Lesson 1: Sketching and Interpreting Graphs
Module 4: General Relations
Launch
This section checks to see if you have the prerequisite knowledge and skills to be able to complete this lesson successfully.
Are You Ready?
Complete these questions in your course folder (binder). If you are experiencing difficulty, you may want to use the information and the multimedia in the Refresher section to clarify concepts before completing these exercises.
Print and complete or copy by hand and complete.
Lesson 1: Are you ready?Once you have completed these exercises to the best of your ability, use the provided answer link to check your work.
Answers
If you feel comfortable with the concepts covered in the questions, move forward to Discover. If you experienced difficulties or want more practice, use the resources in Refresher to review these important concepts before continuing through the lesson or contact your teacher.
Refresher
The purpose of this section is to provide you with some resources to review in preparation for the lesson ahead. These resources may include videos, interactive applets, mini-lessons, and flash games to help you recall previously learned concepts. You can use these resources either before or after you try the questions in Are You Ready? Your teacher may also direct you to this section to review specific concepts.
For a review of the (x, y) notation and the coordinate plane, work through the multimedia piece found at the Math Continuum website.
Under the heading “Patterns and Relations,” choose “Graphing Patterns (Puzzles)” and work through the examples. Click on topics and then each topic if the MM piece does not automatically run for you.
Use the “School Ski Trip” applet to review line graphs.
Use the "Math Goodies" website to review how to make an accurate graph from a data table.
Materials
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ruler
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“Graph Paper Template”