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| Google Web Search Features | ||
| http://www.google.ca/intl/en/help/features.html#calculator | ||
| Did you know that you can use Google as a conversion calculator? You can convert from Imperial to Metric or vice versa. ( http://www.google.ca/intl/en/help/features.html#calculator ) | ||
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| Your Weight on Other Worlds (Math Connect page 13) | ||
| http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/ | ||
| Enter your weight in any units and find out how much you would weight on all other major bodies in the solar system. ( http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/ ) | ||
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| Goldilocks and the 3 Similar Triangles | ||
| http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/GoldilocksAndThe3SimilarTriangles/ | ||
| A downloadable demonstration of an important property of similar triangles. The download contains ActiveX controls, which may not load on some school networks. ( http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/GoldilocksAndThe3SimilarTriangles/ ) | ||
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| Learning Math: Geometry Session 8, Part B: Similar Triangles (Math Connect page 29) | ||
| http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session8/part_b/measuring.ht... | ||
| Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on the “Play Video” button to see how doctors use similar triangles to calculate the position of radiation treatments for cancer patients. ( http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session8/part_b/measuring.ht... ) | ||
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| Who was Eratosthenes of Cyrene? | ||
| http://www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc.html | ||
| A succinct biography of the classical mathematician and his work. ( http://www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc.html ) | ||
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