Cup-Activity: writing equations from data

This is a great lab activity that allows students to develop a true understanding of slope as a rate of change. Students are active and involved and must use higher order thinking skills in order to answer questions. Students work through an activity, measuring heights of cups that are stacked. Students them determine a "rate of change - slope". Students are then asked to put this into slope-intercept form. The important part here is in their determining the y-intercept of the equation. Students then take this further and finally attempt to create a linear inequality to determine how many cups, stacked vertically, will fit under a table.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 50 Minute(s)
Keywords: functions, writing equations, slope-intercept, slope, rate of change
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Problem-Solving Task,  Teaching Idea,  Student Center Activity
Instructional Design Framework(s): Confirmation Inquiry (Level 1), Structured Inquiry (Level 2), Cooperative Learning
Resource Collection: General Collection

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