Laptop wrap – a slippery slope
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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.
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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