Rate of Change & Slope Practice Scavenger Hunt - Grades 7-9

Rate of Change & Slope Practice Scavenger Hunt – Grades 7-9

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Do your students understand the relationship between rate of change and slope? Could they use more practice finding rate of change and slope of a line from tables, graphs and word problems? This class activity is FUN and gets kids up and moving!
 
Use this as extra practice with kids in 7th, 8th or 9th grade who are preparing for Algebra or currently in Algebra 1.
 
This scavenger hunt includes a variety of problems to practice finding rate of change from a table and word problem, as well as finding slope from a graph or two points.
 
In addition, a recording page is included so students can show their work for each problem as they make their way around the room.

How the Scavenger Hunt Works:

The scavenger hunt includes 10 problems for kids to consider slope and rate of change in a variety of ways. To set it up, post all 10 problems in various locations around your room. Give each student a recording sheet and then you’re ready to get started!
 
To begin, kids can start with ANY of the problems. They solve it on their recording sheet and then have to FIND the solution somewhere around the classroom.
 
When they find the answer to the problem, they solve the NEXT problem in the scavenger hunt.
 
Eventually, they will end up back where they started and they’ll know they have completed the hunt correctly.

Math Skills Covered in the Rate of Change Scavenger Hunt:

  • Find rate of change from a table of values
  • Rate of change word problems
  • Write an equation for direct variation problems by finding the rate of change
  • Find the slope of a line by looking at the graph
  • Find the slope of a line given two points on the line

Tips for Using This in the Classroom:

  • Give kids a clipboard to make it easier to record their work and answers as they move about the room
  • Let kids work with partners as they make their way through the scavenger hunt
  • If you have a large class, assign kids a starting problem so they’re not all bunched together at the same location
  • Collect the recording sheets as an informal assessment of how your students are doing
  • Use this as an end-of-unit review, end-of-the-year review or as a substitute activity (be sure to do this with your students prior to leaving it with a sub so students know how it works)

Additional Skills Practice:

This download also includes 2 additional practice worksheets to provide students with additional, independent practice with slope and rate of change.
 
Use these with students who need additional support and practice, as an individual grade after the whole class activity, or to send home as homework practice.
 
On the first practice page, students find rate of change given a table of values, as well as solve a word problem and higher order thinking problem.
 
On the second page, students practice finding the slope of the line by looking at the graph, as well as using the slope formula to find the slope given two points.
 
If your kids struggle with rate of change or slope, you may want to use the practice worksheets BEFORE completing the class scavenger hunt to help review and support students who need it.

Included in the Download:

  • Setup and Teaching Tips
  • 10 Scavenger Hunt Problem Cards (half pages)
  • Scavenger Hunt Recording Page
  • Two Independent Practice Worksheets
  • Answer Keys for the Scavenger Hunt and Worksheets
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**Please Note: This product is a downloadable pdf file. No physical product will be shipped to you. In addition, this resource is for personal use in the home or classroom only. You may not share, distribute, alter or post this resource online in any way. Thank you for your honesty!

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