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Curated OER

Wilderness Training

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Pupils explore how to prepare for a wilderness journey. In this wilderness survival lesson, students construct a compass from a magnet and a sewing needle.
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Curated OER

Geography: How do Louisiana Rice Farmers Help the Environment after they Harvest Rice?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study maps of the United States locating Louisiana, the East Coastal Plain, the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, the West Gulf Coastal Plain, and five of the main rivers. In this geography lesson plan, 3rd graders create a...
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Curated OER

Lesson #67 Relative Extrema

For Teachers 12th
  Students test for relative extrema.  In this Calculus lesson, 12th graders investigate the relative extrema of a function and sketch the curve from the given information without the use of a calculator.  
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Finding Slope Using Rise Over Run

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students seem to have trouble finding the slope of a line using rise over run. This activity will allow the students to find slope of lines and tell the difference between lines of positive, negative, zero and undefined slope.
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Common Core Sheets

Common Core Sheets: Statistics & Probability Finding Slope 8.sp.3 Worksheets

For Teachers 8th
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of finding slope.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Find Slope and Rate of Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning tutorial demonstrates how to find the slope of a line and the rate of change for a table. The lesson includes several PowerPoint presentations about slope and even provides practice problems for students to test their...
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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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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Finding Slope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that explores the importance of the slope of the soil to a soil's property. Understand how the soils slope affects many aspects of the property from the flow of water to planting.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Slopes and Equations of Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Three resources for teaching slopes and equations of lines: a lesson with a formula for finding slope, different equations for lines, and several examples; a fourteen-question quiz covering slope, perpendicular and parallel lines, and...
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Slope of a Straight Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Algebra: Slope

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial on slope with many step-by-step examples. The tutorial clarifies what slope is, how to find slope between two points on a graph, and how slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines are related.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Lines and Slope

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of lines and slope. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check...
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Slope of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this tutorial, you'll know what slope is and how to determine it. View examples of positive, negative, zero, and undefined slope, follow step-by-step slope calculations, and complete practice problems at the end.
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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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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 3 Slope

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's Math Course 3 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of finding the slope of a line. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Slope 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Twenty-one problems present a variety of practice finding the slope of various lines and related topics. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the...
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Finding the Slope of a Line From the Graph

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Learn how to find the slope of a line from the graph.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Finding the Slope of a Line From Two Points

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Learn how to find the slope of a line from two points.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: An Exploration Into Finding Slopes of Inclines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work in small groups to analyze a topographical map of the Fiery Gizzard hiking trail on the Cumberland Plateau in southeastern Tennessee. They will use the map key to determine distance traveled and elevation gained to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding the Slope When Given Two Points

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
When given two ordered pairs, find the slope of a line. Includes video.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Slope of a Line

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of how to find the slope of a line. Examples are given and clearly explained.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Slope From Equation

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Find the slopes of lines whose equations are given in various forms. For example, find the slope of 2x+3y=5. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Finding the Equation of a Line Given a Point and a Slope

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
A quick lesson on finding the equation of a line given a point and a slope.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Slope of a Line Using Two Points

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers finding the slope of a line and between two points.

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