absolute value functions in the coordinate plane. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and...
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Activity
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Linear Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th
Listed steps to graph an inequality along with a example that is graphed on a coordinate plane. Easy to read and understand!
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra I: Slope From Graph

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the slope of a line on the coordinate plane. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Fastest Broom

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
The CyberSquad tests which broom can travel the furthest in five seconds in this video from Cyberchase.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History:the Cold War Continues

For Students 5th - 8th
A comprehensive look at U.S. foreign policy during the Eisenhower administration. The Cold War was at its height, and the United States used many tactics to fight and contain the spread of Communism. Be sure to watch the cartoon of Bert...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unknown Angles in Composite Figures

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and take an assessment on finding missing angles in a polygon.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether a Given Shape Can Be Tessellated

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video to determine if a two dimensional shape can be tessellated and then take a quick assessment to test their skills.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Rectangles Squares Circles and Triangles

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video overview and attempt practice problems on identifying rectangles, squares, circles and triangles.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Straight Lines in Various Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on determining if there are straight lines in various two dimensional shapes.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Matching Equivalent 2 D Shapes

For Students 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on matching equivalent 2D shapes.
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: List of Different Types of Geometric Shapes

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A comprehensive list of 2D shapes and 3D solids with everything from a triangle to a dodecahedron. Includes illustrations and short descriptions of attributes for each.
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Article
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Amelia Earhart

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides a short biography of Amelia Mary Earhart, the first person to fly from Hawaii to California, and the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Rings

For Students K - 1st Standards
This activity explores shapes and circles by encouraging children to look really hard at something they will see very often in the run-up to London 2012, and is designed to be accessible to primary pupils at Key Stage 1.
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Graphic
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Inter Math: Transformation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines transformation and lists several different examples of transformations. Be sure to follow the links to related terms, everyday examples, challenging problems, more information, and the interactive check point involving...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Rectangles, Squares, Circles, and Triangles

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The video discusses a brief overview of circles, rectangles, squares, and triangles and helps students determine which shape is shown and why. The video is followed...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trigonometry: Polar to Rectangular Conversions

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert coordinates from polar to rectangular.