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Riding a Ferris Wheel Has Its Ups and Downs
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ORC# 10152
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Resource URL: http://www.ohiorc.org/pm/math/richproblemmath.aspx?pmrid=23
Resource Type: Content Supports -- Activities and rich problems
Discipline: Mathematics
Grades: Grades 10–12
Professional Commentary: This problem relates the circular motion of a point on a Ferris wheel to its up-and-down motion relative to the ground. Students can measure the height of a particular point as the Ferris wheel rotates, plot the height versus time, and observe that the graph resembles that of a sine function....
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Stomach Turner Roller Coaster
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ORC# 8982
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Resource URL: http://www.nsa.gov/academia/_files/collected_learning/high_schoo...
Resource Type: Lessons
Discipline: Mathematics
Grades: Grades 10–12
Professional Commentary: This unit teaches students to recognize, graph, and write equations for sinusoidal curves with and without the use of technology. Students analyze the amplitude, period, horizontal shift, and vertical shift of sinusoidal curves and recognize the connection between the graphical and algebraic representations of a function....
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Tweaking a Trigonometric Function -- An Exploratory Lesson
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ORC# 8932
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Resource URL: http://www.nsa.gov/academia/_files/collected_learning/high_schoo...
Resource Type: Lessons
Discipline: Mathematics
Grades: Grades 9–12
Professional Commentary: This lesson demonstrates the various translations of y = A sin B(x + C) + D and y = A cos B(x + C) + D based upon changes in A, B, C, and D. Graphing calculator overlay graphs make it easy for students to detect, understand, and predict the relationship between changes in parameters and...
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