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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Forces and Graphing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity can be used to explore forces acting on an object, to practice graphing experimental data, and/or to introduce the algebra concepts of slope and intercept of a line. A wooden 2x4 beam is set on top of two scales. Students...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Writing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will be able to write an equation of a line given a point and a slope. Students write the equation of a line given appropriate information such as slope, x-intercept, y-intercept, two points,...
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Handout
Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Algebra, Section 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The basic concepts of graphing are covered on this site, including points, slopes, equations of lines, and y-intercept. A quick discussion on the Pythagorean Theorem is also concluded. Several practice and application problems are...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Straight Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore straight lines, graphing lines and applying the formula for graphing linear equations.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Webmath.com: Graph a Line

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath.com 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...
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Graphic
J Coffman

Joseph Coffman's Lecture Notes: Linear Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduction to linear equations with examples as well as graphing and slope-determination methods.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Math Is Functional

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson is a technology-based activity in which students extend graphing of linear functions to the use of spreadsheet software. After students have become proficient in constructing a table of values, students are able to...
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Website
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld provides a basic overview of Algebra. Includes a few formulas and many links to related topics.
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Unit Plan
Free Math Help

Free Math Help: Direct Variation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The discussion examines direct variation. Students learn about the math concept through definitions and sample exercises.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Perpendicular or Parallel?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students can use TI 73 calculators to explore equations that create parallel and perpendicular lines. Teacher will use the screen capture feature of the Navigator system to display students graphs and equations to discuss observations to...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Seeing Math: Linear Transformer

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Transformations of linear functions, with links between the symbolic and graphic forms, can be powerful tools to help students overcome conceptual hurdles in algebra.
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Unit Plan
OpenStax

Open Stax: Graphical Analysis of One Dimensional Motion

For Students 9th - 10th
In the following interactive module students will describe a straight-line graph in terms of its slope and y-intercept. They will determine average velocity or instantaneous velocity from a graph of position vs. time.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units

For Students 10th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to associate physical quantities with their International System of Units (SI) and perform conversions among SI units using scientific notation; relate measurement uncertainty to significant...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Explore Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students can use a graphing calculator to explore graphs of parallel and perpendicular lines. Students will find that parallel lines have the same slope and different y-intercepts and that the slopes of two perpendicular lines are...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Modeling the Linear Relationship Between Fahrenheit and Celsius

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the relationship between degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius. This video focuses on developing an expression to model the relationship between the temperature scales using a line graph to calculate slope and the y intercept.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan: Lesson 5: Relationships Among Linear Equations, Lines in Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the relationship between algebraic, graphical, and contextual expressions of linear equations.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Linear Equations Word Problems: Tables

For Students 9th - 10th
Solve word problems about real world relationships that are given in tables. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

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