National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lines and Slope: Chameleon Graphing
Join Joan the chameleon in an exploration of lines and slope. You'll be drawing lines, calculating slope, using equations and more!
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Parallel Lines in the Coordinate Plane
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students about parallel lines in the coordinate plane, and how to use slopes to determine whether or not two lines are parallel.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Parallel Lines
This CoolMath resource will help students understand how to use slope and the point-slope form to determine if two lines are parallel.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: G Gpe Parallel Lines in the Coordinate Plane
The goal of this task is to prove the slope criterion for parallel lines. Aligns with HSG-GPE.B.5.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Parallel and Perpendicular Slopes
This activity is for use as a formative assessment tool after the introduction and overview of parallel and perpendicular slopes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Parallel Lines
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students explore the concept of parallel lines by navigating through the interactive learning module and then answering questions that go along with the module. Students can also learn more about the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Parallel Lines in the Coordinate Plane
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use slopes to determine if two lines are parallel.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Geometry: Parallel and Perpendicular Slopes
This activity will help students understand the relationship between the slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Lines
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that discuss graphing lines and introduces the concept of slope, the standard form of the line, the point-slope form, slope-intercept form, and parallel and perpendicular lines.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Standard Form of a Line
Dr. Math gives an inspiring and clear discussion about equations of lines and lines as functions. The Dr. discusses the benefits of the standard form of a line and prompts the student with an equation which can not be written in the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Geometry: Investigate Slopes
Students can use the TI-84 Plus family with Cabri Jr. to investigate properties of parallel lines.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Lines in the Coordinate Plane Study Guide
This study guide on lines in a coordinate plane covers key terms, what different line slopes look like, postulates about parallel and perpendicular lines, the slope-intercept equation, how to graph parallel and perpendicular lines, and...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing a Linear Equation From a Parallel Line and Point: Lesson 1
This lesson presents how to write an equation of a line that passes through a given point and is parallel to a given line. It is 1 of 5 in the series titled "Writing a Linear Equation from a Parallel Line and Point."
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Determining the Equation of a Line
This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to determine the equation of a line. Examples are included.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Graphing Equations on the Cartesian Plane: Slope
The lesson teaches learners about an important characteristic of lines: their slopes. Slope can be determined either in graphical or algebraic form. Slope can also be described as positive, negative, zero or undefined. Students get an...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Slopes and Equations of Lines
Three resources for teaching slopes and equations of lines: a instructional activity with a formula for finding slope, different equations for lines, and several examples; a fourteen-question quiz covering slope, perpendicular and...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: The Slope of a Straight Line
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains many topics surrounding the slope of a line, including slope of horizontal, vertical, parallel, and perpendicular lines in addition to the formula and concept of slope. There are...
Purple Math
Purplemath: Slope of a Straight Line
This lesson on slope explains the slope concepts, demonstrates how to use the slope formula, shows how to find slope in horizontal and vertical lines, and how to use slope to find whether the lines through the pairs of points are...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Lines in the Coordinate Plane Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to review lines in the coordinate plane. Examples are included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Perpendicular or Parallel?
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Explore Parallel and Perpendicular Lines
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...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator: Parallel, Perpendicular, Slope, Transversal
Practice using your graphing calculator for drawing parallel lines, perpendicular lines, slope, and transversals. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics
This collection of five middle school math lessons covers the topic of plane geometry, specifically the concept of slope. The first lesson introduces students to plotting points on a Cartesian grid using a Geoboard. Lesson two moves them...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Parallel and Perpendicular Lines on Ti Smartview
This is an introductory lesson on graphing parallel and perpendicular lines. The students will have a good visual on how these lines relate to each other. This also illustrates how to determine equations in slope-intercept form of a line...