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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that discuss graphing lines and introduces the concept of slope, the standard form of the line, the point-slope form, slope-intercept form, and parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Activity
Washington State University

Washington State University: Slope Intercept, Point Slope Forms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Washington State University provides a lesson on finding the slope of an equation and putting the equation into the desired form. The site also contains informatinon concerning parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Slope Intercept Form of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use TI-Navigator to explore the relationship between a linear function and its graphs. See how the value of the slope and y-intercept affect the graphs.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Functions: Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn to develop the equation of a line from its graph. They also learn to write the equation of a line from the slope and the y-intercept, a point and the slope, and two points. They also investigate slopes of lines that are...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Graphing Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty-one problems present a variety of practice graphing linear equations. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to...
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Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Draw Straight Line Graphs Using Y = Mx + B

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students watch an online tutorial on the concept of graphing using slope intercept form. After watching, students test their knowledge by attempting ten practice problems that increase or decrease in difficulty based on their answers.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This collection of five middle school math lessons covers the topic of plane geometry, specifically the concept of slope. The first lesson introduces students to plotting points on a Cartesian grid using a Geoboard. Lesson two moves them...
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Graphic
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Lines and Slope: Chameleon Graphing

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Join Joan the chameleon in an exploration of lines and slope. You'll be drawing lines, calculating slope, using equations and more!
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart should be used to help the students understand the concept of slope-intercept form and expand their knowledge of graphing linear equations.
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Graphing Lines

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Explore the world of lines. Investigate the relationships between linear equations, slope, and graphs of lines.
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Unit Plan
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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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Linear Equations: Points, Intercepts, and Slopes, Oh My!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to graph lines with two methods: using x- and y-intercepts and using point-slope form.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Manipulating Graphs

For Students 6th - 8th
Watch how a graph is altered when key elements of the equation change. This lesson focuses on how to manipulate the equation of a line in slope intercept form to match the graphs provided deepening the understanding of both the slope and...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Lines in the Coordinate Plane Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This study guide on lines in a coordinate plane covers key terms, what different line slopes look like, postulates about parallel and perpendicular lines, the slope-intercept equation, how to graph parallel and perpendicular lines, and...
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Website
Cool Math

Coolmath: Perpendicular Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This CoolMath Resource will help students determine if lines are perpendicular by finding the slope, using the point-slope formula, and graphing.
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Graphing Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Complete this tutorial to learn how to graph a straight line if given the y-intercept and slope and how to graph horizontal and vertical lines. View examples of lines with different slopes, and practice working with slope-intercept form.
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Equations of Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial covers x & y intercepts, point-slope form, slope-intercept form, graphing, and more. Use the practice problems at the end to check your skills.
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Unit Plan
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.
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Handout
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Slope & Line Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University has a very substantial discussion of math topics slope & line equations. The outline form is quite useful if you need to zero in on one aspect of...
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Handout
Purple Math

Purplemath: Using Slope and Y Intercept to Graph Lines

For Students 6th - 8th
Demonstrates, step-by-step and with illustrations, how to use slope and the y-intercept to graph straight lines.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Determining the Equation of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write the equations of lines in point-slope form and in slope-intercept form and graph linear equations.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Determining the Equation of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students write the equations of lines in point-slope form and in slope-intercept form and graph linear equations. Students examine guided notes,...
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Interactive
Other

Interactive Algebra: Graphing Helper for (Y = Mx + B)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter the slope and y-intercept of any line and it will be graphed for you. This site is great for becoming familiar with the concept of graphing and for checking your own graphs. Requires Java.
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Activity
Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Graph a Line

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input the slope of a line and a point on the line and gives you the equation, in slope-intercept form, of the line with the given slope that passes through the point. It also includes a...