Understand how plants and their roots help slow the erosion process.

A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Root."

An introduction to the graphs of polynomial functions by looking at the roots of the polynomials, or where it crosses the x-axis. Includes links to pictures of graphs and detailed explanations.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers solving trigonometric equations using factoring, square roots, and the quadratic formula.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses plants, their needs, and their importance, and describes the structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses plants, their needs, and their importance. The structure and function of roots, stems, and leaves are covered as well.

In a format like TV's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," students answer math questions about radicals to earn points and help their group win the game. Teachers need to create their own question bank, which allows this game to be used for...

This page offers an explanation of the Newton-Raphson Method for finding the roots of a function. Includes both graphical and textual information and provides links to an online interactive tool for finding function roots.

A wealth of information about Unitarian Universalism and resources for UU congregations are housed at this site. The history of the religion, its roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition, its principles, purposes, and bylaws, and answers...

[Free Registration/Login Required] An excellent essay explaining the roots of the anit-slavery movement in the United States in the early 1830s and its evolution over the next twenty-five years. Read about the abolitionists, both white...

Research analysis of the overall effects of 29 widely implemented models of comprehensive school reform, or CSR. Models include direct instruction, accelerated schools, montessori, and America's Choice programs.

In this lesson, students will use a the rap song about prefixes, suffixes and roots and the song "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield. Students will be engaged as they are practice their understanding of prefixes, suffixes and roots. Then...

This printable vowels worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will solve riddles with words that end in the -ink root. An answer key and lesson extension are included.

Interesting site that explores the roots of comedy routines on radio. Examines major figures and their comedy/vaudeville on the airwaves through the century. Good resource site.

Georg Simon Ohm had humble roots and struggled financially throughout most of his life, but the German physicist is well known today for his formulation of a law, termed Ohm's law, describing the mathematical relationship between...

A compelling look at the roots and influence of modernism in architecture. With excellent biographies of the leading architects of the movement (e.g., Le Corbusier and Mies Van Der Rohe) and many, many examples of buildings that define...

This comprehensive site exams the leaves, flower petals, fruit, rhizomes, and root system of the carnivorous pitcher plant.

French author Charles Perrault is often called the "father of the fairy tale" for his well known tales such as "Little Red Riding Hood," "Puss in Boots," "Sleeping Beauty," and "Cinderella." Cinderella is a famous folk tale, a story that...

A look at the life of the Nez Perce and their interaction with the Corps of Discovery.

This video lesson demonstrates how to simplify radical expressions by rationalizing the denominator. The tutorial includes detailed examples.

This site has biographical information for Machiavelli (1469-1527 CE), the political philosopher during the Italian Renaissance.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers solving quadratic equations when the answers are complex numbers. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice and attempt practice...

This page offers descriptions and pictures painted by members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), illustrating the story of Arjuna and Krishna.

A practice test covering the polar form of complex numbers, including using DeMoivre's Theorem to find powers and roots of complex numbers.