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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Arithmetic Practice W/ Ordered Pairs

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
The Shodor Education Foundation provides this lesson plan to have students practice simple computation that results in them graphing their answers. If they are accurate they will have a straight line. Students use an interactive...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring and Graphing Toy Water Animal Growth

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Lesson involves scientific investigation and knowledge of units of measurement. Students will select and submerge a growing water animal toy, predicting and measuring its growth of at least three places of metric measurement of distance...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le What Functions Do Two Graph Points Determine?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, young scholars find a unique linear function, a unique exponential function, and more than one quadratic function that go through the same two points on the coordinate grid. Aligns with F-LE.A.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Graphing Fun

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this hands-on project, middle schoolers have the opportunity to survey their classmates to find information that is meaningful to them. Then students will construct graphs using computer software. Middle schoolers will analyze their...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This collection of five middle school math lessons covers the topic of plane geometry, specifically the concept of slope. The first activity introduces learners to plotting points on a Cartesian grid using a Geoboard. Lesson two moves...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Algebra Ii: The Trigonometric Functions

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
A lesson plan where learners will interpret the trigonometric functions in terms of the unit circle, graph a sinusoidal function, and use a sinusoidal function to make interpretations in a modeling context.
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Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Equations of Lines [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
In this instructional activity, students are to interpret graphs with equations of lines.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Determine the Vertices of Transformed Images

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on lesson uses exploration and discovery to help young scholars determine the coordinates of the vertices of various figures when translated, rotated, or reflected in a coordinate plane. The exploration phase will access...
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PBS

Pbs Mathline: Fill 'Er Up Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers will pour liquids into different sized containers to test their predictions as to the amount each will hold. Printable lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Trig Functions and the Unit Circle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to help students make the connection between the graphs of sin t and cos t and the x and y coordinates of points moving around the unit circle. Students have to match coordinates of points on the graph with...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf, G Co, Trigonometric Identities and Rigid Motions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to apply translations and reflections to the graphs of the functions f(x)=cos x and g(x)=sin x in order to derive some trigonometric identities. There are also rotations 180 degrees about points on the x-axis...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Everyday Algebra Plus: Targeted Math Instruction

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Algebra lesson focuses on using patterns and relationships to write equations with two variables to represent relationships and patterns in real-world problems, plotting ordered pairs on a coordinate grid, and interpreting the meaning of...
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Can Teach

Can Teach: Plot Four: Positive and Negative Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Plotting points is usually an interesting activity for young scholars. Make it even more interesting and engaging using this game.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Finding Parabolas Through Two Points

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students are asked to find the quadratic functions that pass through two given points on a coordinate grid and to describe how their graphs are related. Aligns with F-LE.A.2.