This lesson from Illuminations uses the real world example of hanging chains to demonstrate how naturally occurring shapes relate to parabolic functions. Students will learn to substitute points on a graph into a...

Created by David Smith for the Connected Curriculum Project, the purpose of this module is to explore a significant application of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. This is part of a larger collection of learning modules...

Assignments and readings: a resource for mathematics students and teachers, particularly in the areas of Algebra II, AP Statistics, and Statistics/Finance. See also Smith's Writings and reflections.

HyperMath is "a growing collection of examples of applied mathematics with links to their applications to problems in physics and astronomy." The author, Carl R. (Rod) Nave of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at...

This page is interactive resource allowing the teacher to choose among topics related to vector operations. The subjects are organized in flow charts that make it easy to move from one topic to a related item. Vector...