SLOPE OF A LINE

Grade level(s): 8
Instructional Time: 1 hr
Materials: Projector
Laptop or computer (ICT Lab)
Activity Integrating PhET Interactive Simulation

Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson, the students will be able to:
 Define and Illustrate the Slope of a Line
 Find the Slope of a Line given two points and its graph.
 Participate actively in class activity.

Teacher’s activity Student’s Activity

Good Day Class! Good Day ma’am!

Let’s start our day with a prayer. (The prayer starts)

(The prayer ends)

Good Morning class! Good Morning ma’am.

Review
In what specific topic was last
discussed by your teacher class?
Identifying points in a coordinate plane
That’s good. Now I assume that you ma’am and plotting a point in a
can identify points and plot a point coordinate plane.
in coordinate plane. Because today,
we will draw a line through those
points and calculate the slope of
that line. Yes ma’am.

Explore

Count 1 to 20 and those students

having the same number as yours
will be your partner for the whole
Okay ma’am (looking for their partner and
 activity. Every pair must have at checking their units)
least 1 unit of computer. And
already downloaded the Phet
Interactive Simulation for Graphing Yes ma’am.
Lines.
It is the rising or falling at a sharp angle
Are you ready for our activity class? ma’am.

The title of our Activity is “How Steep

Am I”. Do know what the word
“steep” means?

Very good.

Our objective today is:

Yes ma’am.
 Define and Illustrate the Slope of
a Line
 Find the Slope of a Line given
two points and its graph.
 Participate actively in class
activity.

What is slope of a Line?

The steepness of a hill is called a

slope. The same goes for the
steepness of a line. The slope is
defined as the ratio of the vertical
change between two points, the
rise, to the horizontal change
between the same two points, the
run.

change∈ y ∆ y
Slope= or .
change∈x ∆x
The slope of a line is usually
represented by the letter m. (x1, y1)
represents the first point whereas
(x2, y2) represents the second point.
 y 2−¿ y
m= 1
¿
x 2−¿x ¿
1

Now, I want you to follow the

procedures in the first activity
(determine my slope), open the
Phet Interactive Simulation.

And choose among those simulations

the Graphing Lines simulation then
click slope.

-
Click “ ” at the upper right corner and
click “slope.

Plot the points (-4, 3) for purple point

and (3, -2) for yellow point. Set the
purple point as (x 1 , y 1) and yellow
point as ( x 2 , y 2 ¿ .

Click “ + “ and slope.

Answer the given questions in DATA

ANALYSIS AND CALCULATINS
number 1 in your activity sheet.

.click

Engage

In activity B,

Click “ - “ and slope

Plot the points (-4, -4) purple and (3, 2)
yellow. Set the purple point as
(x 1 , y 1) and the blue point as ( x 2 , y 2 ¿
.

Click “ + “ and slope.

Answer the questions in DATA

ANALYSIS AND CALCULATIONS
#2

Click .

In activity C,

Click

In the graph, drag the line to create a

vertical line.

Click

Drag the line to create a horizontal

line.
Click

In #2 in Data analysis and

Calculations, Identify the slope if it
is increasing/ decreasing, zero or
undefined.

Elaborate

In #3 in Data analysis and Calculations

in your activity sheet, Define Slope
of a Line in your own words.

In #4 in Data analysis and Calculations

in your activity sheet, How will you
solve to find the slope of a Line?

Explain

Looking at the points that you plot

earlier, we can clearly say that the
slope of a line shows how steep a
straight line is.

The slope of a line is positive when the

line increases from the left to right.
The slope of a line is negative when
the line decreases from left to right.
The slope of a line is 0 when the
line goes down straight across
horizontally. And the last one is a bit
tricky. It shows us a vertical line,
 which means that it results to a
division of zero. You can’t divide
any number by zero. So a straight
up and down vertical line’s slope is
undefined.
We will use the formula of the slope
Again, how to calculate the slope of a
y 2− y
line given two points? m= 1
ma’am.
x 2−x1

Very good.
Evaluate

Do you have any questions regarding None ma’am.

to our activity?

If none, then answer the worksheet Yes ma’am.

that we distributed.

Name: Date:

Grade/Section:

Slope of a Line Worksheet

Direction:
I. Plot the following points on the graphing paper provided and solve the slope of
the line. Write I if the line is increasing, D if the line is decreasing, 0 if the line
is neither increasing nor decreasing and U if the line is vertically straight line.
1.) (6, 5) & (12, 5) 2.) (3, 9) & (7, -17) 3.) (-10, -4) & (-10, -8)

II. Given a line, identify the coordinate points and solve for the slope. Show your
solution to the space provided.

4.)

5.)
 ACTIVITY 1
“How steep am I”
Linear Equation and Graph
Name:______________________________________Date: _____________

Grade/Section: _______________________
INTRODUCTION

Why do we need study linear equation? Why is it important to learn in class?

What is the function of a line in our daily life? These are your usual questions when you
are bored with your mathematics teacher discussing linear equation in class.
 In this activity, you are given the chance to explore linear equation with the
support of the excellent mathematical software PhET (Physics Education Technology)
Interactive Simulation in graphing lines.
PhET was hosted by Colorado University and has created more than 110 freely
available well-researched interactive simulations for learning physics, mathematics and
other sciences. It provides fun, free, interactive simulation which can be run both online
and offline.
Furthermore, in this activity you will use PhET Interactive Simulation on graphing
lines to find the slope of a line given two points and a graph. Also, with the help of PhET
you can visualize the graph of the slope which is a game-like environment where you
can learn through exploration.

OBJECTIVES
Students must be able to:
 Define and Illustrate the Slope of a Line
 Find the Slope of a Line given two points and it’s graph.
 Participate in class actively.

MATERIALS:
 Computer or laptop with PhET Interactive Simulation App
 Activity sheet
 Scratch paper
 Pen

TIME DURATION
45 minutes
PROCEDURE:

A. Determine my slope.

1. Click the PhET Interactive

Simulation on graphing lines.
2.Choose “slope” tab.

3. Click “-” at the upper right corner and

click “slope”.

4. Plot the points (-4, 4) for purple point

and (3, -2) for yellow point. Set the
purple point as (x 1 , y 1) and yellow
point as ( x 2 , y 2 ¿ .

5. Click “+ “and slope.

6. Answer the given questions in DATA ANALYSIS AND CALCULATIONS number 1.

DATA ANALYSIS AND CALCULATIONS

1. From procedure A, find the slope given two points and sketch the graph.
a. (-3, 2) and (4, -1)

Solution:

Sketch the graph

b. (-3, -5) and (6, 3)

Solution:

Sketch the graph

c. (4,-7) and (9, -5)

Solution:

Sketch the graph

 d. (10,-8) and (3, -2)

Solution:

Sketch the graph

7.click

B. Determine the slope.

1. Click “-” and slope.

 2. Plot the points (-4, -4) purple and (3, 2)
yellow. Set the purple point as ( x 1 , y 1)
and the blue point as ( x 2 , y 2 ¿ .

3. Click “+” and slope.

5.Click

C. Identify the slope.

1. Click

2. In the graph, drag the line to create a

vertical line.

3. Click

4. Drag the line to create a horizontal line.

5. Click

DATA ANALYSIS AND CALCULATIONS:

 2. Identify the slope if it is increasing, decreasing, zero or undefined. (from
procedure B & C)

a. From left to right, the slope of the line in number 1a is _______________.

b. From left to right, the slope of the line in number 1b is _______________.

c. In the equation x = 3, the equation of the line is ____________________.

d. In the equation y = -5, the slope of the line is ______________________.

Conclusion

1. In your own words, define Slope of a Line?

2. Given two points, how will you solve the slope of a line?