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Worksheet
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Counting the Slope: Rise Over Run

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
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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Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site contains lessons using Geometer's Sketch Pad for elementary and middle school aged students.
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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
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: The Cylinder Problem: High School Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
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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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: "N^0"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
"Why is any number raised to the zero power equal to one?" A good question and an even better answer
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Imaginary Exponents and Euler's Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
"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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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ellipsoid, Torus, Spherical Polygon Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Volume of an Ellipsoid

For Students 9th - 10th
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, discusses how to calculate the volume of an ellipsoid.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: First Principle Hyperbolas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student question, shows how to solve for the standard equation of a hyperbola.
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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Volume Equations for a Sphere and Pyramid

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Geometer's Sketch Pad: An Introductory Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Scale Factor

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Proof Without Words Completing the Square

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use this computer applet to visualize the concept of completing the square.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Circle Area

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Parabola Equation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math, in a reply to a student's question, describes how to obtain the equation of a parabola.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Graphing Parabolas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Dr. Math helps a student with the plotting and with finding the vertex and line of symmetry of a parabola.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Parabola

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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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Unit Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Golden Ratio, Fibonacci Sequence Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Tessellation Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th
Interactive tool creates patterns to cover the screen using regular polygons.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Dynamic Paper

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
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.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Deep Sea Duel

For Students 3rd - 8th
This strategy game requires you to select cards with a specified sum before your opponent.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Advanced Data Grapher

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Advanced Data Grapher can be used to analyze data with box plots, bubble graphs, scatterplots, histograms, and stem-and-leaf plots.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Canada Data Map

For Students 9th - 10th
Information can be represented in many ways, and this application allows the user to represent data about the provinces and territories using colors.
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Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Graph Creator

For Students 3rd - 8th
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.