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http://encarta.msn.com/alexandria/templates/lessonFull.asp?page=1312 This activity uses spreadsheets and an investigative teaching strategy to introduce students to matrices, matrix multiplication, matrix addition, and geometric transformations.
 * Matrices and Geometric Transformations** (Gr. 7-12/SS/math)

http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/xte/learning_center/ASM/graphing.html This lesson uses real-time data from the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (XTE) satellite, which students plot using a calculator or spreadsheet. The site includes links to standards, objectives, prerequisite knowledge, material resources, procedures, and assessments.
 * Graphing with Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellite** (Gr.9-12/internet/SS/math)

http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//1101.html This comprehensive lesson involves students in creating a virtual new business. It gets students engaged in creating a company information page, financial statements, graphs, management promotion pages, and advertising pages. The lesson takes about one week.
 * PowerPoint Project for Creating a New Business** (Gr.12/SS/PP/math)

http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts//668.html Students conduct an in-depth study of the life and behaviors of the American bald eagle, using a combination of classroom presentation, video, Internet searching, "hands-on" computer activity, and touching of feathers and displays.
 * Eagles and Other Raptors** (Gr.9-12/SS/math/science)


 * Research** - eBay market prices for commodities; immigration statistics; census data; Stock Market games;