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Algebra

What's the Function?

9-12
This activity allows students to look for functions within a given set of data. After analyzing the data, students should be able to determine what type of function best represents the data.
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Algebra

Making Sense of Percent Concentrations

9-12

Predict, model, and generalize conjectures about percent concentrations.

 

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Algebra

Code Crackers

9-12

Begin an exploration of cryptology by first learning about two simple coding methods— the Caesar cipher and the Vigenere cipher. 

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Algebra

Counting the Trains

6-8, 9-12

In this unit, students will investigate a relationship between recursive functions and exponential functions.

 

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Data Analysis and Probability

Determining Functions Using Regression

9-12
Collect data and determine the best type of function to describe the trend.
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Measurement

Investigating Pick's Theorem

9-12
Rediscover Pick's Theorem, use algebra to determine the coefficients of the equation, and explore the concept of change as a mechanism for finding the coefficients of Pick’s Theorem.
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Algebra

Movement with Functions

6-8, 9-12

Use movement to reinforce the concepts of linear functions and systems of equations.  

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Geometry

Pi Filling, Archimedes Style!

9-12
Inscribe and circumscribe regular polygons in and around the unit circle, which is known to have an area of π.
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Algebra

Shedding Light on the Subject

9-12

Explore the development of a mathematical model for the decay of light passing through water.