Identify Slope
Jennifer Lanzerotti
October 21,2013
Target Audience
8 th grade Math
Inclusion class
Connected Math (CMP3)
Goals, Objectives and Outcomes:
• Students would be able to: identify and solve for slope a. on a graph b. from a table c. from an equation
Launch
Do Now:
• What do you know about the table and the graph of a function with the equation y=3x+2?
• What do the numbers 3 and 2 tell you about the table and graph values?
Climbing A Staircase
With a partner investigate the staircase in our school.
What is the height of the step
(in inches)?
What is the depth of each step
(in inches)?
Creating a Table
•Record the information you gathered from your investigation of the staircase.
X is the height
Y is the depth
Creating a Graph
Create a graph with the information from the table .
Be sure to have all the parts of the graph labeled and USE A RULER!
Creating An Equation
Use the information from the table and graph to create the linear equation:
Evaluations/Assessment Techniques
• Students will create a poster with:
– Table
– Graph
– Equation
– Computer generated table and graph
– Homework
– This poster will serve as the evaluation of the students’ understand and be grade an formal assessment.
DASH
• Students are to log on to: www.mathdashboard.com/cmp3
Dash web site to use the table and graphing function
Students are to compare their work to the print out from DASH
Sense & Meaning
Learning Styles
Multiple Intelligences
The Limbic System
Citations
Sousa, David A. How the Brain Learns . Fourth. California: Corwin , 2011. 1-
160. Print.
Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences Ramapo College
Linking the Brain, Mind and Teaching & Learning
Nick Bernice, Ed. D.
Images: Google Images