Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Hip Hip Hooray for the 100th Day!
Scholastic.com provides a reproducible coordinate grid activity on a 100 grid to help your students celebrate the 100th day of school.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What's a 360?
In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry tries to snowboard and learns how to measure and identify many common angles.
Other
Calculus Animations With Mathcad: Polar Curves
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.)
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Lego Introduction to Graphing
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...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Isometric Drawing Tool
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.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Algebra Ii: The Trigonometric Functions
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Inequalities, They Are Not Just Linear Anymore!
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Traveling Shapes Motion Geometry
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.]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Absolute Value Equations
[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...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Linear Inequalities
Listed steps to graph an inequality along with a example that is graphed on a coordinate plane. Easy to read and understand!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra I: Slope From Graph
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Fastest Broom
The CyberSquad tests which broom can travel the furthest in five seconds in this video from Cyberchase.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History:the Cold War Continues
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unknown Angles in Composite Figures
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether a Given Shape Can Be Tessellated
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Rectangles Squares Circles and Triangles
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Straight Lines in Various Shapes
[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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Matching Equivalent 2 D Shapes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video and attempt practice problems on matching equivalent 2D shapes.
Science Struck
Science Struck: List of Different Types of Geometric Shapes
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.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: 300 Women Who Changed History: Amelia Earhart
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.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Olympic Rings
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.
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Transformation
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Identifying Rectangles, Squares, Circles, and Triangles
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trigonometry: Polar to Rectangular Conversions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Convert coordinates from polar to rectangular.