Complete, Free Guide to Teaching Slope

This download is a free guide for teaching slope, including:

- printable warm-up to review prior knowledge

- introduction through inquiry: a discovery activity for developing the concept of slope (printable worksheet to be done in pairs)

- what to include in lecture/note portion of the lesson

- suggestions for practice

- printable 1-page quiz to use as an assessment

- additional links (ads) for related resources that you can purchase to accompany the lesson

In the inquiry activity, students have to work with a partner with almost no guidance from the teacher to decide how they will order the "steepness" of a variety of ramps and staircases from least steep to steepest.

This challenge will lead them to find a way to assign numerical values to the steepness and make observations from there.  It's a perfect way to build the foundation for the concept behind slope.

Here's a peek at what's included.  Click here to download the Slope Teaching Guide and get the printables and teaching tips.  The only "catch" is that there are a few ads included for related slope resources! :)  Enjoy!

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