Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Rate of Change
This activity is designed for students who have already learned the definition of the derivative and that it can be used to determine the slope of a curve. (Continued. See "before the activity.")
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Rates of Change
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the rate of change associated with real-world scenarios.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if Temperature Change
In this task, students examine the average rate of change of the temperature in Tucson, Arizona hours after midnight. Aligns with F-IF.B.6.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Developing the Concept of Slope
Given multiple representations of linear functions, the student will develop the concept of slope as a rate of change.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Rates of Change
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to solve problems involving rates of change.
Other
Nearpod: What Is Slope?
In this lesson on slope, young scholars explore how the rate of change can be identified using a graph, a set of points, and a table.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Average Rates of Change
This document looks at look at the difference between averages and instantaneous rates of change. Formulas are provided for average speed, instantaneous speed, the slope of a secant line, the slope of a tangent, and the slope of a curve...
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Average Rate of Change 3 [Pdf]
The handout explores the relationship between the average rate of change and the slope of the tangent line. The exercise is available in PDF format.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Average Rate of Change 2 [Pdf]
Students use a given graph to investigate the average rate of change and slope of the tangent line. The practice problem is available in PDF format.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Slope and Constant Rate of Change: Lesson 3
This lesson explains how slope is related to constant rate of change for linear functions. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Slope and Constant Rate of Change."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding Rates of Change in Linear Relationships: Lesson 3
This lesson demonstrates how to find the rate of change in functions with linear relationships. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled "Finding Rates of Change in Linear Relationships."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding Rate of Change: Lesson 4
This lesson demonstrates how to determine the rate of change between two points on a graph. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Finding Rate of Change."
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Sack Race
The primary focus should be on slope as rate of change and piecewise functions. This activity allows exploration of multiple types of slope; i.e., positive slope, negative slope, or zero slope for students to build their understanding of...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Slope and Y Intercept of Lines of Best Fit
Practice explaining the meaning of slope and y-intercept for lines of best fit on scatter plots. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Anne Arundel Community College
Anne Arundel Community College: Math 131: Slope
The tutorial examines the slope of a line. Students learn about the mathematics concept through definitions and detailed examples.
Math Graphs
Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Differential Equation and Slope Field [Pdf]
Students use a given differential equation and slope field to answer questions regarding the general solutions and rate of change of the differential equation. The exercise is available in PDF format.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: A Day at the Beach Adventure 9
Students compare the heating rates of wet sand and dry sand and study the effect of evaporation on heating rates. They create, interpret and analyze graphs of data. They also relate slope to rate of change.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Animal Skin Adventure 6
In this adventure, students make two models to simulate the cooling rate of different skin surface areas and determine the effect of skin surface area on the results. Students graph temperature as a function of time, interpret, and...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: A Sweet Drink Adventure 7
Students determine how the temperature of water affects the dissolving time of a sugar cube. They create, interpret and analyze graphs of data, find an equation of the line of best fit, and relate slope to rate of change.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Active Wear Adventure 10
In this adventure, students test which solar collector--black, white, or silver-- absorbs the most heat. They compare the difference between absorption and reflection. They create, interpret and analyze graphs of data. They also relate...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Walking the Line
In this activity, students use linear functions to model and solve problems in situations with slope and a constant rate of change. They learn to represent situations with variables in expressions, equations, and inequalities and use...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Stuffing Envelopes
Eighth graders are asked to compare the income earned from two summer jobs stuffing envelopes. They are to draw graphs, write equations, and interpret the graphs. This task provides students with an opportunity to take the step from unit...
University of Texas at Austin
Mathematics Teks Toolkit: What's Your Rate of Change?
For this lesson, students use an electronic data collector to write the equation of a line.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Slope Intercept Form and Direct Variations
This lesson relates slope-intercept form to slope and direct variations.