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Soil Erosion
Students examine how erosion is affected by the composition of the soil and the slope of the land. They look at plant roots, rocks and land slope as experimental factors. They complete the associated worksheets before discussing their...
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Forces of Nature: The Challenges of River Travel
Students examine how river travel affected the Lewis and Clark expedition. They define gravity, slope, and velocity, conduct a river formations experiment, complete an activity sheet, and watch a video about Lewis and Clark.
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Baseball Relationships - Using Scatter Plots
Students use graphing calculators to create scatter plots of given baseball data. They also determine percentages and ratios, slope, y-intercepts, etc. all using baseball data and statistics.
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Surfing the Waves
High schoolers use online resources, including animations,to define the slope of a curve and how to calculate the slope. They solve 8 problems online, using the definition of the derivative of a function at a point to calculate slope of...
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Rise Over Run
Students define the slope of the line, find the slope between any two points on the line, and allow them to name other areas where the slope is used. They explain why the slope is defined as the rise over the run.
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Contour Map Worksheet #4
There are only four questions here. There is a contour map of Cottonwood, Colorado and the creek that crosses it. Earth scientists tell in what direction the creek flows, identify the highest elevation on the map, draw a topographic...
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Soil and its Importance
It's difficult to guess the original goal of this presentation. It examines four factors to be evaluated, but their direct connection is unclear. Soil texture is described in three slides. The depth of material is examined in two slides....
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Slope and Intercept of a Line
In this online math worksheet, students determine the slop and the intercept of a line by solving a variety of equations. This excellent resource allows the students to check their answers, and to get "hints" should they run into...
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Cross Section and Slope
Students draw cross sections of given contour maps. In this math lesson, students interpret the different symbols used in the map. They determine slope and steepness through direct measurement.
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Hold A Hill
Young scholars inspect soil erosion. In this soil erosion instructional activity, students examine the causes of soil erosion and discover ways to conserve the landscape.
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Formulas
In this algebra worksheet, students plot points in order to find the slope, midpoint, or distance between two points. There are 16 questions.
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CEEnBoT Stories
Students identify the slope of a line as negative, positive, zero or undefined. In this algebra lesson, students identify the distance versus the time using graphs of linear equation. They use the robot and the CEENBoT program to...
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Using Linear Models
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders examine models whose behavior can be described by a linear function. The four page worksheet contains explanation of topic, three guided problems, and eight practice problems. ...
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Linear Equations
In this Algebra II activity, 11th graders write the equation of a line given a table, the slope and a point, or two points. The three page activity contains eleven problems. Answers are not provided.
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Slope as a rate of change
For this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students examine the slope of line as the rate of change between the dependent and independent variables. The one page worksheet contains two multiple choice questions. Answers are...
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Linear Equations
In this Algebra I activity, 8th graders write the equation of a line given two points and given a linear equation determine the slope, x-intercept, y-intercept, and graph the line. The five page activity contains ten...
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Two-Point Formula Worksheet
In this linear equation activity, students determine the equation of a line when given two points. This two-page activity contains 6 problems. Answers are provided on the last page.
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Linear Equations
In this Algebra I worksheet, students determine the graph of the equation of a line. Students determine the x- and y-intercepts and graph. The three page worksheet contains six problems. Answers are not...
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What Was for Dinner?
High schoolers examine energy obtaining strategies that are used by organisms in deep reef communities. In this ocean lesson students complete an isotope activity.
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Studying Soils on South Penquite Farm
Young scholars investigate soil depth. In this studying soils instructional activity, students visit South Penquite Farm and collect samples. Young scholars record their data and graph results.
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The Relationship Between Slope and Perpendicular Lines
In this perpendicular lines worksheet, students explore the relationship between perpendicular lines and slope in eight exercises and two worked examples. The solutions are provided.
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Every Graph Tells A Story
Seventh graders explore linear equations. In this graphing lesson, 7th graders explore constant rates of change. Students discover the real-life application of graphs and demonstrate their ability to read graphs and write...
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Linear Functions
For this linear functions worksheet, students define 5 terms. They solve 6 problems for the specified term. Students graph 3 linear equations. They write the equations for 14 problems using the given information. There are 28 problems in...
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Linear Equations and Their Graphs
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve problems involving interpreting the slope of a linear equation as a rate of change. The two page worksheet contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response...