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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Downhill

For Teachers 8th
In this task, a car is traveling down a steep hill. Students are given the function for elevation versus distance from the start and are asked to find and explain the slope and intercepts of the graph. Aligns with 8.F.B.4.
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Khan Academy

Khan: Lesson 5: Relationships Among Linear Equations, Lines in Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the relationship between algebraic, graphical, and contextual expressions of linear equations.
Handout
Duke University

Duke University: Intercept of a Straight Line

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the y-intercept and how to write the y-intercept in point notation.
Handout
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Algebra, Section 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The basic concepts of graphing are covered on this site, including points, slopes, equations of lines, and y-intercept. A quick discussion on the Pythagorean Theorem is also concluded. Several practice and application problems are...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graph From Slope Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 8th
Practice drawing the graph of a line given in slope-intercept form. For example, graph y = 3x + 2. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Explore Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students can use a graphing calculator to explore graphs of parallel and perpendicular lines. Students will find that parallel lines have the same slope and different y-intercepts and that the slopes of two perpendicular lines are...
Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Slope Intercept Basketball Game

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
This online game includes slope-intercept problems for students to solve. Students must recognize which variables represent the slope, or rise-over-run, and the y-intercept.
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: The Regression Equation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial on how to find the line of best fit or least-squares regression line for a set of data in a scatter plot using different methods and calculations.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Linear Equations Game

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students groups act as aerospace engineering teams competing to create linear equations to guide space shuttles safely through obstacles generated by a modeling game in level-based rounds. Each round provides a different configuration of...
Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of the slope-intercept form. An example is given and clearly explained.
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Algebra: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial discusses the slope-intercept form of a line. Learners explore the concept through notes and examples. Practice problems are included to check for comprehension of the algebra topic.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Human Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners will participate in this discovery activity intended for them to uncover the role each variable plays in the graph of a line in the form y = mx + b. Students will actually demonstrate lines in slope intercept form on a life size...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Forms of Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Write linear equations in standard form and find the slope and y-intercept of such lines.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Phone Bill Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The student is given actual data and asked to find a line of best fit and to give "real world" interpretations of the slope and y-intercept. A great introduction to the 83/84 and its features.
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Columbia University

Columbia University: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Columbia University in the City of New York provides brief information on the slope-intercept form, and then has four helpful examples on the subject. Each example goes through the steps involved and arrives at a...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Find the Change

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this task, 8th graders work with linear functions and learn how to discuss and make calculations with slope and x- and y-intercepts. Aligns with 8.EE.B.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to write an equation of a line given a point and a slope. Students write the equation of a line given appropriate information such as slope, x-intercept, y-intercept, two points,...
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Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: Equation of a Straight Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This math tutorial shows the relationship of a slope to a straight line and how to write equations in point-slope or slope-intercept form.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Polynomial Addition, Subtraction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCard stack teaches that, when linear functions are added, the slope of the sum is equal to the sum of the slopes, likewise for y-intercepts. Includes quadratic and up polynomials.
Handout
San Diego State University

San Diego State University: Examples of Writing Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
These examples show how to write linear equations from different types of information. There are even real-world examples dealing with air pressure, sea urchins, and measurement conversions.
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Other

Nearpod: Linear Equations & Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson on linear equations and graphs, young scholars will learn how to graph linear equations and create linear equations based upon real-life word problems.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.7 Used Subaru Foresters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Jane wants to sell her Subaru Forester and does research online to find other cars for sale in her area. She examines the scatterplot of price versus age and determines that a linear model is appropriate. Answer a variety of questions...
Website
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebMath site provides links to tutorials and lessons in both Algebra I and II. Links to topics such as factoring, solving equations, polynomials, simplifying equations, graphing, and much more.

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