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Alphabet Slope
The alphabet provides plenty of practice in regards to slope. Printed letters can be created using lines – for example, an ‘A’ is just a positive, negative and zero slope line. Or ‘N’ is composed of two undefined slope lines and a negative slope line. A ‘C’ on the other hand would simply be made of a “non-linear” line. This is a great activity for students who need extra practice with the basics: positive, negative, undefined and zero slopes.
Below are the links for two handouts:
This handout is for students to simply identify the lines of letters as positive, negative, zero, undefined or non-linear.
This handout is where letters are described in slope and students decipher the message. This one could be done better, a la funsheets style, but I haven’t figured out how to attach documents to this blog that can actually open.
PowerPoint Games
Here are some wonderful game templates (for PowerPoint) where all you need to do is input your own Q and A. These are templates for Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Hollywood Squares and more.
Or instead of creating a review game for your students, why not have your students create their own. This would make a great end of the year project – assign pairs of students different units. Try and assign students the units you know they had a little trouble with. That way, they get a little extra review in before those dreaded exams, and on top of that, when the projects are turned in, you should have enough different review games for the rest of the year! And if you’re lucky, you may just get some that are keepers for future years as well!
Polygon Picture Project
Students will write their name in block letters and identify the polygons of the letters they use. They will also decorate their name with a few regular polygons as well.
This is simple little Polygon Project that I found on the web. This is the link by the original creator.
But, once again, it annoyed me to have only 4 lines on a second page, so I compacted it all into a one pager here.
Polynomial Pictures
This would make a great project for polynomials. Students can either take or find pictures on the internet, overlay a coordinate grid and the curve and then write the function that would produce that curve. Look at more examples here.
Deal or No Deal – Probability Lesson
For a thorough explanation of how to use Deal or No Deal to teach probability, go here. Includes wonderful student graphic organizer but you’d need to purchase the game yourself, which is typically on sale for less than $10.
Python Anyone???
If you are daring, try incorporating Computer Programming and Art with slope and linear equations! Don’t be fooled, it’s actually very easy and straightforward and the students will love it.
Just have your technology specialist download PYTHON on the students computers. Even if your students are not familiar with code (which is typically the case), they really only need to “copy” a few lines of code, changing only the parameters that indicate slope and intervals. Even so, students will love the results and this introduction to computer languages.
Here’s a slide show with example projects and directions. The project itself really won’t take two solid weeks, this teacher is integrating slope “lessons” with the actual project. In my experience, students need way more than two weeks on this subject anyways!
The Tortoise and the Hare – Systems Project
The story of the tortoise and the hare becomes a Systems of Equations project. It includes a one page explanation for the teacher and a two page handout for students. This particular story also includes a rat, so there are 3 equations to write and graph. Clear, simple assignment.
Linear Equations – Webquest Project
Here is a Webquest project set where students can choose from 3 different topics:
Burning Calories
Buying a cell phone
NBA or WNBA Statistics
Students will gather data, write an equation and graph using EXCEL. Handouts and rubrics are included.
Christmas Origami
Origami is always a fun activity for the holidays. Here’s a set of 40 Christmas origami patterns – from Santa Clause to Christmas Wreaths. The wonderful thing about this site is you can either download a printout of the patterns or you can show the animated directions from their site, or both.
Quadratic Equations and Projectile Motion
“Can you think of something that can be modeled with the quadratic equation defining a projectile’s motion?” From SFSU, here are 9 activities with handouts and rubrics centered around this question.
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Concordia University
