Here is the entire first
year Algebra course at a glance.
Algebra Section
1:
Establishing the Basics
Algebra Section
2:
Expressions, Equation Solving and Graphing in
the Coordinate Plane
Algebra Section
3:
Proportional Thinking and Probability
- The
Great Cartoon Blowup Activity
(Use similar figures techniques to create "life-size"
cartoons.)
- The
Cartoon Blowup TREASURE Activity
(After you create a life-size similar cartoon, learn about how lines,
areas and volumes relate and find a sweet treasure.)
- Ratios
Explained
VIDEO
(using ratios to determine if your body is dangerous to your
heart)
- Rates
Explained
VIDEO
(How are rates different from ratios, and how to
find a "unit rate")
- Multiplying
Rates
VIDEO
- Multiplying
Negative Rates VIDEO
- Multiplication
Counting Principle
VIDEO
- Simple
Probability VIDEO
- Relative
Frequency and Probability
Learn how relative frequency relates to probability.
- Solving
Percent Problems Using Equations
Use equations and your algebra skills to solve the three basic types
of Percent Problems.
- Customizable
Proportion Problems Day 1
(Place your own names in these problems to create funny proportion
practice.)
- Customizable
Proportion Problems Day 2
(Place your own names in these problems to create even MORE funny
proportion practice.)
- Proportion
World Clickable Test | Printable
version of test
- Algebraic
Proportion Solving Adventure
(Click and solve your way to a surprise.)
- Lesson
340: A
Brief History of Percent
(Learn some history that may amaze you and will definitely help
you remember what % means.)
- Lesson 350:
Converting
Percents to Decimals and Fractions
- Lesson 360:
Using
Proportions to Solve Percent Problems
- Lesson
370: Using
Equations to Solve Percent Problems
- The
Customizable Percent Test
(Insert your own names to create funny percent word problems and
find a treasure.)
- Lesson 380:
Simple Experimental Probability
- Rock
Bands and Math Pods
(The game of permutational name picking.)
- Probably
Land
(Click around and test your knowledge of probablility.)
Printable Version of the same problems
Algebra Section 4:
Linear Functions, Slope and Regressions
- Linear
Thinking
(Use an automatic grapher to check situations for their "linear
qualities".)
- Solving
equations of the form ax=b VIDEO
- Use
the equation to CONTROL the graph
(Explore how changing simple numbers and signs in an equation will
change your line.)
- Slope
Scenarios Lesson and Activity
- Find
Your Other Half
(Play our game, by trying to find the person who
is your slope mate.)
- The
Horrible Crystaline Computer Virus FRED
(Draw the latest cyber scourge by using slope
and y intercept.)
- Linear
Regression Day 1 - "The Secret, Message,
Whisper, Chain"
- Linear
Regression Day 2 - Find
the line of "best fit" using the least squares method
(This is an interactive java sketchpad tool.)
- Linear
Regression Day 3
-"The
Rectangle Family"
(Get your own data and work it.)
- Linear
Regression Day 4 - "The Walmart Live
or Die Scenario"
- Linear
Regression Day 5 - Barbie Bungee
(Design a bungee line for Barbie using linear
regression.)
- Lesson
490: Solving
Inequalities
- Garzon's
Pizza Dough Machine Problem
(Help
Garzon by graphing all the possibilities to this linear inequality
in two variables.)
Algebra Section 5:
Solving Systems of Linear Equations
- Will
the Women Ever Catch the Men
(Solve a system of equations by graphing.)
Algebra Section 6:
Exponential Growth, Decay and Rational Functions
- Doing
Dishes
(Here's an amazing way to get very, very, very, RICH.)
- Pay
it Forward
(Can one boy change the world?...mathematically speaking, YES.)
- MONEY,
MONEY, MONEY,
Let's Make it Grow
(Learn the math behind investments.)
- Who
Will be a Millionaire Activity
(Do some imaginary investment strategy of your own)
- Is
Your Money RUNNING Away From You?
(Explore exponential decay.)
- The
Fantastic Four Fours Phenomenon
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(
Use the laws of exponents to make all the integers from 1
through 10 with EXACTLY four fours.) |
- Test
Your Skill at Using the Laws of Exponents
(And earn treasure)
Algebra Section 7:
Polynomials
- Adding
Polynomials with Algebra Tiles
- Now
add Polynomials Formally
- Subtracting
Polynomials
- Multiplying
Monomials
- A
Power of a Power is POWERFUL
- Find
Powers of Powers and Products
(Simplify expressions to find funny treasure.)
- Putting
It All Together
(Here's a review of +, -, x of polynomials)
- Multiplying
a Polynomial by a Monomial
(Watch out for those exponents.)
- Distributing
Properly
("Let us distribute the multiplicative bliss evenly over the
land of polynomials." Thus sayeth the queen of the realm.)
- Using
the F.O.I.L. Method Magician
- The
Algebra Rearrange Funk Dance
- Test
Skills at Money with LETTERS
(Use polynomials to solve money mysteries.)
- Come
on an Algebra Motion Trip
- Dividing
Monomials
- Divide
a Polynomial by a Monomial
- Test
Your Polynomial Knowledge
Algebra Section 8:
Factoring
- Primes,
Greatest Common Factors and a Splash of Algebra
- The
Algebra Line-up, Identifying the Factors of a Monomial
- Finding
the GREATEST MONOMIAL Factor and Removing Him Successfully
- D.O.T.S
the Difference of Two Squares
- Binomial
Squares and Perfect Square Trinomials
- Factor
Completely
(Level 1)
- Sum-Part-Part-Product
(This is a game to sharpen your factoring wits.)
-
Factoring Cross Number Puzzle 1
(level1)
- Factoring
Cross Number Puzzle 2
(level2)
Algebra Section 9:
The Pythagorean Theorem, Distance Formula and
Intro to Trigonometry
- The
Pythagorean Theorem
(Pythagoras was a strange dude.)
- Customizable
Pythagorean Theorem Problems
(Write in your own names to make these problems funny.)
- The
Ultimate Pythagorean Theorem Test /
Printable Version
- A
Humorous Proof for the Pythagorean Theorem
- The
Legend of Soh-Cah-Toa, Mental Princess
(This is an overview of the longer legend for those in a hurry.)
- The
Tree of Mysteries
(Test your knowledge of trig ratios by exploring
this interactive tree.)
- Printable
Trigonometric Ratios Test
Algebra Section 10:
Quadratics
- The
Sexiest Curve in the Universe!!!
- The
Great Algegra Rectangle
- Test
Your Quadratic Equation Skills with the Tower of Fish Puzzle
- Printable
version of the Quadratic Equation Test
- Algebra
Brain-Teaser
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