Write a contextual story modeled by a given graph. 0606.3.9

Links verified on 7/9/2014

1. The Hot Tub - This is a fun activity where students tell the story behind a graph and relate slope to rate of change.
2. Rate of Change: Connecting Slope to Real Life - a lesson on using slope to find the rate of change accompanied by graphs and explanations
3. Situation Graphs - several graph are presented which you could use to have students write an explanation
4. Using Graphs, Equations, and Tables to Investigate the Elimination of Medicine from the Body: Modeling the Situation - lesson plan from NCTM
5. Word Problems Involving Rate of Change - fifteen problems, answers not given

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