Tuesday, September 10, 2013

'Graphing Linear Equation- Full Body Style' with CIE 8th Graders



8th graders conducted an activity to enable students to graph a line given the slope - intercept on a giant coordinate plane, moving on the plane to plot the points. Students drew the X and Y- axis on the floor of the class using chalk and marked the points on the axes. They were divided into groups of four. I gave them in a linear equation on the board. One of the students would go to the board and determine the points satisfying the equation. The others would form the line on the giant graph by plotting those points. When they were not in a line, the students figured out that they were doing something wrong and readjust the plotting. Student understood the concept of gradient/slope much better as they could see the formation of the line. They could clearly see the line getting steeper, translating up or down. It was so much fun to see them work together, get moving and get immediate feedback from each other.
This activity was based on a video in tech (Teaching Channel)



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