Laptop wrap – a slippery slope

Secondary KLA:
Mathematics
Educational levels:
Year 9, Year 10

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Distance, midpoint and gradient are investigated as students design an Excel spreadsheet and make a Smart Notebook presentation on ski-lifts. Students then contribute to a discussion on the steepest street in the world. 

NSW syllabus outcomes

(MA4-11NA) creates and displays number patterns; graphs and analyses linear relationships; and performs transformations on the Cartesian plane

(MA5.1-6NA) determines the midpoint, gradient and length of an interval, and graphs linear relationships

Australian curriculum content descriptions

(ACMNA294) Find the midpoint and gradient of a line segment (interval) on the Cartesian plane using a range of strategies, including graphing software

(ACMNA214) Find the distance between two points located on a Cartesian plane using a range of strategies, including graphing software

More information

Resource type:
Interactive Resource
ScOT topics:
Lines, Gradients
File type:
text/html
Language/s:
en-AU
Author:
State of NSW, Department of Education
Publisher:
State of NSW, Department of Education
Date created:
Monday, 10 September 2018

Resource ID: 554c2513-6c64-47e7-a2f2-77f6c324b724