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Making Sense of Slope
- Making Sense of Slope - Exit Ticket.pdf - 82 kB
- Making Sense of Slope Activity Sheet.pdf - 112 kB
- Making Sense of Slope Lesson Plan.pdf - 240 kB
| Title | Making Sense of Slope |
| Description | In this activity, students are asked to experiment with slope using the Graphing Lines sim. They will draw triangles showing vertical change and horizontal change to see how the visual slope of a line on a coordinate graph relates to the mathematical slope. |
| Subject | Mathematics |
| Level | Middle School |
| Type | Guided Activity |
| Duration | 60 minutes |
| Answers Included | No |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Slope, similar triangles and slope, slope formula |
| Simulation(s) | Graphing Lines (HTML5), Graphing Lines |
| Author(s) | Jim Freund |
| Contact Email | jim.freund@bvsd.org |
| School / Organization | Horizons K-8 School, Boulder ,CO |
| Date submitted | 6/6/18 |
| Date updated | 6/6/18 |
