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Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network (UEN)

Linear Graphs Using Proportions and Rates

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Using a TI-73 or other similar graphing calculator middle school math majors investigate the linear relationship of equivalent proportions. After a brief introduction by the teacher, class members participate in a timed pair share...
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Curated OER

Y-Intercept and Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Alegebra amateurs identify the slope and the y-intercept given a linear equation in slope-intercept form by correctly completing some in class problems. They write the linear equation in slope-intercept form that corresponds to the given...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Constant Rates Revisited

For Teachers 8th Standards
Find the faster rate. The resource tasks the class to compare proportional relationships represented in different ways. Pupils find the slope of the proportional relationships to determine the constant rates. They then analyze the rates...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Graphs of Simple Nonlinear Functions

For Teachers 8th Standards
Time to move on to nonlinear functions. Scholars create input/output tables and use these to graph simple nonlinear functions. They calculate rates of change to distinguish between linear and nonlinear functions.
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Assessment
Concord Consortium

Be Well

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
How much do you spend on healthcare each year? Data shows the expenditures in the US rise significantly each year. Young scholars use the data to calculate a rate of change over a 30-year period and look for—as well as provide— possible...
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Worksheet
Mathed Up!

Exchange Rates

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Eleven questions make up an eight-page practice exercise that focuses on how to compute exchange rates. Money used is the American dollar, Euro, and British pound. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dragonfly

For Teachers 7th Standards
The speed of a dragonfly brings math into the real world as your learners collaboratively see the value in calculating unit rates in direct proportion problems. This six-phase lesson encourages you, as the teacher, to only ask questions...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

From Rates to Ratios

For Teachers 6th Standards
Look at rates from a general perspective. The 17th part of a 29-part series provides problems that help pupils develop more general ratios from given rates. Scholars determine unit rates and ratios that are associated with given rates....
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Cooking with the Whole Cup

For Teachers 6th - 7th Standards
Whoops! Travis accidentally put too much butter into the recipe. Your bakers must find out how to alter the recipe to accommodate different changes by using unit rates and ratios . The activity has multiple parts and calculations with...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Chicken and Steak, Variation 2

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Many organizations put on barbecues in order to make money. In a real-world math problem, the money allotted to purchase steak and chicken at this barbecue is only one hundred dollars. It is up to your potential chefs to figure out how...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Comparison of Unit Rates: Drive Away

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Five questions make up an interactive that challenges mathematicians to compare unit rates. Word problems question scholars about two friends going on a road trip. Scholars manipulate two cars on a coordinate plane to help solve word...
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Interactive
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NASA

Resolving 2-Plane Traffic Conflicts by Changing Speed—Problem Set E

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
What do you do to change arrival times of airplanes when a different route is not available? The fifth interactive in a series of six presents problems where pupils must find solutions to conflicts of safety rules. They must decide how...
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Interactive
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NASA

Resolving 2-Plane Traffic Conflicts by Changing Route—Problem Set B

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Do pilots create appropriate spacing between aircraft by traveling a longer or shorter path? An interactive presents two airplanes that violate safety protocols. Pupils must determine how to change the path of one plane to create the...
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Interactive
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NASA

Resolving 3-Plane Traffic Conflicts by Changing Speed—Problem Set F

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
Get three planes to line up safely. Individuals work through a set of problems to eliminate spacing conflicts between three airplanes in flight. The pupils use their knowledge to change the airplanes' speed or route to meet a...
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Interactive
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NASA

Resolving 3-Plane Traffic Conflicts by Changing Route—Problem Set C

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
Keep the planes from crashing. Pupils work with three airplanes and change their flight paths to keep them at a safe distance from each other. Individuals work through three problems in the third interactive in a set of six with...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mathematical Modeling and constant Rate Equations

For Students Higher Ed
In this rates instructional activity, students solve five story (word) problems related to rate and time. In two of the problems students are directed to create a graph of the problem.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Growth Rates

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students determine the average annual rate of change (growth rate) of U.S. national population for each decade of historical census data.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Linear Functions and Proportionality

For Students 8th Standards
Connect linear equations, proportionality, and constant rates of change to linear functions. Young mathematicians learn how linear equations of the form y = mx + b can represent linear functions. They then explore examples of linear...
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Curated OER

Environmental Agents of Mathematics: Mathematics for Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High schoolers analyze environmental science data using Math. They do research about renewable energy, gather data, create graphs and interpret their findings. Then the group presents their arguments persuasively using their findings to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculus Worksheet: Rate of Change (2)

For Students 11th - 12th
In this rate of change worksheet, students compute the amount of time a block of ice will take to melt. There is only one question on the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Related Rates

For Students 11th - 12th
In this algebra instructional activity, students rewrite word problems using algebraic symbols and solve for the related rates. There are 10 word problems involving derivatives and rates.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Slippery Slope

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Middle schoolers use a computer to complete activitites about slope. They find the slope of mountains, roofs, and stairs using rise over run. Pupils are shown different types of slopes and have to identify if the slope is positive,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Linear Functions: Slope, Graphs, and Models

For Teachers 8th - 9th
This math packet provides an opportunity for learners to graph two linear equations on a coordinate grid and determine the slope and y-intercept of each. They use the equation of five lines to find the slope and y-intercepts, and then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rates Of Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the rate of change and how it effects a function over a given interval. They examine the slope of a line that is seccant and how it is compared to a tangent line and then determine the changes of a function at...

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