Cynthia Lanius' Lessons: Hot Tub: 6-8 Algebra
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- Jul 28 2010 3:17 PM
Rita Nutsch
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This resource is provided from Cynthia Lanius' Homepage through Rice University. This lesson presents a graph of the water level of a hot tub over time. Students are then asked to "tell the story" behind the graph, giving as many details as they can justify from the graph. Follow-up questions ask students to look at the slope of various segments of the graph and relate it to the rate of change. While a relatively simple activity, it highlights the importance of having students make sense of graphs in terms of events that they can understand. Less
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Grade: 6 to 8
Topics: Mathematics, Algebra & Functions
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