Middle School Math

 
Chapter 8
Conic Sections
Topics
8-1 Midpoint and Distance Formulas
Practice the Midpoint and Distance Formula
8-2 Parabolas
Graphing Parabolas
Parabola with a Horizontal Directrix
Drawing a Parabola
Parabolas and Paper Folding (and a SketchPad activity)
Conic Flyer - an interactive graph of parabolas,
circles, ellipses, and hyperbolas
8-3 Circles
Investigations with Circles
8-4 Ellipses
Drawing an Ellipse
Ellipse Game
Area and Perimeter of an Ellipse
8-5 Hyperbolas
Reflective Properties of Hyperbola
Drawing Hyperbola
8-6 Conic Sections
Graphing Conic Sections in Three Dimensions
Application examples of Conic Sections
8-7 Solving Quadratic Systems
Extra Examples
Self Checking Quizzes
Vocabulary Review
Chapter Test

 

Last update: July 23, 2007