Graph Linear Equations Scavenger Hunt – Slope-Intercept Form 8th-9th – PRINTABLE

Description

Are your students confident making tables and graphing linear equations? Can they find the slope & intercepts and recognize and use the slope-intercept form of an equation? This class activity is FUN way to practice these skills and gets kids up and moving!

Use this as extra practice with kids in 8th or 9th grade to help them work on finding slope, making tables to graph linear equations and use & recognize the slope-intercept form of a line.

This scavenger hunt includes a variety of problems to practice graphing linear equations.

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 (half pages) for students to solve. 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 Graphing Linear Equations Scavenger Hunt:

• Graphing linear equations written in slope-intercept form
• Find the slope of a line from a graph
• Find the intercepts of a line written in slope-intercept form
• Rewrite an equation that is in standard form in slope-intercept form

Tips for Using This Scavenger Hunt 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 graphing equations.

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.

There are two graphing equations worksheets included.

On the first practice page, students simply graph linear equations written in slope-intercept form.

On the second page, students create a table and graph 3 different equations on the same graph to analyze the results and answer discussion questions.

Included in the Download:

• Setup and Teaching Tips
• 10 Scavenger Hunt Problem Cards (half pages)
• Scavenger Hunt Recording Pages (print front/back)
• Two Independent Practice Worksheets
• Answer Keys for the Scavenger Hunt and Worksheets

**Love this idea for? Check out these additional resources:

>RATE OF CHANGE & SLOPE SCAVENGER HUNT

>ALGEBRA ESSENTIALS: 18 LESSONS & GAMES FOR EARLY ALGEBRA CONCEPTS

>SOLVING LINEAR EQUATIONS ERROR ANALYSIS TASKS

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