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Applications Using Linear Models: Scuba Diving InteractiveApplications Using Linear Models: Scuba Diving Interactive
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CK-12 Foundation
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Grade
7th - 10th
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Math
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Interactives
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Duration
30 mins
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Applications Using Linear Models: Scuba Diving

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Dive into this resource on rates of change and linear models. Pupils use two sliders in an interactive to adjust water temperature and depth. They use a given linear equation to calculate the rate of change in water temperature per unit of depth.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

math modeling, linear functions, rate of change, linear modeling

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Apply challenge question five as a journal entry task

Classroom Considerations

  • Scholars must have experience with rates of change
  • Access to the interactive requires a free CK-12 account

Pros

  • Includes embedded video on the topic
  • Color coding makes it easier to distinguish between quantities

Cons

  • None

Common Core

7.EE.B.4.a

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