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Illustrative Mathematics

Similar Circles

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Young geometers flex their transformation muscles in this brief but powerful exercise using dilations and translations to develop the similarity of circles. The plan provides guidelines to help learners navigate a pair of...
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Yummy Math

A Cardioid for Valentine’s Day

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
It's Valentine's Day in geometry class! Celebrate the day of love with a heart-themed activity in which young mathematicians create a cardioid on polar graph paper.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Sequencer

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Take the first step into graphing sequences. Learners set the starting number, multiplier, add-on, and the number of steps for a sequence. Using the inputs, the interactive calculates and plots the sequence on the coordinate plane. Users...
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Curated OER

LAND USE ISSUES

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students relate math with real life situations. They identify and plot points on a grid map. They identify and locate the Drop Box Sites.
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Curated OER

Exploring Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to connecting graphing in a coordinate plane to making scatterplots on a graphing calculator. Working in pairs, they connect points plotted to make a sailboat and complete questions on a worksheet as well as plot...
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Curated OER

Basic Algebra and Computers: Spreadsheets, Charts, and Simple Line Graphs

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners, while in the computer lab, assess how to use Microsoft Excel as a "graphing calculator." They view visual representations of line graphs in a Cartesian plane while incorporating basic skills for using Excel productively.
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Curated OER

Congruence Statements

For Students 10th
In this congruence statements worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 16 various types of problems. First, they complete each congruence statement listed. Then, students graph each set of points on the coordinate plane provided. They...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

We Love to Graph!

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Students experience graphing points.  In this graphing points lesson, students play an on-line game where they must name 10 coordinate pairs correctly.  Students play a maze game where they maneuver a robot using coordinate...
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Curated OER

Algebra I: Graphing - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders graph ordered pairs on a coordinate plane.
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Curated OER

Graphing Functions With 2 Points and From a Graph

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students plot points on a coordinate plane. They describe, in words, methods for finding the slope of a line. After given a worksheet, students read instructions, draw a Cartesian plane, plot ordered pairs, and graph lines. Papers are...
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Curated OER

Compound Locus

For Teachers 10th
In this compound locus worksheet, 10th graders solve and complete 10 different problems related to compound locus. First, they determine the number of points in a plane that is units from a given line and from a given point on a line....
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Curated OER

Plotting Points

For Students 7th - 9th
In this middle school mathematics/Algebra I learning exercise, students plot points on a coordinate plane.  The one page learning exercise contains six problems.  Answers are not provided.
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Curated OER

Introducing the Concept: Ordered Pairs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students review ordered pairs. In this graphing lesson, students review ordered pairs with the teacher. This lesson includes a brief teacher script to help guide the students in understanding.
Interactive
Curated OER

Graphing Points: Post Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this graphing points worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about the points on a given graph. Students answer 10 questions total.
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Curated OER

Reading Graphs

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students plot functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane. They explore lines and parabolas. Students analyze graphs and answer questions about the information presented on the graph using an online program.
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Curated OER

Distance Formula

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create ways to find the number of square miles that lie in a triangle having vertices at A, B, and C. They compute the distance between two points and use Heron's formula to find the area of the triangle. Finally, students...
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Curated OER

Slope of a Line

For Students 9th
In this slope of a line activity, 9th graders solve and graph 10 different problems that include determining the slope of a line. First, they determine the slope of a line that contains two given points. Then, students determine the line...
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Curated OER

Further Trigonometry

For Students 11th - 12th
In this trigonometry worksheet, students solve and complete 5 various types of problems. First, they find the exact ratios for each trigonometric function. Then, students use the expansion to find the exact value of a given trig...
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Curated OER

Grasshopper Jump

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra instructional activity, students caclulate the coordinate  points of where the grasshopper lands. There is an answer key for this word problem.
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Curated OER

Integrals

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this integrals learning exercise, students solve and complete 20 various types of problems. First, they evaluate each of the listed integrals shown. Then, students find the area under the graph given and above the x-axis between two...
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Curated OER

Writing Equations in Slope-Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 10th Standards
Use this worksheet to write equations in both point-slope form and slope-intercept form. Start by writing equations given one point and the slope and finish by writing equations given two points and a few real-world applications. The...
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Curated OER

Slope

For Students 9th
In this slope instructional activity, 9th graders solve and complete 18 different problems that include identifying various points on a graph. First, they determine the slope of each line drawn on the grid to the right. Then, students...
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Curated OER

Walking the Plank: Student Worksheet

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this math worksheet, students will work in a group to experiment with the weight of objects when placed at a distance from a scale (using a plank). Students will record and graph their results.
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Curated OER

More Graphing Situations by Making a Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students calculate rate of change and graph linear functions. In this algebra lesson students write linear functions, make a table of points and graph their data on a coordinate plane. They calculate the rate of change of a graph.