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| Title and Description | Date Posted | Author |
|---|---|---|
| 53. Is there Math in a Jump Rope? Description: Mathematics can be applied to a simple jump rope . Grade Level: Middle School. |
4/30/97 | G. Gierhart Murray Middle School |
| 52. Simpliflying Rational Expressions Lab Description: This lab will give the student practice identifying values for variables that make the expression undefined. Grade Level: Algebra. |
4/30/97 | R. Buchanan Ballard Memorial HS |
| 51. Solving equations with a variable on both sides. Description: This lab is designed to learn how to solve equations on both sides. Grade Level: Pre-Algebra. |
4/30/97 | D. Stephens Fulton HS |
| 50. Graphing Linear Equations. Description: This lab will give students experience using the x and y-intercepts of a line in order to graph it. Grade Level: Algebra. |
4/30/97 | J. Sharp Ballard Memorial HS |
| 49. Line of Best Fit. Description: Use data collected to find correlation between time and number of students for the "Squeeze" experiment. Grade Level: (8-10). |
4/10/97 | D. Fortney Muhlenberg South HS |
| 48. Fold a paper, see a pattern. Description: This lab is an exercise in the recognition of patterns. Grade Level: (5-12). |
1/24/97 | G. Storey Fulton Independent HS |
| 47. Factoring polynomials Description: The purpose of this lab is to check student's solutions after they completed a homework assignment where equations were to be solved by factoring. The lab will show the accurate solutions and demonstrate the results by means of a graph. Ten homework problems were assigned for each to solve by using facoring. Grade Level: Algebra I (8-12). |
12/17/96 | H. Mungle Lone Oak HS |
| 46. Factoring polynomials Description: To provide students with the knowledge necessary to factor polynomials. Grade Level: Algebra I. |
12/13/96 | S. Robertson UT-Martin |
| 45. The Best Dog Pen Description: The purpose of this lab is to find the rectangle with the greatest area for a given perimeter. Grade Level: 6-8. |
12/10/96 | L. Harper Caldwel County MS |
| 44. Determining an Angle from a Given Point Description: The purpose of this lab is to enable the student to determine the angle formed on a Cartesian Plane when the coordinates of a point are given. The student needs prior understanding of the Pythagorean Theorem, the distance formula, circles and radii, and values of the sine and cosine functions. Grade Level: Geometry, Grades 9-12. |
12/10/96 | E. Randolph Home |
| 43. Newton Lab Description: This worksheet is designed to help students learn to use quadratic equations to solve problems encountered in physics. Grade Level: 10-12; Physics, Algebra II. |
12/10/96 | P. Rowland Henderson County HS |
| 42. Graphing Description: This lab will allow the student to practice using Maple by graphing equations of the form y=mx + b. More than one line will be graphed on any one screen. The student will also be asked to describe in words the relationship among the lines. The student will save his work and submit a copy to the teacher for a grade. Grade Level: 9-12. |
12/6/96 | R. Kinnis Providence Independent HS |
| 41. Triangles Description: This lab is designed to let students investigate altitudes, medians, and perpendicular bisectors of different types of triangles. Grade Level: 7-12. |
12/5/96 | D. Main Providence HS |
| 40. Second-Degree Equations Description: This lab is an investigation of the different types of graphs and to determine what the graph will look like by examining the equation. Grade Level: 11-12. |
12/4/96 | S. Lindsey Providence Independent HS |
| 39. Linear Functions Description: Find solutions for a given linear equation, plot these solutions, and describe similarities/differences between several linear functions and their graphs. Grade Level: 7-12. |
11/7/96 | J. Wright Madisonville North Hopkins HS |
| 38. Graphing Horizontal and Vertical Lines Description: In this lab students will graph coordinate pairs to discover that constant x values lead to a vertical line and constant y values lead to a horizontal line. Grade Level: 7-10. |
11/7/96 | J. Springer North Jr. HS (Henderson, KY) |
| 37. Negative Exponents Description: We examine the effect of negative exponents. Grade Level: Algebra I. |
10/28/96 | C. Henry Hopkins County Central HS |
| 36. Factoring Review Description: A review of general factoring methods. Grade Level: Algebra II (Traditional). |
10/15/96 | E. Kaye Graves County HS |
| 35. Graph of Trigonometric Inverses Description: This lab is to help students learn to graph the trigonometric inverses. This lab can also be used with the lab FUNCTIONS AND INVERSE FUNCTIONS by Dr. Thome |
9/18/96 | M. Morris Hickman County HS |
| 34. Horizontal and Vertical Shifts of Basic Functions Description: This lab will extend the ideas of horizontal and vertical shifts to other basic functions. |
9/18/96 | D. Clayton Madisonville Community College |
| 33. Cramer's Rule Description: This lab is a follow-up to the lesson on Cramer's Rule. The purpose is to teach the student how to solve systems of linear equations and then to check their answers on the computer. The student will be instructed to show all steps and turn in their work at the completion of the lab. |
9/12/96 | M. Walker Henderson County HS |
| 32. Tracing a Curve with Its Tangent Lines Description: The student will trace the path of a smooth curve by graphing its tangent lines over an interval. This will be accomplished by defining a function and then finding its derivative and an equation for its tangent line at x = a. Tangent lines over an interval of values for a will then be constructed to show the curve. Grade Level : High School/College Calculus. |
8/26/96 | M. Corley Henderson Community College |
| 31. Fitting a Median-Median Line to a Data Set Description: The student will work through the median-median line method of fitting a line to a set of data that looks like it has a linear relationship. Grade Level : High School/College Pre-Algebra or Calculus. |
8/5/96 | M. Jobe Henderson Community College |
| 30. The effects of the constant coefficients on quadradic equations Description: We will examine how changing the coefficients on the x^2 and x terms as well as the constant coefficient affects the graph of a quadradic function. Grade Level : High School Algebra . |
7/22/96 | T. Cleaver Marshall County H.S. |
| 29. Solving equations with one unknown Description: The lab will enable the student to discover the connection between the solution to an equation and the intersection point of the graphs of the left hand side and the right hand side of the equation. It is assumed that the students have learned to solve the five basic types of equations with one unknown. It is also assumed that the students are familiar with linear graphs. Grade Level: Algebra I. |
7/19/96 | D. Guess-Chumbler Henderson County H.S. |
| 28. Solving quadratic equations Description: The lab will enable the student to discover the connection between the solution to a quadratic equation and the intersection point of the graphs of the two sides of the equation. It is assumed that the students have learned to solve quadratic equations by factoring. Grade Level: Algebra I-II. |
7/19/96 | D. Guess-Chumbler Henderson County High School |
| 27. Graphs of Sine Functions Description: This Maple Lab investigates graphs of sine functions as the equations are modified by amplitude, period and phase shift constants. Students are led through various illustrations and then given the following task: graphs are presented to them and they are asked to input the correct equations that match these graphs. Grade Level: 11-12 |
7/17/96 | R. Adkins Paducah Community College |
| 26. Synthetic Division Description: We would like to explore synthetic division and its relationship to graphing. Some knowledge of synthetic division is assumed. |
7/17/96 | K. Kepner Paducah Community College |
| 25. The Angles of a Triangle Description: In this lesson we use the Triangle Sum Theorem to find the measures of the angles of several triangles. The mechanics of solving simple algebraic equations are also explained. Grade Level: Intuitive Geometry |
7/17/96 | B. Hester Christian County H.S. |
| 24. Right Triangles and Slope Description: The purpose of this lab is to demonstrate the relationship between perpendicular lines and right triangles. This will be done by viewing a graph of a triangle and then having Maple state if it is a right triangle or not. The student will then compute the slopes of the two lines that appear to form the right angle to determine if perpendicular. Grade Level: 9-12 |
6/11/96 | R. Adkins, K. Kepner, D. Wooten |
| 23. Slope of a Line Description: This lab will enable the student to discover the relationship between the slope of a line and the coefficient of x when the equation is in slope-intercept form. Grade Level: 8-12 |
6/11/96 | Guess-Chumbler, Rowland, Walker Henderson County High School |
| 22. Triangles Description: This lab is designed to let students investigate whether or not three line segments will form a triangle. Grade Level: 7-12 |
6/11/96 | R. Kinnis, D. Main, S. Lindsey Providence Independent |
| 21. Area of Triangles Description: The purpose of this lab is to derive the area formula for a triangle. Grade Level: 6-9 |
6/11/96 | H. Mungle, L. Harper |
| 20. Slope Description: The purpose of the lesson is to make observations about slopes of lines. Grade: 8-10 |
6/11/96 | J. Wright, J. Springer, D. Fortney Madisonville North Hopkins H.S., Henderson North Jr. High. |
| 19. Crickets Description: Will a cricket ever get to the number 1? Grade Level: 5-12 |
6/11/96 | G. Storey, M. Morris, E. Randolph |
| 18. Compound Interest Description: The student will examine various applications of compound interest. Grade Level: HS/Univ. Business/Applied Math. |
6/25/96 | D. Clayton, M. Corley, M. Jobe Madisonville and Henderson Co. Community College |
| 17. Measures of Central Tendency Description: This lab will introduce the student to the calculations of th e measures of central tendency. This is the basis for statistics. Grade Level: 7-12. |
6/25/96 | W. Sandling, D. Stephens, G. Gierhart Fulton High School, Murray Middle School |
| 16. Investigating Circles Description: An investigation of graphs of circles and how these graphs are related to the equations, centers, radii, and x-& y-intercepts of the circles. Grade Level: Algebra II/Geometry. |
6/25/96 | B. Hester, E. Kaye, S. Robertson Christian Co. HS, Graves Co. HS, Univ. of Tenn. at Martin |
| 15. Displacement, Velocity, and Acceleration Description : Using the vertical component of the motion of a projectile we will examine the relationship between displacement, velocity and acceleration. | 6/25/96 | J. Sharp, R. Buchanan, D. Thompson Ballard Mem. HS, Houston Co. HS |
| 14. Triangle Classification Description : We will attempt to classify triangles based on the lengths of their sides, rather than their angles. Grade Level: Geometry | 6/25/96 | C. Henry, T. Cleaver Hopkins Co. Central, Marshall Co. HS |
| 13. The Cartesian Coordinate System Description: This purpose of this lab is to develop an understanding of the Cartesian coordinate system. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 12. Functions Description: This lab intends to add meaning to the definition of a function. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 11. Composition of Functions Description: This lab tries to provide a conceptual understanding of the composition of functions. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 10. Inverse Functions Description: This lab is to improve the student's understanding of inverse functions. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 9. Polynomial Functions Description: This lab is to acquaint students with the behavior of polynomials. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 8. Rational Functions Description: This lab is to familiarize one with the behavior of rational functions; an emphasis is placed on asymptotes. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 7. Translation and Dilation Description: This lab addresses the transformations and dilations necessary to get the graph of a given function from the appropriate basic graph. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 6. Even and Odd Functions Description: This lab explores the symmetry of even functions and the symmetry of odd functions. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 5. Basic Function Types Description: This lab is to give a basic overview of 3 chief types of algebraic functions: power functions, exponential functions, and logarithms. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 4. Limits Description: In this lab we will zoom in on two graphical examples to try to obtain a better understanding of the definition of and the concept of the limit. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 3. The Slope of Tangent Lines to Curves Description: This lab seeks to motivate the definition of the derivative. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 2. Derivatives Description: This is to help understand derivatives by comparing its graph to the graph of the original function and to the graph of the second derivative. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
| 1. Linear Programming Example Description: This lab leads the student through a linear programming example, together with an illustration of the corner principle. |
6/11/96 | E. Thome Murray State University |
