The activities in this book are suitable for courses ranging from Pre-algebra through calculus. The 15 distinct lessons help students analyze and report on data collected from a variety of sources.

Author(s) - Jill Gough and Sam Gough

 

Tables of Contents

1.   Investigating Slope and Y-Intercept
2.   Women's 5000 Meter World Record Progression: The Median-Median Line
3.   Solving System of Equations: The Method of Elimination
4.   Solving System of Equations: The Method of Substitution
5.   Exploring the Vertex Form of a Quadratic Function
6.   The Standard Form of a Quadratic Equation
7.   Stopping Distances
8.   Two Dimensional Particle Motion
9.   The World Population: Linear and Exponential Models
10. Climate and Temperature: Sinusoidal Models
11. Exploring Polar Equations
12. The World Population: Logistic Model
13. Investigating One Definition of Derivative
14. Discovering the Derivative of the Sine and Cosine Functions
15. Area Under the Curve