National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Chameleon Graphing: Coordinate Plane
Dive into this introduction to graphing in the coordinate plane, and meet a chameleon named Sam. Sam will help guide you through graphing points on a line, using negative numbers, and graphing points in the coordinate plane.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Pumpkin Graph an Activity for Plotting Points
Students are given 3 - 4 points to plot in activity center. Students practice plotting points an can review the coordinate plane.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: A Lego Introduction to Graphing
Students use a LEGO ball shooter to demonstrate and analyze the motion of a projectile through use of a line graph. This activity involves using a method of data organization and trend observation with respect to dynamic experimentation...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Point Slope Form
Get independent practice working with Point-Slope Form. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Graphing Calculator Activity: The Coordinate Plane [Pdf]
A graphing calculator lesson on coordinate planes. Detailed examples, demonstrations with key functions, and practice problems included. Acrobat Reader required.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pointing at Maximum Power for Pv
Student teams measure voltage and current in order to determine the power output of a photovoltaic (PV) panel. They vary the resistance in a simple circuit connected to the panel to demonstrate the effects on voltage, current, and power...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Coordinate Graphing
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center and is intended to help students develop an initial conceptual understanding of how to plot a set of points using a coordinate grid and to create lists to represent the ordered pairs for...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Design Graphing Project
Students create a design by connecting points in the coordinate plane. They then program their calculators to display their designs.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Coordinate Plane
Get independent practice identifying points, graphing points and equations on the coordinate plane. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Graphing Linear Functions
In this activity, students understand the concepts associated with the graphs of linear functions. They find and plot points, sketch graphs, and calculate gradient and intercepts.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Simple Coordinates Game
This applet lets you play a game where you practice locating specific points using the first quadrant on the coordinate grid. Directions are only a click away.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Graph of Functions and Their Derivatives
In this activity, students observe the derivative as an indicator of increasing/decreasing function behavior. They also see that the derivative is an indicator of local maxima/ minima function behavior. Students learn to associate the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Linear Regression: Wing Span/height
Students take measurements of individual's wing span and height and create a coordinate graph. The activity should include at least three different grade levels. Students submit an equation through "Activity Center" and the class...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Transformations Activity
In this activity students explore transformations using the T.I. APP TRANSFRM. Based on the students conclusions, from a parent graph they will be able to plot points to shift or reflect the graph.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Match the Graph
Students use the Cabri Geometry II Plus software to reflect points from a graph across the axes.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Points of Intersection and Zeros of Functions
Solve equations and find zeroes of functions using the TI-83 in this lesson. Keystroke instructions and calculator screenprints are included to help students with the activity.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Trends in Alkane Boiling Points
Students will develop a mathematical model of alkane boiling points by graphing the number of carbons in the alkane chain against its boiling point.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Algebra: Graph Quadratic Curves of Best Fit
Students will find the best-fit quadratic model for the given points
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Hot Wheelin' With Speed, Acceleration, and Data Graphs
In this lab, students investigate the motion of toy cars and collect data to analyze the speed of the vehicle between various points and overall speed.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
Can Teach
Can Teach: Plot Four: Positive and Negative Numbers
Plotting points is usually an interesting activity for students. Make it even more interesting and engaging using this game.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: Saxon Activity Center: Real World Investigation: Elevation Changes [Pdf]
Math and geography are the focus of this internet investigation. Learners must plan a road trip to several cities and plot the elevations of those cities using a line graph. Acrobat Reader required.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Handy Reflections
The purpose of this investigation is to: Revise plotting points on the Cartesian plane; Use and understand aspect ratios; Improve estimation skills; Use a spreadsheet or a graphing calculator to draw a graph; Learn how to reflect lines...
University of South Florida
Florida Center for Instructional Tech: Famous People
Students estimate the ages of famous people, then create a scatterplot with the actual ages. This activity allows them to estimate with linear equations. You can access the age data through the "activity" link.