EngageNY
Graphing Quadratic Equations from the Vertex Form
Graphing doesn't need to be tedious! When pupils understand key features and transformations, graphing becomes efficient. This lesson connects transformations to the vertex form of a quadratic equation.
EngageNY
The Computation of the Slope of a Non-Vertical Line
Determine the slope when the unit rate is difficult to see. The 17th part of a 33-part series presents a situation that calls for a method to calculate the slope for any two points. It provides examples when the slope is hard to...
PBL Pathways
Students and Teachers 2
Examine trends in student-to-teacher ratios over time. Building from the first task in the two-part series, classes now explore the pattern of student-to-teacher ratios using a non-linear function. After trying to connect the pattern to...
Curated OER
Graphing Inequalities in Two Variables
This study guide is a great resource to help you present the steps to graphing linear inequalities. Show your class two different ways to graph an inequality and work on a real-world example together. The document could also be easily...
Concord Consortium
Here Comes the Sun
Many phenomena in life are periodic in nature. A task-based lesson asks scholars to explore one of these phenomena. They collect data showing the sunrise time of a specific location over the period of a year. Using the data, they create...
Curated OER
Slope, Vectors, and Wind Pressure
A hands-on lesson using the TI-CBR Motion Detector to provide information to graph and analyze. The class uses this information to calculate the slope of motion graphs and differentiate scalar and vector quantities. There is a real-world...
Illustrative Mathematics
Chocolate Bar Sales
In this real-world example, algebra learners start to get a sense of how to represent the relationship between two variables in different ways. They start by looking at a partial table of values that define a linear relationship. They...
Curated OER
Calculate Percentages
Sixth and seventh graders study the concept of finding the percent of a number. They calculate the percent of any given number. Pupils describe ways to use calculating percents in their daily life, and change percents into decimals,...
Curated OER
Determining the Point of Intersection Using the TI-83 Plus Calculator
Middle and high schoolers graph two lines and identify the point of intersection of each set of line. They use the TI calculator to help them graph and solve. There are six questions with detailed instruction on how to graph correctly.
Curated OER
Graphs to Represent a Data Set
By analyzing a word problem about hours worked in a week, scholars get valuable practice with bar graphs and data analysis. They read the scenario, then examine a table of data taken from it. The data includes four days and the...
Curated OER
Finding the Limit: Piecewise Functions and Graphs
This pre-calculus instructional activity is short, yet challenging. High schoolers calculate the limit of piecewise functions, rational functions, and graphs as x approaches a number from the positive or negative side. There are four...
Curated OER
Wacky Water World: Student Worksheet
This well-designed math worksheet invites learners to work in pairs in order to determine which plan is the better value when going to an amusement park. Plan A and Plan B each have different admission fees, and different rates per ride....
Curated OER
Investigating Linear Equations Using Graphing Calculator
Students investigate linear equations using the Ti-Calculator. In this algebra lesson, students graph lines and identify the different quadrants on a coordinate plane. They identify ordered pairs used to plot lines.
Curated OER
Systems of Linear Equations
Introduce the inverse matrix method to solve systems of linear equations both algebraically and graphically. Using given data, your class checks their answers with graphing calculators. Handouts are included in this well-thought out lesson.
Texas Instruments
Graphs of Rational Functions
Take your kids on a tour of graphing rational functions. Using this TI lesson, high schoolers identify the end behavior of their functions. They find the domain and range, describe end behavior, and look at asymptotes and restrictions of...
Curated OER
Hitting the Slopes (Using the Graphing Calculator)
In this slope worksheet, students use graphing calculators to determine the slope of a line. They graph lines and identify characteristics of positive and negative slopes. This two-page worksheet contains four multi-step problems.
Virginia Department of Education
Box-and-Whisker Plots
The teacher demonstrates how to use a graphing calculator to create box-and-whisker plots and identify critical points. Small groups then create their own plots and analyze them and finish by comparing different sets of data using box...
Virginia Department of Education
Algebra Tiles and Solving Equations
Young mathematicians solve linear equations by drawing models of algebra tiles using colored pencils. To finish, they solve the same equations algebraically and check their answers using a graphing calculator.
Curriculum Corner
8th Grade Math "I Can" Statement Posters
Clarify the Common Core standards for your eighth grade mathematicians with this series of classroom displays. By rewriting each standard as an achievable "I can" statement, these posters give students clear goals to work toward...
Curated OER
Math Games for Skills and Concepts
A 27-page packet full of math games and activities builds on algebra, measurement, geometry, fractional, and graphing skills. Young mathematicians participate in math games collaboratively, promoting teamwork and skills practice.
Virginia Department of Education
Radical Equations
Provide students with the skill for how to examine algebraic and graphical approaches to solving radical equations. Learners solve various radical equations involving square root and cube root expressions. They first solve...
EngageNY
Modeling a Context from a Verbal Description (part 1)
When complicated algebraic expressions are involved, it is sometimes easier to use a table or graph to model a context. The exercises in this lesson are designed for business applications and require complex algebraic...
Curated OER
Solving Inequalities and Graphing on a Number Line
Students review solving equations. They solve an inequality and discuss how to graph it. Students work together on one inequality and then graph two on their own. This instructional activity contains links to a PowerPoint and a worksheet.
Curated OER
Math On the Job
Investigate different types of math required for specific jobs. In this math in occupations lesson plan, use the Internet to research what type of math one might need to know in order to be successful in different jobs. Complete a...