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College Costs 2
What is the financial benefit for attending a community college for the first two years before transferring to a four-year college? The second part of the educational lesson asks young scholars to explore this question through data...
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Slope, slope-Intercept Form and Standard Form
Students investigate and solve linear equations using slopes. In this algebra activity, students graph lines using the slope and y intercept. They also find the slope by rewriting their equation in to slope-intercept form from standard...
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Graphing at all Levels: It's a Beautiful Thing!
Mixing math and art is done in this instructional activity by applying graphing knowledge to create a unique piece of art. This instructional activity varies acording to the graphing knowledge of the artist. First, learners identify and...
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Forces and Graphing
Students analyze graphs to determine relationships between variables and rates of change. They determine the basic concepts about static reaction forces. They determine the slope and equation of a line.
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Graphing Stations
Students explore the concept of graphing stations. In this graphing stations lesson plan, students head to various teacher set-up stations involving slope, point-slope, standard form, parallel lines, etc. Students work...
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Linear Functions Quiz
In this algebra learning exercise, students solve 2 multi-step problems, where they use linear functions to determine the equation of a line.
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Rising Water
Eighth graders discuss a situation with quantities that relate in a linear fashion. They discuss ways to determine the relationship. Students represent this relationship with mathematic symbols. Students discuss the meaning of...
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Slope Y-intercept Quiz
In this algebra worksheet, students identify the slopes and y intercept of a line. They complete the quiz,by graphing and identify linear equations. There are 6 questions with an answer key.
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Write the Equation of a Line Given the Slope and a Point
Students write the equation of a line given the slope and y-intercept. In this algebra lesson, students are given a point a the line and the slope of the line and are asked to write an equation of the line. They relate lines to real life...
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What's Its Slope
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.
Teach Engineering
Matching the Motion
It is not always easy to walk the straight and narrow. In the sixth portion of a nine-part unit, groups actively recreate a graph depicting motion. Individuals walk toward or away from a motion detector while trying to match a given...
Mt. San Antonio Collage
Test 1: Graphing Functions
Graph the night away with all the different types of functions provided in the worksheet. Linear, quadratic, and rational all ask for graphs, domain and range and other key factors about the functions.
American Statistical Association
Scatter It! (Predict Billy’s Height)
How do doctors predict a child's future height? Scholars use one case study to determine the height of a child two years into the future. They graph the given data, determine the line of best fit, and use that to estimate the height in...
Mathematics Vision Project
Module 6: Congruence, Construction, and Proof
Trace the links between a variety of math concepts in this far-reaching unit. Ideas that seem very different on the outset (like the distance formula and rigid transformations) come together in very natural and logical ways. This...
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Water Down the Drain
Did you know that leaky faucets waste $10 million worth of water? Conservationists perform an experiment and draw best-fit lines to explore how the US Geological Society determined this value.
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The Intercepts of a Line
In this algebra learning exercise, students calculate the slope and intercept of a line given an equation. There are 8 questions with an answer key.
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Graphing Linear Functions Three
In this algebra learning exercise, students are given an equation and asked to create a table of values and graph their equation. The other method they use for graphing is the slope intercept method, by solving the equation for y and...
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Mobile vs. Money
Students research the internet and use the information they find to plot straight line graphs. They use graphs to make comparisons of the various packages offered. Students interpret graphs and solve problems based on varying parameters.
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Lines of Best Fit
Learners determine if there is an associationm in a scatter plot of data. They analyze data through predictios, comparisons, and applications. Students calculate the line of best fit using a graphing calculator. They display data in...
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Linear Graphs and Equations
In this linear graph and equations worksheet, students calculate the gradient of slopes, and find equations of lines in patterns.
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Linear Functions
In this linear function worksheet, students write the equation of a line, identify the slope, distance and midpoints. This one-page worksheet contains seven problems. Answers are provided at the bottom of the page.
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Discovering the Linear Relationship between Celsius and Fahrenheit
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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Slope Fields and Euler's Method
In this slope field learning exercise, students use a slope field for a rate equation. Using Euler's Method, they identify the piecewise linear function approximating the solution of the initial value problem. This four-page learning...
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Nine Exercises Matching Lines To Their Equations
For this math worksheet, students match the line of the graph with the corresponding equation. The goal is to practice finding the slope for each.