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Exploring the Landscape
Students determine the monotonicity and concavity properties of a function, then apply the First Derivative Test and draw conclusions about the first and second derivatives from these properties.
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Wilderness Training
Students see that there are many different kinds of wilderness. They study equipment and supplies to see how they differ for different types of wilderness experiences. They discuss ways to allow access to wild places without damaging them.
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Watershed Components
Eighth graders examine the components of a watershed. They view overheads, discuss the hydrologic cycle, and observe a demonstration of a soil erosion box.
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A Functional Housing Market
Students access the Internet to search for housing prices in Houston, Texas,(the location can be changed to accommodate any location) and compare the prices to the number of square feet found in the living area of a house.
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Explor-A-Pond: 5th Grade Soil Erosion
Fifth graders compare and contrast the rate of soil erosion along water and along a vegetation area. They observe the differences and record their information and write a hypothesis of what they think happen if the erosion continues.
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2 x 2 Linear Systems
Students graph 2x2 systems and solve them algebraically. They investigate parallel systems by solving equations.
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Go the Distance
Students work together to build lego cars. They make predictions about how fast they believe the cars will go. They record their observations and discuss their results.
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Streamflow
Young scholars discuss the topic of streamflow and how it occurs. They take measurements and analyze them. They interpret data and create their own charts and graphs.
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Lesson: Journey of a Tree
Third graders explore the operation of a Christmas farm and how trees are shipped. After taking a tour of a Christmas tree farm and researching transportation, location and cost issues, 3rd graders create a map to show the distribution...
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How To Get Clear On Water
Tenth graders investigate different systems that are used to purify water. They have class discussion about the benefits and challenges that different countries would face with the implementation of the systems. Students explain the...
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Points in the Complex Plane -- Lab
Young scholars review the lecture portion of this lesson. Individually, they graph various points on a complex plane and identify conjugates based on their location on the graphs. They complete a worksheet and review their answers to end...
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Wilderness Training
Students explore how to prepare for a wilderness journey. In this wilderness survival lesson plan, students construct a compass from a magnet and a sewing needle.
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Geography: How do Louisiana Rice Farmers Help the Environment after they Harvest Rice?
Third graders study maps of the United States locating Louisiana, the East Coastal Plain, the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, the West Gulf Coastal Plain, and five of the main rivers. In this geography lesson, 3rd graders create a...
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Lesson #67 Relative Extrema
Students test for relative extrema. In this Calculus lesson, 12th graders investigate the relative extrema of a function and sketch the curve from the given information without the use of a calculator.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Finding Slope Using Rise Over Run
Students seem to have trouble finding the slope of a line using rise over run. This activity will allow the students to find slope of lines and tell the difference between lines of positive, negative, zero and undefined slope.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Statistics & Probability Finding Slope 8.sp.3 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of finding slope.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Find Slope and Rate of Change
This learning tutorial demonstrates how to find the slope of a line and the rate of change for a table. The lesson includes several PowerPoint presentations about slope and even provides practice problems for students to test their...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Finding Slope Learn Check
Using the Activity Center, students will explore the characteristics of linear functions in the form y=mx+b. The major focus will be identifying slope and y-intercept.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Finding Slope
A lesson plan that explores the importance of the slope of the soil to a soil's property. Understand how the soils slope affects many aspects of the property from the flow of water to planting.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Slopes and Equations of Lines
Three resources for teaching slopes and equations of lines: a instructional activity with a formula for finding slope, different equations for lines, and several examples; a fourteen-question quiz covering slope, perpendicular and...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Slope of a Straight Line
This lesson on slope explains the slope concepts, demonstrates how to use the slope formula, shows how to find slope in horizontal and vertical lines, and how to use slope to find whether the lines through the pairs of points are...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Slope
A tutorial on slope with many step-by-step examples. The tutorial clarifies what slope is, how to find slope between two points on a graph, and how slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines are related.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Lines and Slope
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of lines and slope. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Slope of a Line
Through this tutorial, you'll know what slope is and how to determine it. View examples of positive, negative, zero, and undefined slope, follow step-by-step slope calculations, and complete practice problems at the end.
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