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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Funnel Volumes: Volume and Weight

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a force sensor to measure the weight of a water filled funnel as it drains. They analyze the weight versus time data and describe it using concepts of slope and intercepts of a linear function.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Language of Physics: Physical Quantities and Units

For Students 10th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to associate physical quantities with their International System of Units (SI) and perform conversions among SI units using scientific notation; relate measurement uncertainty to significant...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Writing Slope Intercept Equations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Describes how to write a linear equation by using the y-intercept and another point on the line. Includes practice problems.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Linear Equations: Points, Intercepts, and Slopes, Oh My!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to graph lines with two methods: using x- and y-intercepts and using point-slope form.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Forces and Graphing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity can be used to explore forces acting on an object, to practice graphing experimental data, and/or to introduce the algebra concepts of slope and intercept of a line. A wooden 2x4 beam is set on top of two scales. Students...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Slope Intercept Form of a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Use TI-Navigator to explore the relationship between a linear function and its graphs. See how the value of the slope and y-intercept affect the graphs.
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Montgomery CountyPublic Schools

Mcps: Multiple Representations of Slope Intercept

For Teachers 8th Standards
A Grade 8 Math teacher describes how she uses Excel and Word as tools to provide multiple representations of slope intercept for a UDL summative project in Algebra.
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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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Write Equations of Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Write the equation for a line that is a parallel or perpendicular to a line given in slope-intercept form and that goes through a specific point. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Graphing Is Great!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore graphing individually and in groups. They will also use an interactive activity to discuss slope and intercepts. To assess the lesson, students will use the floor tiles in the classroom as a large sheet of graph...
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Parallel Lines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This CoolMath resource will help students understand how to use slope and the point-slope form to determine if two lines are parallel.
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PBS

Pbs: Modeling the Linear Relationship Between Fahrenheit and Celsius

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Graphing Linear Equations Using Slope Intercept Form

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students practice graphing linear equations using slope-intercept form. The resource consists of an example, practice exercises, and solutions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Slope Intercept Form

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Use the slope-intercept form to identify the slope and the y-intercept.
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Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 1: Writing Linear Equations Using the Slope Intercept Form

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Explains what the slope-intercept form is and how to find the equation of a line given two points on it. Includes modeled video lesson. [3:32]
eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: The Slope Intercept Form of a Linear Equation

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides examples and a video lesson that illustrates how to express linear equations using the slope-intercept form.
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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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Intercepts by Substitution

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identify x and y-intercepts when problem solving.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Intercepts and the Cover Up Method

For Students 8th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to find intercepts using the Cover-Up Method.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Intercepts and the Cover Up Method

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the intercepts of a line and use them to graph linear functions.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Glencoe Science: Endothermic and Exothermic Process

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students can use TI graphing calculators and data collection to find equations of lines using slope-intercept format and graph.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graph Using Intercepts: Graphs of Linear Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn how to make and analyze graphs of linear functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Explore Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students can use a graphing calculator to explore graphs of parallel and perpendicular lines. Students will find that parallel lines have the same slope and different y-intercepts and that the slopes of two perpendicular lines are...
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Other

Nearpod: Slope Intercept Form

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson on slope-intercept form, learners will learn how to write and graph a linear function using the slope-intercept form by learning about the y-intercept and slope.