Determining slope from a graph

SLOPE

What do you remember or recognize from the word slope?

Where have you seen or heard of the word slope?

What things or ideas do you associate with the word slope?

WHAT IS SLOPE?

Write down the following vocabulary words and number your

paper from 1 to 13.

Positive SlopeNegative SlopeZero SlopeNo Slope

4 KINDS OF SLOPE

Using your background knowledge of what we know about slope and what we have talked about, INDEPENDENTLY and SILENTLY identify the type of slope of each picture or video for the given number.

Do the best of your ability, use the knowledge you know about the real world and the background knowledge you have about slope.

INSTRUCTIONS

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

1.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

2.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

3.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

4.

What kind of slope is being represented in the video?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

5.

What kind of slope is picutred?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

6.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

7.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

8.

What kind of slope is being represented in the video?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

1. 9.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

10.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

11.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

12.

What kind of slope is being represented in the video?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

13.

SO WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?

Compare your responses to the 13 pictures and videos with your partner.

Circle the answers that you have differently, discuss your reasoning for your answers with your partner.

THINK PAIR SHARE

Go through the pictures again and see which ones you have correct and which ones you do not.

Correct your answers as we cycle through the slides and write down a description of the picture of the ones you had incorrect.

HOW DID YOU DO?

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

1.

Negative Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Positive Slope

2.

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

3.

Positive Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

4.

No Slope

What kind of slope is being represented in the video?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

5.

Positive Slope

What kind of slope is picutred?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

6.

Zero Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

7. Negative Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

8.

No Slope

What kind of slope is being represented in the video?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

1. 9.

Negative Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

10.

Negative Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

11.

Positive Slope

What kind of slope is pictured?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

12.

Zero Slope

What kind of slope is being represented in the video?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

13.

Positive Slope/Negative Slope

Make your corrections to your responses and write your thinking down next to each response that

you had incorrect.

HOW DID YOU DO?

Take a sheet of paper and fold it so that you have 4 boxes.

Create 4 graphs representing the 4 different kinds of slope.

On each type of slope draw a picture of a real world scenario that would represent the slope being shown on top of the graph.

BE CREATIVE!

ASSIGNMENT

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/images/thinkingcapwhoa_color.gif

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http://www.wiskate.com/news/data/upimages/max_murphy-crooked_grind_brown_rail.jpg

http://ventrac.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/28-deg-slope-4-downslope-braking.jpg

REFERENCES

http://ecofriend.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/north-slope-ski-hotel_4_XVhAY_69.jpg

http://www.sirlin.net/storage/articles/slippery.png?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1224996790467

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTVFsOSExsrkvxU9KJeMbeP6aWKsCv7MMDF-fNR2jma9cauloj4

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=7bQ7isAXN9kg8M&tbnid=Ie7N4tx81mvnGM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalgeographic.com%2Fadventure%2Ftravel%2Falps%2Faustria%2Fhiking-activities.html&ei=xCB1Usi5OsLN2AWPhYDgBA&bvm=bv.55819444,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNG-gCS9PZRX0thT_RDFN5nCjnCKXQ&ust=1383494156811301

REFERENCES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LpJ0SIweQk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_lvc5iBnNg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To3jujFzwHg

http://www.redstatereport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Flatline.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6Y0qe67pZBnIw7cJwXlG3MX0-238xeCTCsJ7rwB2dbMfiD9b1

REFERENCES

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Millennium_Force_train_on_lift_hill.jpg

http://shawnann.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/NoChange.png

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