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Pbs: String Product: Finding the Y Intercept
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...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Slopes and Equations of Lines
Explanation of linear equations and four types of slopes: positive, negative, zero, and undefined. Practice problems for the students are provided and a reinforcement activity using a graphing calculator is offered for the teacher's use.
PBS
Pbs: Xy Flyer
Explore the behavior of lines by composing equations to launch a toy airplane through a series of hoops. This interactive exercise focuses on working in the coordinate plane and deepening the understanding of how slope and y-intercept...
PBS
Pbs: Manipulating Graphs
Watch how a graph is altered when key elements of the equation change. This lesson focuses on how to manipulate the equation of a line in slope intercept form to match the graphs provided deepening the understanding of both the slope and...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.ee Find the Change
In this task, 8th graders work with linear functions and learn how to discuss and make calculations with slope and x- and y-intercepts. Aligns with 8.EE.B.
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Pbs: Modeling the Linear Relationship Between Fahrenheit and Celsius
Explore the relationship between degrees Fahrenheit and degrees Celsius. This video focuses on developing an expression to model the relationship between the temperature scales using a line graph to calculate slope and the y intercept.