Fairmount Center
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Science and Mathematics Education

Mathematics Activities for Calculator Based Labs (CBLs) and TI-83 Graphing Calculators





The activities below were developed by
Steve Boast High School Mathematics Teacher at Andover High School, Andover, Kansas

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Many of the activities below require the use of a graphing calculator, some do not. All of the activities that are in BOLD also require the use of a CBL.

Topics: Algebra, Algebra 2, Calculus, Functions and Statistics, Geometry

Algebra

What's My Function Dilbert Does Lunch Distance Formula How to Graph X=K
Japan's Alleged Barriers - The Power of Algebra mini-lab Linear Systems Lab Making Cents of Slope Lab CIA Secret By Algebra Lab
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Algebra 2

Solving Systems of Equations with Matrices Analyzing A Falling Object Complex Numbers Lab Exploring the Number "e"
Finding Multiple Roots and Factoring Lab Finite Differences Lab Greatest Integer Function Lab Hiker Lab
Identify the Squences Lab Identifying Graphs Lab Light Intensity Lab Norweigan Bottle Graphs Lab
Population Explosion Lab Radio Personality Wasing Away Reflection Equation of Exponential Functions Over y=x Lab Reflection Equation of Exponential Functions Over y=-x Lab
That's the Way the Ball Bounces The Skycoaster Lab What's In Common?
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Calculus

Analyzing A Falling Object Deriving Volocity and Acceleration From Position Data Finding Position From Acceleration Data Increasing/Decreasing Functions
Limits Lab Numerical Integration Lab Position, Velocity, and Acceleration Lab Road Trip to Topeka
Salary Is Inversly Proportional To What You Know Tranformations of the Eight Parent Functions Transformations of y = f(x) into a(y+d) = f(b(x+c))
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Functions, and Statistics

Analysis of Meth Lab Busts in Kansas - 1999 Analysis of Meth Lab Busts in Kansas - 1998 Chill Out Lab Cumulative Probability Distributions Lab
Functions and Relations Lab Linear vs. Angular Speed Lab Parametric Equations Lab Point Discontinuity on the TI-8X
Probabilistic Analysis of Functions Lab Probability A Function Will Have Two Real Roots Statistics of Candy Bars Lab Symmetry Lab
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Complex Numbers

Exponential Form of a Complex Number Lab Forms of Complex Numbers and Their Relationships The Geometry of Complex Number Multiplication Lab Graphing Powers of a Complex Number Lab
Trigonometric and Polar Form of Complex Numbers Lab
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Curve Fitting

Curve Fitting Curve Fitting Answers WSU Tutition (1982 - 2000) Lab Power Curve Model for the Points (ln x, ln y)
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Geometry

Box Dimension and Coastlines Box Self-Similarity-Grasping the Limit The Cantor Set - A Fractal The "Chaos Game - Sierpinski's Triangle
The Characteristics of a FRACTAL Characteristics of a Fractal - Examples An Experiment with Dimension Fractal Cards Lab
Fractal Cards Overheads Fractal Programs for the TI-82/83 Fractional Dimension Lab Graphical Analysis of Orbits Lab
How to Graph the Julia Sets How to Graph the Mandlebrot Set The Koch Snowflake Lab Orbit Paths and Plots
Orbit Paths and Plots-Answers Orbits of Complex Numbers The "Sierpinski" Quadrilateral? Self-Similar Figures with Manipulatives Lab
Self-Similarity Basic Properties Self-Similarity Specifics Lab Sierpinski Tetrahedron and Menger Sponge Sierpinski Tetrahedron Lab
Sierpinski Triangle A Program for the TI-82 Sierpinski Triangle and A Variation Lab Sierpinski-Like Behavior Lab The "Sierpinski" Quadrilaterals Lab
The "Sierpinski" Triangles Lab Spirolaterals Lab Square Carpet Lab A Surprising Algorithm - Chaos & Pascal's Triangle
The Feigenbaum Plot Modeling Transformations With Manipulatives Trees Lab Two Right-Angle Fractal Curves Lab
Zig-Zag Curve Lab A Golden Rectangle Construction A Surprising Ratio - Line Segments Golden Rectangle - Overhead Choices
Regular Pentagons and the Golden Ratio Approximating Areas of a Rectangle Center of Gravity of Polygonal Region Lab Circles and Waste Lab
Constructing a Clock Face Lab Four's Company With Engine Valves Lab Finding Pi - You Hand to Ask! Graph Your Name Lab
HANDy Security Lab Largest Hair Ball Ms. Hoop's Leaking Pool Space Shuttle Longest Flight
Archimedes, Ships and Similarity Attack of the 50 Foot Woman Similarity (Triangles) Lab The Two-Pole Problem
The Secret of Anamorphic Art
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created 08-02-2000, last update 08-07-2000

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