Real-World Math made Easy contains 31 activities that explore real-world applications of math concepts using TI Graphing Calculators
Author(s) – Chris Brueningsen, Bill Bower,
Linda Antinone, Elisa Kerner
Revised from Real-World with the CBL 2 and Labpro
John Gastineau, Will Cortez, Kelly Redding
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Table of Contents
1. Walk the Line: Straight Line Distance Graphs
2. Making Cents of Math: Linear Relationship Between Weight and Quantity
3. Pool Plunge: Linear Relationship Between Water Depth and Pressure
4. Funnel Volumes: Volume and Weight
5. Keep It Bottled Up: Linear Rates of Pressure Increase
6. Graph It To Pieces: Piecewise-defined Functions
7. Mix It Up: Mixing Liquids of Different Temperatures
8. Spring Thing: Newton's Second Law
9. Stretch It to The Limit: The Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band
10. What Goes Up: Position and Time for a Cart on a Ramp
11. That's the Way the Ball Bounces: Height and Time for a Bouncing Ball
12. Walk This Way: Definition or Rate
13. Velocity Test: Interpreting Velocity Graphs
14. From Here to There: Applications of the Distance Formula
15. Under Pressure: The Inverse Relationship Between Pressure and Volume
16. Light at a Distance: Distance and Light Intensity
17. Chill Out: How Hot Objects Cool
18. Charging Up, Charging Down: Exponential Models
19. Bounce Back: The Exponential Pattern of Rebound Heights
20. Sour Chemistry: The Exponential pH Change
21. Stepping to the Greatest Integer: The Greatest Integer Function
22. Swinging Ellipses: Plotting an Ellipse
23. Crawling Around: Parametric Plots
24. Lights Out: Periodic Phenomena
25. Tic, Toc: Pendulum Motion
26. Stay Tuned: Sound Waveform Models
27. Up and Down: Damped Harmonic Motion
28. How Tall? Describing Data with Statistical Plots
29. And Now, the Weather: Describing Data with Statistics
30. Meet You at the Intersection: Solving a System of Linear Equations
31. Titration Curves: An Application of the Logistic Function
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