Secondary Math Algebra Resources

The links below have been selected by the Omaha Public Schools based on their relevance to curriculum needs. None of these sites are owned or controlled by the Omaha Public Schools. Neither the district nor its employees are responsible for their contents or their links to other locations.

Curriculum page : Math Curriculum

Title: Calculating Car Payments
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~bchristo/lessons/carpaymt.html
Description: The student will use a formula containing complex fractions and large exponents to calculate a monthly car payment. The student will use the order of operations while putting such a formula into a scientific calculator. The student will see a very practical use for complex fractions and large exponents.
OIPs: 3,9

Title: Rocketsmania and Slope
Site: http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/Lessons/jcasey/Rocketsmania.html
Description: The students will use data from the online information about the Rockets 1995 World Championship Series to graph on a coordinate plane. They will draw a line of regression and find its equation. They will interpret the data, the lines of regression, and the point of intersection. They will use the graphing calculator to make a table of ordered pairs and graph the lines of regression.
OIPs: 3,11

Title: Rocket Launch Vehicle
Site: http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/Lessons/jcasey/Space.html
Description: From a real world description of a test on a rocket launch vehicle, graph the path of the flight and discusss whether it is a function. Product: A graph of the test flight of the rocket. A letter written to White Sands Army Base requesting an actual path of the rocket, and requesting any information about the testing program. Process: Knowledge - using the coordinate plane; Evaluation - inferring the shape of the path from the written description provided on the Internet. Research: Rocket Test 1.
OIPs: 5

Title: A Functional Housing Market
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~sboone/Lessons/Titles/lpgthou.html
Description: Students will access the Internet to search for housing prices in Houston, Texas, (the location can be changed to accommodate any location) and compare the prices to the number of square feet found in the living area of a house. A linear equation will be derived from these data on a coordinate plane using the Òbest-fitÓ method. Using information from the graph of the data and the quations of the function, sutdents will answer questions about housing prices.
Algebra Concepts: Linear Equations.
OIPs: 5, 6

Title: Houston Area Real-Time Traffic Report
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~sboone/Lessons/Titles/traffic.html
Description: Students will calculate the time needed to travel a certain distance given the rate of speed - an ongoing project; data will be collected using "real-time" traffic maps of the greater Houston area. Over a period of one week, one month, and one school year, traffic patterns will be studied at various times of the day. At the completion of this study students will write a report and send their results via email to the Greater Houston Transportation and Emergency Management Center. Students also have an opportunity to volunteer to collect travel data on major Houston freeways.
Algebra Concepts: Distance/Rate/Time.
OIPs: 11

Title: Tour de Texas
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~ssimmons/imsmart/lessons/tourdetexas.html
Description: To be able to estimate and use measuring devices to determine distances between two points. To be able to evaluate distances of points and to use proportions to evaluate problems involving scale drawings.
OIPs: 11

Title: INDY 500
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~sboone/Lessons/Titles/indy500.html Students will find the mean and median speed for the Indianapolis 500. Rates per lap will be calculated as well as the length of each lap. Students will need to research information via the Internet.
Algebra Concepts: : Mean, Median, Interpreting Data, Finding Rates, Times and Distances.
OIPs: 11

Title: Pop Clock
Site: http://www.cs.rice.edu/~sboone/Lessons/Titles/popclock.html
Description: Data Collection, Problem Solving, Research Skills, Interpolation of Data. Students will review the Census Bureau's Homepage on the Internet and gather data regarding trends in population. They will study these data and make predictions on future populations and compare their results with the information available on the Internet.
OIPs: 3, 5

Title: Algebra and Calculus Sketches
Site: http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/ruth/sketches/algcalc.sketches.html
Description: Exploring equations for lines, parabolas, and tangents using the Geometer's Sketchpad. By Phildelphia area teacher Ruth Carver.
OIPs: 6

Title: U.S. Shirts Problem
Site: http://sands.psy.cmu.edu/ACT/awpt/us-shirts.html
Description: 3 day problem possible group work.
Algebra Concepts: Rule, Graphs, Discuss.
OIPs: 7

Title: Function Basics
Site: http://tqd.advanced.org/2647/algebra/funcbasc.htm
Description: This lesson involves the topic of domain and range. Also some graphing.
OIPs: 7

Title: Pythagorean Triples
Site: http://ecep1.usl.edu/ecep/math/math.htm
Description: Students will explore the Pythagorean Theorem using information from Internet and subsequent activities.
OIPs: 7, 11

Title: Weather Plots
Site: http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/meseke/weatherplots.html
Description: Students use current weather data to observe the relationship between temperature and humidity.
OIPs: 3, 5

Title: What a Steal? or What a Ripoff?
Site: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbsmat/car/intro.html
Description: Students use Internet bluebook data to plan a car purchase.
OIPs: 3, 5

Title: Bon Voyage
Site: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbsmat/travel/bonvoyage.html
Description: Students use current currency exchange information to plan a trip. This lesson teaches elementary functions in a practical and current way.
OIPs: 5

Title: Anywhere in The U.S.A.
Site: http://www.crpc.rice.edu/CRPC/Women/GirlTECH/Lessons/radams/usa.html
Description: Given a set of money, students will be able to compute the time and money occurred in taking a vacation by using the distance formula and adding. and subtracting decimals.
OIPs: 7.02, 7.05, 8.02, 8.05