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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Interpreting Slope and Y Intercept of Lines of Best Fit

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
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.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding the Slope When Given Two Points

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
When given two ordered pairs, find the slope of a line. Includes video.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Thinking About Slopes: Part B

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Control the slope of lines passing through the origin (0, 0). Keep track of what changes when the slope becomes positive or negative, and when slope is larger or smaller than 1.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Thinking About Slope

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Explore the concept of slope. Ask yourself why the slope between pairs of points would change or why it would stay the same.
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Slope

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial on slope with many step-by-step examples. The tutorial clarifies what slope is, how to find slope between two points on a graph, and how slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines are related.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Slope Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site to learn how to write an equation in slope-intercept form if you already have the graph of the line. Let Joan the Chameleon walk you through the process.
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Activity
Other

University of Wisconsin: Finding the Slopes of Lines

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This is an interactive page that provides the user with practice for finding the slope of a line. The site has a list of seven questions and requires the user to change the graph to fit the given required slope.
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Activity
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Slope of a Line Segment

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive Java applet allows visualization of line segments and their slopes. The slope and how it is found is given for each line drawn by the user.
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Activity
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Northeast Parallel Architectures Center of Syracuse University site contains an example and a few exercises about Slope-intercept form in linear equations.
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Activity
Other

Git: What Is the Slope Intercept Form of a Line?

For Students 9th - 10th
Not only does this site show what the slope-intercept form is, but it helps you find the slope and the intercept of a line. There is also additional information on parallel lines, parametric form, and the distance between two points.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Determining Bulk Density of Different Soil Samples and Data Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field based lab experiment where students work in groups to come up with a collection strategy and lab analysis to test differences in soil bulk densities. Students bring soil samples back to the classroom to conduct a test that...
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Slope and Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The tutorial explores slope and intercept. Students learn about the concept through class notes, examples, and practice problems. Topics include linear functions and slope. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are included.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Find Slope and Rate of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning tutorial demonstrates how to find the slope of a line and the rate of change for a table. The lesson includes several PowerPoint presentations about slope and even provides practice problems for students to test their...
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Slope From Two Points

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the slope of the line that goes through the two points that are given to you. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Solving Literal Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides a lesson on solving literal equations, explains how they are similar to solving linear equations, and works through numerous examples showing how different types of literal equations are solved.
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Handout
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Changing Equations to Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th
This takes you through a step-by-step example of how to change a linear equation into the slope-intercept form.
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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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Activity
Purple Math

Purplemath: Straight Line Equations: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Slope-intercept form of a line is shown in formulas and examples with this Purplemath lesson. There are examples of slope-intercept with the slope and a point and with two points. Includes interactive widgets for exploring concepts.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to use function notation to graph functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, study vocabulary, watch instructional videos and...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Staggered Races 1: Varying the ?B? In Y=mx+b

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The primary focus in this activity is on parallel lines and equivalent equations. In Activity 1 and Activity 2, the class collectively will create a system of parallel and coinciding lines. It is important to focus on parallel lines...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Access Ramp

For Students 3rd - 8th
So, you're interested in becoming a civil engineer, builder, or landscaper? Then you'll need to sharpen your skills in measuring slope. Try this math challenge where you will discover how to measure the steepness of an incline.
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Activity
Purple Math

Purplemath: Slope of a Straight Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson on slope explains the slope concepts, demonstrates how to use the slope formula, shows how to find slope in horizontal and vertical lines, and how to use slope to find whether the lines through the pairs of points are...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Translations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains, with examples, what a translation is. Includes tutorials and practice activities.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Inferences of the Least Squares Regression

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions regarding inference for the slope of the least-squares linear regression line. The student learns to develop hypotheses, find the test statistic, and reach a conclusion in the context of the original problem.