Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Graphs and Functions
This lesson plan is directed at introducing students to how to graph functions on the Cartesian coordinate plane. They will experience several categories of functions including lines and parabolas. Resources and interactive tools are...
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Graphing and Functions
Students investigate functions and graphing. Topics examined are lines, circles, graphing functions, inverse functions, and combining functions. Class notes, definitions, and examples with detailed solutions are included. The class notes...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tools: Graphing Linear Functions
This site gives a short interactive quiz which allows students to self-assess their understanding of the concept of graphing linear functions.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Linear Functions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to graph linear functions in the coordinate plane. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Graphing Linear Equations: T Charts
A nice tutorial on how to graph linear equations. Goes through the process step by step and gives numerous examples.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: More Complicated Functions: Intro Linear Functions
In this instructional activity, learners learn about linear functions and how they can be represented as rules and data tables. Includes a worksheet with exploration questions to accompany an interactive Linear Function Machine. The...
University of Waterloo (Canada)
Univ. Of Waterloo: Wired Math: Linear Graphing: Graphing and Analyzing [Pdf]
The mathematics resource assesses students on linear relations. The activity has problems with graphing and analyzing linear relations. Some of the topics included are variation, scatter plots and linear relationships. The activity has...
University of Georgia
University of Georgia: Inter Math: Relation
Relation is defined and examples are given.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Straight Line Equations: Point Slope Form
Two very clear examples of point-slope form are given in this Purplemath lesson. One example begins with the slope and a point and the other example begins with two points. Includes interactive widget for practice determining a linear...
Cool Math
Coolmath: Advanced Graphing Piecewise Functions
This algebra lesson explains how to graph piecewise defined functions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Linear and Nonlinear Functions
Determine if a relationship is linear or nonlinear. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slope From a Graph
In this exercise, students practice constructing a linear equation for a line graph in order to find the slope. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slope From an Equation in Slope Intercept Form
In this exercise, students practice determining slope from an equation written in standard form. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slope From Two Points
In this exercise, students practice determining the linear equation and slope from two points on a line graph. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slope Intercept Equation From a Graph
In this exercise, students practice determining a slope-intercept equation from a graph. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Slope Intercept Equation From Two Points
In this exercise, students practice constructing the linear equation given two points on a line graph. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to watch a video, get hints, or try questions repeatedly.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Introduction to Linear Functions
This task lets students explore the differences between linear and non-linear functions. By contrasting the two, it reinforces the properties of linear functions. Aligns with 8.F.A.3.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Modeling With a Linear Function
In this task, 8th graders are presented with the equation for a linear function and asked to identify which of six problem situations the equation could represent. Aligns with 8.F.B.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Distance Across the Channel
This task asks students to find a linear function that models the relationship between water depth and distance across a channel at water level. After finding the equation, they have to verbalize the meaning of the slope and intercept of...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Find the Change
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.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Equations of Lines
In this task, 8th graders are presented with two intersecting line graphs and their linear equations. No values are shown on the axes. They are asked to interpret the constants in the equations in terms of their graphs, and make some...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Linear Equations: Y=mx+b
Graph lines using a slope and a y-intercept. Identify the slope and y-intercept from the equation of a line in slope-intercept form.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Linear Equations Word Problems
Learn to apply linear equations and their graphs to real-world problems.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Writing Slope Intercept Equations
Describes how to write a linear equation by using the y-intercept and another point on the line. Includes practice problems.