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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...
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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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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: What's My Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center and is intended to help students understand the meaning of slope and y-intercept. They will explore the relationships between symbolic expressions and graphs of lines by using Activity...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f Downhill

For Teachers 8th
In this task, a car is traveling down a steep hill. Students are given the function for elevation versus distance from the start and are asked to find and explain the slope and intercepts of the graph. Aligns with 8.F.B.4.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Characteristics of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Characteristics of a line are explained to learners through four different lessons. Topics include intercepts, slope, and special line cases. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Characteristics of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Characteristics of a line are explained to learners through four different lessons. Topics include intercepts, slope, and special line cases. The lessons have an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cabri Jr. The Equation of a L Ine

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity uses Cabri Jr. to graph a line and show the equation of the line. The equations for oblique, horizontal and vertical lines are explored with emphasis on slope and y-intercept.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Coordinate Geometry the Equation of a Line

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This activity teaches students the relationship between the slope, y-intercept, and the equation of a line.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Linear Functions Using the Cbl 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will generate data on the CBL 2 to represent a linear function. They will investigate the slope of a direct variation. Then they will use different starting points to represent y intercept.
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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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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Xy Flyer

For Students 6th - 8th
Explore the behavior of lines by composing equations to launch a toy airplane through a series of hoops. This interactive exercise focuses on working in the coordinate plane and deepening the understanding of how slope and y-intercept...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Perpendicular Lines in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use slopes to determine if two lines are perpendicular.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Proportional Relationships, Lines, and Equations

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this task, 8th graders are shown the graphs of two lines with the same slope. They are given the equation for the first line and the coordinates of a point on the second and are asked to find the equation for the second line. Aligns...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Geometry: Parallel Lines in the Coordinate Plane

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use slopes to determine if two lines are parallel.
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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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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.7 Used Subaru Foresters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Jane wants to sell her Subaru Forester and does research online to find other cars for sale in her area. She examines the scatterplot of price versus age and determines that a linear model is appropriate. Answer a variety of questions...
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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
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)

Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Funciones De Primer Grado

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In Spanish. Interactive activities dealing with graphing equations in the form of y=mx+b.
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Other

Nearpod: Linear Equations & Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson on linear equations and graphs, students will learn how to graph linear equations and create linear equations based upon real-life word problems.
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Determining the Equation of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to determine the equation of a line. Examples are included.
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Other

Desmos: Linear Bundle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of activities where students investigate linear equations. Activities involve an exploration of the lines in a polygraph and the vocabulary needed to describe them accurately; the slope in graphs; lines in different...

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