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Curated OER

Do Two Points Always Determine a Linear Function II?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners analyze the difference between the slope intercept and standard forms of a line in this task. Given two general points using letters they explore linear functions and linear equations.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Introduction to Linear Functions

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Introduce your algebra learners to linear and quadratic functions. Learners compare the differences and relate them back to the equations and graphs. Lead your class to discussions on the properties of a function or a constant slope...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Do Two Points Always Determine a Linear Function?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners can approach this task algebraically, geometrically, or both. They analyze the building of a linear function given two points and expand the concrete approach to the abstract when they are asked to find the general form of...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Modeling with a Linear Function

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here is a well-designed resource that provides five yes-or-no questions which model different situations with linear functions. It makes a good pre-test for the beginning of the unit. The purpose is to elicit common misconceptions of...
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Curated OER

Linear Functions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners will explore linear functions by analyzing a graph of the linear equations.Then learners analyze through calculating f(x+P) and g(x+p)
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Education Development Center

Creating a Polynomial Function to Fit a Table

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover relationships between linear and nonlinear functions. Initially, a set of data seems linear, but upon further exploration, pupils realize the data can model an infinite number of functions. Scholars use multiple representations...
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Curated OER

Equal Differences Over Equal Intervals 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners explore linear functions concretely using tables of values in a cooperative task. The concept of the values of linear functions changing by equal differences over equal intervals of one is emphasized. Learners will discover...
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Curated OER

Equal Differences Over Equal Intervals 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your algebra learners explore linear functions concretely using tables of values in a collaborative task. The idea that linear function values change by equal differences over equal intervals, is emphasized. The slope and...
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Curated OER

US Airports, Assessment Variation

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Determining relationships is all part of algebra and functions. Your mathematicians will decide the type of relationship between airports and population and translate what the slope and y-intercept represent. The problem is multiple...
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Curated OER

Exponential Growth versus Linear Growth II

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your algebra learners discover that exponential functions, with a base larger than one, outgrow linear functions when the inputs increase sufficiently. Their analysis includes using a graphing calculator to produce tables.
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5280 Math

Aquarium Equations

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Take a look at linear functions in a new environment. A three-stage algebra project first asks learners to model the salt concentration of an aquarium using linear functions. Then, using iterations, pupils create a set of input-output...
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Curated OER

In the Billions and Linear Modeling

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners analyze population data to discern if it best fits a linear scenario. The idea of change by equal differences over equal intervals is enforced in this real-life task. 
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Illustrative Mathematics

Velocity vs. Distance

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
At the end of this activity, your number crunchers will have a better understanding as to how to describe graphs of velocity versus time and distance versus time. It is easy for learners to misinterpret graphs of velocity, so have them...
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Saxon

Plotting Functions

For Teachers 8th - 9th Standards
Youngsters use a graphing calculator to assist in creating a function table. They graph the function on a coordinate plane. They explore the relationship between the domain and range in the graph. This four-page worksheet contains two...
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Teach Engineering

Club Function

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Let's get the herd to follow the rules. The activity associated with the second lesson in the unit introduces the class to the definition of a function. Individuals must gather in groups of zebras and rhinos defined by the general...
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Mathematics Common Core Toolbox

Golf Balls in Water

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Here's a resource that models rising water levels with a linear function. The task contains three parts about the level of water in a cylinder in relationship to the number of golf balls placed in it. Class members analyze the data and...
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Curated OER

US Households

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners construct and use inverse functions to model a real-world context. They use the inverse function to interpolate a data point.
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101 Questions

Styrofoam Cups

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How many cups does it take to reach the top? Learners attempt to answer this through a series of questions. They collect dimension information and apply it to creating a function. The lesson encourages various solution methods and...
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Curated OER

Linear or Exponential?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your learners analyze various real-life contexts to decide if each is a linear or exponential model. This could be used as an assessment of learners' skills of discerning between a linear and an exponential model.
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Curated OER

What Functions do Two Graph Points Determine?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your algebra learners write linear, exponential, and quadratic equations containing the same two graph points in this collaborative task.
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PBL Pathways

College Costs

For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Predict the year that college costs will double in your state using linear modeling. The first part of this two-part project based learning activity asks young mathematicians to use data from the College Board. They graph the data,...
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Curated OER

Exponential Growth Versus Linear Growth I

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your algebra learners will discover how quickly an exponential function value grows compared to a linear function's value. Making a table of values helps in this comparison, set in the context of making a wage for raking leaves.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Distance across the channel

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Here you will find a model of a linear relationship between two quantities, the water depth of a channel and the distance across the channel at water level. The cross section of the channel is the shape of an isosceles trapezoid. The...
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Curated OER

Building a Quadratic Function Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Comparing the movement of graphs geometrically when small changes are made to the parent function motivates this collaborative discussion on the transformations of functions to their various forms. Vertical and horizontal shifts due to...

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