8th Grade

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Slope Calculation

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How It Works

This activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade algebra, allows students to manipulate two points on a graph and then calculate slope. This is a good hands-on activity for visual as well as tactile learners.

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Tag(s): charts and graphs, equations,

Points in Coordinates Planes

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This activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade algebra, allows students to plot points and view their coordinates in the polar plane.

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Tag(s): graphing, charts and graphs,

Linear Programming

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This activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade algebra, allows students to experiment with the values of linear functions with linear restrictions on x and y. This is a good hands-on activity that allows students to visualize linear functions.

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Tag(s): functions,

Linear Inequalities

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This activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade algebra, allows students to manipulate solution sets on a graph and visualize in slope-intercept form.

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Tag(s): graphing, charts and graphs, inequalities,

Hyperbola

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This activity, designed for intermediate level math classes such as 10-11 grade geometry, allows students to manipulate vertices and foci, and visualize asymptotes and the string property with a hyperbola.

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Tag(s): graphing, charts and graphs,

Exponential Functions

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This hands-on activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade algebra, allows students to visualize exponential functions on a graph. Students may also approximate doubling and halving intervals.

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Tag(s): graphing, charts and graphs, functions, exponents,

Ellipse

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This hands-on activity, designed for intermediate level math classes such as 10-11 grade geometry, allows students to change vertices and foci in an ellipse, visualize the string property, and experiment with an ellipse.

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Tag(s): graphing,

Distance Formula

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This activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade introductory algebra, allows students to set points on a graph and then measure the distance between the points using a ruler as well as with the distance formula. This is a good activity to show students how the distance formula works.

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Tag(s): graphing,

Defining a Line with Two Points

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This hands-on activity, designed for lower level math classes such as 7-9 grade algebra, allows students to plot points on a graph and then compare the equations in slope-intercept and point-slope form. This is a good activity to help students visualize the differences between the slope-intercept and the point-slope equations.

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Songs My Teacher Taught Me

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This unit of lesson plans surveys a wide range of poets including women, African-American, and nineteenth-century poets. Lessons are thematically broken into three categories, "What is Poetry?" "Poems of Childhood," and "Self and Society." A "Teaching Guide" is included and offers suggestions on presenting the material in a variety of ways, making this unit suitable to any high school grade.

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Tag(s): poetry, poetry,