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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Activity Center Golf Course

For Teachers 9th - 10th
There are nine activity settings. Each one is a different hole of golf. Each setting contains a background photograph of a golf course with a white ball and a hole with a numbered flag coming out of it. Students must submit the equation...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System: More Students Apply Early

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the USA TODAY Infograph, "More students apply early," students will explore scatter plots and independent and dependent variables. Students will determine a best-fit regression model for the real-life data set and then use the...
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Handout
Duke University

Duke University: Intercept of a Straight Line

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the y-intercept and how to write the y-intercept in point notation.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Exploring Linear Equations: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan guides students through the use of a graphing calculator to explore the slope and y-intercept of a line.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graph From Slope Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 8th
Practice drawing the graph of a line given in slope-intercept form. For example, graph y = 3x + 2. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Interactive
Doina Popovici

Math Play: Slope Intercept Basketball Game

For Students 8th - 9th Standards
This online game includes slope-intercept problems for students to solve. Students must recognize which variables represent the slope, or rise-over-run, and the y-intercept.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
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Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of the slope-intercept form. An example is given and clearly explained.
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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
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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Investigating Y=mx+b

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use a graphing calculator to explore graphs of equations in slope-intercept form.
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Activity
Columbia University

Columbia University: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Columbia University in the City of New York provides brief information on the slope-intercept form, and then has four helpful examples on the subject. Each example goes through the steps involved and arrives at a...
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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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Step Up

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn to use measurements on a real model to develop the concept of slope and linear functions. They use a calculator to explore changing the slopes and Y- intercepts in the slope intercept form Y = MX + B.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different lessons demonstrate how to write linear equations. The equations found from two points, slope and a point, and slope and y-intercept are all featured. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation...
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different lessons demonstrate how to write linear equations. The equations found from two points, slope and a point, and slope and y-intercept are all featured. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation...
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different lessons demonstrate how to write linear equations. The equations found from two points, slope and a point, and slope and y-intercept are all featured. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation...
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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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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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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Linear Equation Test

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive site checks students' understanding of slope and intercept. Seven question require students to determine slope and intercept of a line from the graph. The site is a test that can be scored on-line.
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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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Funnel Volumes: Volume and Weight

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a force sensor to measure the weight of a water filled funnel as it drains. They analyze the weight versus time data and describe it using concepts of slope and intercepts of a linear function.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Polynomial Addition, Subtraction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCard stack teaches that, when linear functions are added, the slope of the sum is equal to the sum of the slopes, likewise for y-intercepts. Includes quadratic and up polynomials.

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