Real-World Math with Computers

Recommended for High School.

Real-World Math with Computers contains 29 activities that explore real-world applications of math concepts.

Description

Concepts from algebra through calculus are covered. Activities cover a wide variety of topics, including linear, quadratic, and periodic functions, statistics, systems of equations, and many more. A variety of sensors are used, including motion detectors, temperature sensors, force sensors, microphones, etc.

Included with Real-World Math with Computers

Complete student experiments with materials list, step-by-step instructions, data tables, and questions.
Teacher Information section for each experiment with complete directions for setting up experiments, helpful hints, and sample graphs and data.
Word-processing files of the student sections on a CD so that any experiment may be easily edited to your specifications (Microsoft Word for Macintosh and Windows files).

Features listed above are only available when you purchase the lab book. They are not in the downloadable evaluation PDFs.

Experiments

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	experiment	Products
1	Walk the Line - Straight Line Distance Graphs	Motion Detector
2	Making Cents of Math: Linear Relationship between Weight and Quantity	Dual-Range Force Sensor
3	Pool Plunge - Linear Relationship between Water Depth and Pressure	Gas Pressure Sensor
4	Funnel Volumes - Volume and Weight	Dual-Range Force Sensor
5	Keep It Bottled Up - Rates of Pressure Increase	Gas Pressure Sensor
6	Clock Design: Period and Length of a Simple Pendulum	Motion Detector
7	Mix It Up - Mixing Liquids of Different Temperatures	Stainless Steel Temperature Probe (2)
8	Spring Thing - Newton's Second Law	Dual-Range Force Sensor Motion Detector
9	Stretch It to the Limit - The Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band	Dual-Range Force Sensor Motion Detector
10	What Goes Up - Position and Time for a Cart on a Ramp	Motion Detector
11	That's the Way the Ball Bounces - Height and Time for a Bouncing Ball	Motion Detector
12	Walk This Way - Definition of Rate	Motion Detector
13	Velocity Test - Interpreting Graphs	Motion Detector
14	From Here to There - Applications of the Distance Formula	Motion Detector (2)
15	Under Pressure - The Inverse Relationship between Pressure and Volume	Gas Pressure Sensor
16	Light at A Distance - Distance and Intensity	Light Sensor
17	Chill Out: How Hot Objects Cool	Stainless Steel Temperature Probe
18	Charging Up, Charging Down - Charging a Capacitor	Voltage Probe
19	Bounce Back - The Pattern of Rebound Heights	Motion Detector
20	Sour Chemistry - The Exponential pH Change	pH Sensor
21	Swinging Ellipses - Plotting an Ellipse	Motion Detector
22	Lights Out! - Periodic Phenomena	Light Sensor
23	Tic, Toc: Pendulum Motion	Motion Detector
24	Stay Tuned: Sound Waveform Models	Microphone
25	Up And Down: Damped Harmonic Motion	Motion Detector
26	How Tall? Describing Data with Statistical Plots	Motion Detector
27	And Now, the Weather - Describing Data with Statistics	Stainless Steel Temperature Probe
28	Meet You at the Intersection: Solving a System of Linear Equations	Motion Detector (2)
29	Titration Curves: An Application of the Logistic Function	pH Sensor