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PHET

Graphing Lines

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Ready to increase pupils' understanding of slope with an upward slope? Scholars use an interactive that allows users to move two points on a coordinate plane. The interactive then automatically calculates the slope, the slope-intercept...
Lesson Plan
West Contra Costa Unified School District

Connecting Arithmetic Sequences to Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Common difference is to arithmetic sequences as what is to linear equations? (Answer: slope) Pupils learn how arithmetic sequences can be considered as linear patterns. They then write linear equations to represent arithmetic...
Lesson Plan
Education Development Center

Points, Slopes, and Lines

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Before graphing and finding distances, learners investigate the coordinate plane and look at patterns related to plotted points. Points are plotted and the goal is to look at the horizontal and vertical distances between coordinates and...
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Corbett Maths

Instantaneous Rates of Change

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Here's a great lesson that looks at slope as an instantaneous change. Using an estimated tangent line, the presenter shows the class how to find an approximation for the instantaneous rate of change. Scholars determine the slope of the...
Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparing Equation of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 9th - 11th Standards
It seems perpendicular lines have slopes which follow a specific rule. Scholars use an interactive to investigate this rule by moving a pair of lines on a coordinate plane. They find that perpendicular lines have slopes that are opposite...
Interactive
Physics Classroom

Using Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Many university professors complain incoming scholars struggle with interpreting graphs. A skill builder offers three different types of exercises including calculating slope, interpreting graphs, and extrapolating outside the plotted...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Slope of a Line

For Students 9th
In this slope of a line worksheet, 9th graders solve and graph 10 different problems that include determining the slope of a line. First, they determine the slope of a line that contains two given points. Then, students determine the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slope of a Line

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this slope worksheet, students determine the slope of a line. They use the slope to determine if two lines are parallel or perpendicular. This two-page worksheet contains five equations.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Eighteen Slope-Intercept Form of a Line problems

For Students 8th - 9th
For this line worksheet, students solve eighteen problems related to slope, t-intercept, and equations of lines.  Three of the problems are multiple choice, two are graphs, and the rest are free-response problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 6: Derivative & Slope

For Students Higher Ed
In this derivative and slope worksheet, students find the derivative of given equations. They identify the slope of a line tangent to a graph and find the concavity of a graph. This one-page worksheet contains seven multi-step problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Relationship Between Slope and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 8th - 9th
In this perpendicular lines worksheet, students explore the relationship between perpendicular lines and slope in eight exercises and two worked examples.  The solutions are provided.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Functions and Slopes

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this function worksheet, students find the slope of a line tangent to a given graph, they derive formulas for the area and perimeter of a given right triangle, they graph functions, and compute the derivative of functions. This...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 13: Slope and Concavity

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this function instructional activity, students determine the equation of a line, compute slope and concavity of a graph, and find the maximum volume of three-dimensional figures. This one-page instructional activity contains six...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Slope & Rate of Change

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
This short handout addresses the concept of slope in two different ways: geometrically and analytically. Start with a brief description of slope, then use graphical representations to compare positive vs. negative slope and zero vs....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Use this worksheet to write equations in both point-slope form and slope-intercept form. Start by writing equations given one point and the slope and finish by writing equations given two points and a few real-world applications. The...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Write an Equation of a Line Given Slope and a Point

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders are investigating slope of a line. The line is plotted using the slope and points on a line. They also write an equation given the right information. The use of a PowerPoint is part of the presentation.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introducing y = mx + b

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Middle and high schoolers use the slope intercept form to graph a line. In this algebra lesson, pupils rewrite equations from standard form to y-intercept form. They use the slope and y-intercept to graph a line without making a table of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this graphing worksheet, students graph linear equations on a coordinate plane. Students identify the slope and y-intercept of each problem, find the midpoint of a line, and the distance between given points. Given an equation,...
Worksheet
Curated OER

8th Grade Math Worksheet

For Students 8th
In this linear equations worksheet, 8th graders solve 10 different problems that include various types of linear equations. First, they write the distance between Venus and the Sun in scientific notation. Then, students determine the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wind-Up Car

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners produce an equation from a graph, based on an engineering-context story provided. In this production of equations lesson, students write an equation given the graph and description. Learners also describe what the y-intercept...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Equation of a Line

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this equation of a line worksheet, students write the equation of a line given two points on the line or the slope and y-intercept. This two-page worksheet contains four equations.
Lesson Plan
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Stitching Quilts into Coordinate Geometry

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
Who knew quilting would be so mathematical? Introduce linear equations and graphing while working with the lines of pre-designed quilts. Use the parts of the design to calculate the slope of the linear segments. The project...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Race The Rapper: Slopes

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners calculate the slope of the equation In this algebra lesson, students graph coordinate pairs of linear equations and identify the relationship between x and y values and slope.  They differentiate between functions and...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Investigating the Relationship Between Slope and Angles

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this slope angles instructional activity, learners discover the relationship between slope and angle.  Students complete tables of values and answer four discussion questions.

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