Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Activity Center Golf Course
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System: More Students Apply Early
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...
Duke University
Duke University: Intercept of a Straight Line
A brief look at the y-intercept and how to write the y-intercept in point notation.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Exploring Linear Equations: Teacher Notes
This lesson plan guides students through the use of a graphing calculator to explore the slope and y-intercept of a line.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Graph From Slope Intercept Form
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.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Slope Intercept Basketball Game
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.
University of South Florida
Fcat: Spaghetti Bridges: Teacher Notes
Students build bridges and test their strength to collect data and write an equation. The concept of slope is explored in this activity.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Slope Intercept Form
Find a quick, concise explanation of the slope-intercept form. An example is given and clearly explained.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Basic Algebra: Slope Intercept Form
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.
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Algebra: Draw Straight Line Graphs Using Y = Mx + B
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Investigating Y=mx+b
Students use a graphing calculator to explore graphs of equations in slope-intercept form.
Columbia University
Columbia University: Slope Intercept Form
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...
PBS
Pbs: Manipulating Graphs
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Step Up
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.
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations
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...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations
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...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Writing Linear Equations
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...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Graphical Analysis of One Dimensional Motion
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.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing Linear Equations
[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,...
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Algebra, Section 2
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...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Linear Equation Test
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.
Integrated Publishing
Integrated Publishing: Equation of a Straight Line
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Funnel Volumes: Volume and Weight
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.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Polynomial Addition, Subtraction
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.