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Coordinates and Equations
In this algebra worksheet, students solve linear equations and plot their results on the coordinate plane. There are 20 problems using slopes and intercepts to help graph linear equations.
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Review and prepare for the Picture Project
Students identify a linear equations given the slope. In this algebra lesson, students write the equation of a line given the slope or two points. They calculate the slope given two points and use the point slope equation to complete the...
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Plotting Temperature and Altitude
students convert the temperature readings from degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit. they predict and create a graph of what the graph of altitude (x-axis) versus temperature in degrees Fahrenheit (y-axis) might look like.
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Solving Systems of Equations by graphing for Algebra One
Learners watch the teacher demonstrate on an overhead projector how to graph various equations before the students try them on their own. They start with pencil and paper; once they grasp the concept they move on to punching in the...
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Practice and Skills Test
Students practice think pair share to solve equations. In this algebra lesson, students solve linear equations given a point and a slope. They solve equations given two points and no slope.
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Mathematics Within: Algebraic Patterns
Students discover patterns in linear equations by playing a dice game to collect data. They graph the data and analyze the patterns of the lines created by the data. The class then compares the individual graphs to evaluate the position...
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Linear Graph
Students solve linear equations and graph the different functions. In this algebra lesson, students graph piecewise functions using the slope and y-intercept and the given restrictions on the domain of the line. They discuss rate of...
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Count the Differences
Learners determine the degree of polynomials. In this determining the degree of polynomials lesson, students find the difference between consecutive y-values. Learners find the degree of a linear, quadratic, and cubic...
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Practice Graphing y = mx + b
Ninth graders graph linear equations of the form y= mx + b. In this algebra lesson plan, 9th graders are able to graph a line given the slope and y-intercept. They can write the equations of a line given the graph of a line and can...
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Graph a Situation Without a Table
Students graph an equation without a table. In this algebra activity, students are given rate or time and asked to graph a line at the starting rate. They use the slope intercept form to decipher the word problem and graph the line.
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Writing equations for the picture project
Students write equations for their graphs. In this algebra instructional activity, students analyze graphs after they plot them using coordinate points and write an equation for the line given the slope and y-intercept. They express...
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Writing Linear Equations
Students rewrite word problems using algebraic symbols. In this algebra lesson, students write linear equations using the slope and y intercept. They write equations given two points that are on the line.
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Linear Functions
Students solve, identify and define linear equations. For this algebra lesson, students calculate the slope and y-intercept of a line. They graph the line given two points and the slope.
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Applications of Properties of Quadrilaterals in the Coordinate Plane
Students explore the concept of quadrilaterals. In this quadrilaterals lesson, students use the slope formula, midpoint formula, and distance formula to justify that a given quadrilateral is a parallelogram.
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Local Linearity and the Microscope Approximation
In this local linearity worksheet, students identify the slope of a line tangent to the graph at a given point. They use linear approximation to estimate values. Students determine the slope of a secant line at a given point. This...
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Lesson #20 Rates of Change and Velocity
Learners investigate speed. In this rate of change instructional activity, students complete a rate/time/distance table to determine the average m.p.h. of a given trip. They listen and follow along with the lecture and examples to...
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Writing Equations
Students write linear equations. In this algebra lesson, students are given information and asked to write an equation. They solve real world problems apply concepts of linear equations.
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Epidemic or False Alert?
In this rate instructional activity, students use the SIR model to determine if a disease is spreading at an epidemic rate. They find the slope of a curve and the slope of a line that goes through a given point. This two-page...
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Definition of the Derivative
Students find the derivatives of functions. In this finding the derivatives of functions lesson plan, students use the definition of derivative to take the derivative of a function. Students discuss scenarios in which the...
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Activity #3 Finding Mass
Students use graph paper to construct a graph and determine the slope of a straight line. They determine the weight (mass) of paper clips with a pan balance. Pupils weigh an unknown number of paper clips, and to interpret the graph to...
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Water in the Texas Coastal Basins
Learners, after researching a Texas coastal basin, map and graph the information they collect and then translate it into a short report to be presented to their classmates. They brainstorm unique ways to maintain Texas estuaries as well...
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Graphing Stations
High schoolers explore the concept of graphing stations. In this graphing stations lesson, students head to various teacher set-up stations involving slope, point-slope, standard form, parallel lines, etc. High schoolers work...
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Secant Line Approximation of the Tangent Line
Students perform operation with secant and tangent lines. In this calculus lesson, students find the derivative and relate it to the slope of a line. They differentiate between secant and tangent as they intersect a circle, using Cabri.
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Coffee: Differential Equation
In this differential worksheet, students read a word problem and write a differential equation and solve it. They draw the slope field for given problems. This two-page worksheet contains 9 multi-step problems.