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Google

Google for Education: Slope and Y Intercept

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Young scholars calculate the slope and y-intercept of a line passing through a given set of points. Use Python to solve various challenging slope and y-intercept exercises.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Interpreting Slope and Y Intercept of Lines of Best Fit

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Practice explaining the meaning of slope and y-intercept for lines of best fit on scatter plots. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Slopes and Y Intercepts With Cabri Jr.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use the TI-84 Plus, Cabri Jr., and TI-Navigator to teach slopes and y-intercepts in your Algebra classroom.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: The Meaning of Slope and Y Intercept in Context of Word Problems

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource contains a lesson on the slope and y-intercept of a line and how to interpret them in word problems.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Web Math: Find Equation of Line Given That You Know Its Slope and Y Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th
WebMath offers a java applet that allows you to input the slope and y-intercept of a line and gives you the equation of the line in slope-intercept form. It also gives a detailed solution using the information that you provided.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Idenitfying Slope and Y Intercept

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Short quiz on identifying slope and y-intercept given a linear equation.
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Other

Nearpod: Interpreting Slope & Y Intercept

For Teachers 8th
In this lesson on interpreting slope and y-intercept, 8th graders will learn how to identify the slope and the y-intercept of a line in order to identify if a proportion is demonstrated.
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Math.com

Math.com: Graphing Equations and Inequalities: Slope and Y Intercept

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
The tutorial explores the slope and y-intercept of a linear equation. Notes, examples, and practice problems are included in the resource.
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PBS

Pbs: String Product: Finding the Y Intercept

For Students 6th - 8th
Examine how a giant piece of art at the National Museum of Mathematics reveals some unexpected relationships between coordinates on a parabola. This video focuses on the relationship between negative and positive points on the parabola...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Using Slope and Y Intercept to Graph Lines

For Students 6th - 8th
Demonstrates, step-by-step and with illustrations, how to use slope and the y-intercept to graph straight lines.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write linear equations in slope-intercept form and graph them. Students practice identifying slope and y-intercept and writing equations from a graphs.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Slope Intercept Form of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use TI-Navigator to explore the relationship between a linear function and its graphs. See how the value of the slope and y-intercept affect the graphs.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding Slope Learn Check

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Using the Activity Center, students will explore the characteristics of linear functions in the form y=mx+b. The major focus will be identifying slope and y-intercept.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Y=mx+b Quick Check

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students use an activity center to input equations with correct slope and y-intercept.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs Using Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify the slope and y-intercept of lines and graph linear equations that are in slope-intercept form.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Graphing Slope Intercept

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interactive simulation that teaches about slope-intercept form and graphing linear equations through observations while connecting the slope and y-intercept to the line equations. This simulation can either be downloaded or played...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining Intercepts and Zeros of Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Given algebraic, tabular, or graphical representations of linear functions, the student will determine the intercepts of the graphs and the zeros of the function.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining the Meaning of Intercepts

For Students 9th - 10th
Given algebraic, tabular, and graphical representations of linear functions, the student will determine the intercepts of the function and interpret the meaning of intercepts within the context of the situation.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs Using Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson students graph linear equations by using the slope and the y-intercept. Students watch videos, review guided notes and attempt practice problems.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Intercepts by Substitution

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify x and y-intercepts when problem solving.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn to identify the slope and y-intercept of a linear equation.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Staggered Races 1: Varying the ?B? In Y=mx+b

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The primary focus in this activity is on parallel lines and equivalent equations. In Activity 1 and Activity 2, the class collectively will create a system of parallel and coinciding lines. It is important to focus on parallel lines...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Y=ax Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity, inspired by a similar activity in a Texas Instrument guidebook, has served to be very useful in helping students develop concepts of slope and y-intercept.