One of the beauties of mathematics is the ability to take words and turn them into symbols. The lesson uses a graph to tell a story, and translates a description of water changing temperatures into a graph. The instructor then reviews how the parts of the graph relate to the story. 

Concepts

word problems, graphing

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• After watching the video, ask the class to write a story to graph; have pairs exchange stories and create the graph
• Post the video online as an accessible resource 

Classroom Considerations

• Requires Internet access to watch the YouTube video
• The lesson is the ninth in a series of 29 videos

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• The instructor emphasizes units and how to label the graph

Cons

• The video does not emphasize the slope of the lines and only includes linear parts

Common Core

HSF-IF.B.4