Select the qualitative graph that models a contextual situation (e.g., water filling then draining from a bathtub). SPI 0606.3.8

Links verified on7/14/2014

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 practice problems, answers not given

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