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Counting the Slope: Rise Over Run
This worksheet works math masters though the concept of rise over run. They shade in the slope triangle that is created to help visualize the components. After a page of teaching the concept is a thoughtful exercise to give to your class...
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The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad Lessons
This site contains lessons using Geometer's Sketch Pad for elementary and middle school aged students.
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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: High School Lesson
Using an engaging approach, this lesson requires students to record the volume of cylinders as a function of the radius. Students will construct and measure the volume of several cylinders and then begin comparing these shapes.
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The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: "N^0"
"Why is any number raised to the zero power equal to one?" A good question and an even better answer
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The Math Forum: Imaginary Exponents and Euler's Equation
"What does it mean to have an imaginary exponent?" This site has an exceptional answer and explains it in two different ways
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The Math Forum: Ellipsoid, Torus, Spherical Polygon Formulas
Curious as to what an ellipsoid is? Dr. Math provides a picture and a brief description. This site also has information pertaining to a torus, and spherical polygon.
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The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Volume of an Ellipsoid
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, discusses how to calculate the volume of an ellipsoid.
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The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: First Principle Hyperbolas
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, shows how to solve for the standard equation of a hyperbola.
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The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Volume Equations for a Sphere and Pyramid
This site uses calculus to explain how the formulas for finding the volume of a sphere and a pyramid were derived.
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The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad: An Introductory Lesson
This site is a five part tutorial to get started using Geometer's Sketch Pad. The tutorial goes through things such as setting up to install GSP, the tool box, other functions, graphing,and more.
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Nctm: Illuminations: Scale Factor
The interactive applet allows learners to explore the relationships between side length, area, and perimeter. Students see how changes in the scale factor influence the ratio of areas and perimeters. [Requires Java.]
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Nctm: Illuminations: Proof Without Words Completing the Square
Students use this computer applet to visualize the concept of completing the square.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Circle Area
Explore what the relationship the radius has to the area of a circle. Click the instructions to learn how to use this interactive resource and select"Exploration" for more ideas.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Parabola Equation
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student's question, describes how to obtain the equation of a parabola.
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The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Graphing Parabolas
Dr. Math helps a student with the plotting and with finding the vertex and line of symmetry of a parabola.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Parabola
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student's question, explains how to find the location of the vertex and focus, calculate the distance between the focus and vertex, as well as identify the axis of symmetry and the directix.
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The Math Forum: Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Sequence Faq
This site contains questions and answers regarding the Golden Ration and how the Fibonacci numbers relate to the ratio of lengths of golden rectangles. Related links are available at the end of the site.
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Nctm: Illuminations: Tessellation Creator
Interactive tool creates patterns to cover the screen using regular polygons.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Dynamic Paper
Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from -18 to 32 by 5's? You can create all those things and more.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Deep Sea Duel
This strategy game requires you to select cards with a specified sum before your opponent.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Advanced Data Grapher
The Advanced Data Grapher can be used to analyze data with box plots, bubble graphs, scatterplots, histograms, and stem-and-leaf plots.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Canada Data Map
Information can be represented in many ways, and this application allows the user to represent data about the provinces and territories using colors.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Graph Creator
Use this vertex-edge tool to create graphs and explore them. Investigate ideas such as planar graphs, complete graphs, minimum-cost spanning trees, and Euler and Hamiltonian paths.