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West Contra Costa Unified School District

Solving Quadratic Equations – Alternative Methods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
There's more than one way to solve quadratic equations. Scholars learn how to solve quadratic equations using alternate methods. They use completing the square by making the linear coefficient even and the leading coefficient a perfect...
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EngageNY

Algebraic Expressions—The Distributive Property

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Do your classes truly understand the distributive property? Use a demonstrative lesson to represent the distributive property in various ways. Learners solidify understanding by creating a geometric pattern for distributive...
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Flipped Math

Calculus AB/BC - Connecting Multiple Representations of Limits

For Students 10th - 12th
It's time to put it all together. Viewers of an informative video learn to connect multiple representations of limits. Given algebraic, tabular, and graphical representations of a linear piecewise function, they determine whether a limit...
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Curated OER

Interactivate - Lines, Rays, Line Segments, and Planes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore lines, rays, line segments, and planes. For this math lesson, students discuss the math concepts and direct their instructor in graphing functions. Middle schoolers collaborate in graphing additional functions.
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Curated OER

Finding Patterns and Graphing Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate patters for area and perimeter. In this Algebra I/Geometry lesson, students explore two different patterns as they write a formula for the nth term of each pattern. Learners graph their results and determine if the...
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Curated OER

Slopey Math

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the slope of a line and use it to solve real life problems. For this algebra lesson, students write linear equations in slope intercept form and make a correlation to its relation to the real world. They use the slope...
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Curated OER

What's Its Slope

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the slope of a lines.In this algebra lesson, students define the  meaning of slope and write an equation given the slope. They graph linear functions using the slope and y-intercept.
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Curated OER

Solving Systems of Equations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the quadrants and axis of a coordinate plane. In this algebra lesson, students discover the ocrrect way to graph using the coordinate plane. They discuss the relationship between x and y values, domain and range and...
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Curated OER

Multiple Representations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Every topic or subject has its own special jargon. Learners work on their math vocabulary as it relates to basic algebra terms. They define and identify function, functional notation, ordered pairs, rate of change, slope,...
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Curated OER

How Many Solutions 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students solve systems of equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students graph lines and identify the point of intersection. They identify the function to see if it is a function.
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Curated OER

Oodles of Poodles

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students solve equations by graphing. In this algebra lesson, students differentiate between functions and relations. They use the TI to graph their equation and analyze the graph.
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Curated OER

I Can Do This! Systems of Equations

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students solve systems of 2-by-2 linear equations using tables, graphs and substitution. In small groups, classmates work together to discover strategies for solving equations. They use a calculator to graphically represent their answers.
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Curated OER

Walking on Air

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students collect and analyze data with a graph. In this statistics lesson, students use central tendencies to find the meaning of their data. They display the data on a Ti calculator.
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Curated OER

Find Minimum and Maximum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners engage in a lesson about finding the values of different graphs written in the vertex form. They rewrite each quadratic equation in vertex form while graphing the equation with the visual display of a parabola that matches the...
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Curated OER

Can You Make a Hole in One?

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students relate miniature golf to reflection of an image. In this algebra lesson, students collect and graph data as they study linear equations. They apply properties of graphing to solve real life scenarios.
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Transformationally Speaking

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Young mathematicians explore transformations of graphs by graphing sets of functions on the same pair of axes. They use their graphs to determine the effect that the values of a and b in y = ax + b have on the graph of y = x.
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Curated OER

Graphing With RXTE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use data from the Rossi X-ray Tiiming Explorer (RXTE) satellite to analyze and graph.
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Curated OER

Exploring Function Graphs

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate three different sets of data that relate temperature to another variable in the physical world. These illustrate linear, inverse and exponential relationships.
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Curated OER

Guess the Age

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students describe graphically, algebraically and verbally real-world phenomena as functions; identify the independent and the dependent variable. They translate among graphic, algebraic, and verbal representations of relations and graph...
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Curated OER

Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers All
Students learn about the Cartesian coordinate plane, understand the four quadrants of the Cartesian coordinate plane, and plot points on the plane. Students read coordinates for a point from a graph and give the ratio of rise over run...
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Curated OER

Introduction to Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners solve quadratic equations. In this algebra lesson, students factor and graph linear and quadratic functions. They identify the standard and linear form of each equation.
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Curated OER

Algebra II: Chapter 7 Test - Systems of Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this systems of equations activity, high schoolers solve systems of equations, systems of inequalities, and linear equations.  They read word problems and write a system of equations that depicts the problem.  this two-page...
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Curated OER

Discovering the Linear Relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover the linear relationship between degrees Farenheit and degrees Celsius. They manually compute the slope and y-intercept of the line passing through points. They convert Celsius to Fahrenheit degrees.
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Curated OER

Get a Half-life!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore decay functions and the half-life of a substance. Through an M&M activity with calculators, students collect and graph data. They determine the linear, quadratic and exponential functions of the graph. Students...