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Lesson plan to help students understand independent and dependent variables through a fire probability simulation.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Modeling

Related Topics: algebra, dependent, independent, input, output, probability, variable

Demonstrates the connections between formulas and graphs.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, constant, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, functions, graph, input, intercept, linear equations, linear functions, lines, negative number, output, parabola, slope

Introduces students to arithmetic and geometric sequences. Students explore further through producing sequences by varying the starting number, multiplier, and add-on.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, arithmetic sequences, geometric sequences, graph, iteration, linear functions, multiplication, multiplier, negative number, pattern, positive number, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, sequences

Introduces the basic ideas needed for understanding linear functions.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete

Related Topics: addition, algebra, arithmetic, associative, commutative, dependent, distributive, division, equivalent, function properties, functions, independent, input, integers, intercept, linear equations, linear functions, multiplication, order of operations, output, pattern, slope, subtraction, table, variable

Demonstrates the connections between formulas, graphs and words.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Modeling, Statistics

Related Topics: acceleration, algebra, cartesian coordinate, concave, constant, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, distance, functions, graph, intervals, linear equations, linear functions, lines, parabola, slope, time, velocity

In this lesson, students explore sets, elements, and Venn diagrams.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: counting, element, integers, intersection, pattern, sets, union, venn diagram, whole numbers

Introduces students to the vertical line test for graphs of functions.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, constant, continuous distribution, coordinate, coordinate plane, discontinuous, function properties, functions, graph, input, linear equations, linear functions, lines, output, piecewise, vertical line test

Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, iteration, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, simulation, skewed distribution, variance

Run a simulation of how a fire spreads through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Track the results of multiple burns and use the data to draw conclusions.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Modeling, Probability, Statistics

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, probability simulation, simulation, theoretical probability

Enter a set of data points, then derive a function to fit those points. Manipulate the function on a coordinate plane using slider bars. Learn how each constant and coefficient affects the resulting graph.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Graphs, Modeling, Statistics, Trigonometry

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, cosecant, cosine, cotangent, curve fitting, data plot, deviations, exponential, exponents, function properties, functions, graph, grouping, integers, intervals, inverse, linear equations, linear functions, logarithm, multiplication, parabola, polynomial, positive part of the operand, pre-calculus, range, secant, sine, slope, tangent, trigonometry

Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree will set fire to each of its eight neighbors.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, events, experimental probability, geometric probability, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, recursion, simulation, statistics, theoretical probability, variance

Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree catches fire if its neighbor is on fire.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, decimals, events, experimental probability, outcomes, percentages, percents, proportion, simulation, squares, theoretical probability, variance

A more advanced version of Slope Slider, this activity allows the manipulation of the constants and coefficients in any function thereby encouraging the user to explore the effects on the graph of the function by changing those numbers.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Trigonometry

Related Topics: algebra, bell curve, calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, cosine, decimals, exponential, flyer, function properties, functions, graph, intervals, inverse, linear equations, linear functions, lines, logarithm, parabola, polynomial, pre-calculus, range, sine, slope, tangent, translation, trigonometry

Students can create graphs of functions entered as algebraic expressions -- similar to a graphing calculator.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Trigonometry

Related Topics: algebra, calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, cosecant, cosine, cotangent, functions, graph, inverse, linear equations, linear functions, logarithm, parabola, polynomial, positive part of the operand, pre-calculus, range, secant, sine, slope, tangent, trigonometry

Create graphs of functions and sets of ordered pairs on the same coordinate plane. This is like a graphing calculator with advanced viewing options.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Statistics, Trigonometry

Related Topics: algebra, calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, cosecant, cosine, cotangent, curve fitting, data plot, exponential, exponents, function properties, functions, graph, graph theory, intervals, linear equations, linear functions, logarithm, parabola, polynomial, positive part of the operand, pre-calculus, range, secant, sine, slope, tangent, trigonometry

Enter a set of data points and a function or multiple functions, then manipulate those functions to fit those points. Manipulate the function on a coordinate plane using slider bars. Learn how each constant and coefficient affects the resulting graph.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Modeling, Statistics, Trigonometry

Related Topics: algebra, calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, cosecant, cosine, cotangent, curve fitting, data plot, deviations, flyer, function properties, functions, graph, linear functions, logarithm, parabola, polynomial, pre-calculus, secant, sine, slides, slope, squares, tangent, trigonometry

Graph recursive functions by defining f(0)=C and defining f(n) based on f(n-1).

Audiences: Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Graphs, Number and Operations

Related Topics: algebra, arithmetic sequences, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, functions, geometric sequences, graph, iteration, recursion, recursive functions, sequences

Plot a bivariate data set, determine the line of best fit for their data, and then check the accuracy of your line of best fit.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, correlation, curve fitting, data plot, deviations, residual, statistics

Learn about number patterns in sequences and recursions by specifying a starting number, multiplier, and add-on. The numbers in the sequence are displayed on a graph, and they are also listed below the graph.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Discrete, Graphs, Number and Operations

Related Topics: addition, arithmetic, arithmetic sequences, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, decimals, geometric sequences, graph, iteration, multiplication, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, sequences

Similar to other "flyers", Slope Slider uses slider bars to explore the effect of the multiplier and constant on a linear function of the form f(x)=mx+b. Explore the relationship between slope and intercept in the Cartesian coordinate system.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Graphs

Related Topics: algebra, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, decimals, flyer, fractions, function properties, functions, graph, intercept, linear equations, linear functions, slides, slope

Play the Chaos Game by experimenting with probabilities. Learn about an apparently random process with a not-so-random, geometric fractal result.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: chaos, fractals, geometric probability, iteration, pattern, random number, recursion