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University of South Florida

Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
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Other

University of Wisconsin: Finding the Slopes of Lines

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This is an interactive page that provides the user with practice for finding the slope of a line. The site has a list of seven questions and requires the user to change the graph to fit the given required slope.
eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Slope of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th
Get independent practice working with the slope of a line. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Functions: Slope Using Coordinates

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn that the slope is ratio of change in y to the change in x. They find the slope of a line using the slope formula, and examine the characteristics of lines with positive, zero, negative, or non-defined slope.
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Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Slope of a Line Segment

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive Java applet allows visualization of line segments and their slopes. The slope and how it is found is given for each line drawn by the user.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Finding the Slope of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will use a slide presentation to facilitate teaching students how to find the slope of a line when given the graph of the line or two points. Students will interact with the presentation in two ways: first, by taking notes...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Find Equation of Line Given That You Know Its Slope and Y Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input the slope and y-intercept of a line and gives you the equation of the line in slope-intercept form. It also gives a detailed solution using the information that you provided.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: Slope Intercept, Point Slope Forms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Washington State University provides a lesson on finding the slope of an equation and putting the equation into the desired form. The site also contains informatinon concerning parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Find My Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Help students learn the concept of slope using the TI- Navigator.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Slope, Parallel & Perpendicular Lines & Transversals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-five problems cover the topics of slope, parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and transversals in different settings. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the...
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Other

Git: What Is the Slope Intercept Form of a Line?

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only does this site show what the slope-intercept form is, but it helps you find the slope and the intercept of a line. There is also additional information on parallel lines, parametric form, and the distance between two points.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Find the Change

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this task, 8th graders work with linear functions and learn how to discuss and make calculations with slope and x- and y-intercepts. Aligns with 8.EE.B.
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Sloping Square

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A geometry problem of finding the area of a sloped square within a square.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Finding the Slope of a Line From the Equation

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Use this tutorial to find the slope of a line from the equation.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Slant Height of a Pyramid: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to find the slant height of a pyramid. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Slant Height of a Pyramid."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Slant Height of a Pyramid: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to find the slant height of a pyramid. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Slant Height of a Pyramid."
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Slope in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the slope of a line given two points. Includes a video [5 min. 29 sec.], examples, and review problems along with an answer key.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding a Formula for the Surface Area of a Cone

For Students 9th - 10th
This video tutorial demonstrates how to find the formula for the surface area of a cone.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding a Coordinate When Given the Slope: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
this lesson presents how to find a coordinate of an ordered pair that falls on a line with a given slope. It is 2 of 5 in the series titled "Finding a Coordinate When Given the Slope."
Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of the slope-intercept form. An example is given and clearly explained.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mineral Density: Teaching Accuracy, Slope, and Percent Error

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the meaning of density and use their math skills to graph mass/volume data, write an equation for a line, and interpret the slope of the line. Students also find the density of two unknown mineral samples and use those...
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PBS

Pbs: String Product: Finding the Y Intercept

For Students 6th - 8th
Examine how a giant piece of art at the National Museum of Mathematics reveals some unexpected relationships between coordinates on a parabola. This video focuses on the relationship between negative and positive points on the parabola...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Slope of a Line

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Twenty-two problems present a practice finding the slope of a line. The solutions are only available with a paid subscription.
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra: The Slope of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial will show you how to find a the slope of graph, write a linear equation in slope-intercept form. You'll also learn how to determine whether two lines are parallel or perpendicular to each other. For advanced math students.

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