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Unit Plan
Math.com

Math.com: Algebra: Graphing Linear Equations

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The lesson investigates how to graph linear equations. The tutorial includes definitions, examples, and a worksheet.
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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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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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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Slope of Parallel Lines

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Given slope and y-intercept (or a point) can you create the equation for a line parallel to that line (and then graph it)?
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Definition of Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Presents the definition of slope and the formulas for y-intercept form.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the slope-intercept form to identify the slope and the y-intercept.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Walk My Walk

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A two-part activity that uses a CBR to develop the notion of slope and y-intercept through various walking activities. Part A develops a general notion of how changes in walking are reflected in various graphical representations. Part B...
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Activity
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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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graphic Line Designs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use the x- and y-intercepts to find the equations of lines and create a line design using the slope-intercept form and the limited domain of the segment.
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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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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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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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Unit Plan
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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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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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
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
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Human Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will participate in this discovery activity intended for them to uncover the role each variable plays in the graph of a line in the form y = mx + b. Students will actually demonstrate lines in slope intercept form on a life size...
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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
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Investigating Equations of Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students explore the equations of lines written in the form: y = mx + b. They move points defining the lines, and view the related changes in the parameters of the equations.
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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
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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Math.com

Math.com: Graphing Equations Unit Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The unit quiz consists of eight true or false questions that examine graphing linear equations. Solutions are provided.
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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...