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Algebra 1 Calculator Lessons

Bailie Cobble | Published: July 9th, 2025 by K20 Center

Summary

This collection of Algebra 1 lessons integrates the use of calculators to support students in problem solving and conceptual understanding.

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Lesson 5E Lesson
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Trashketball: Part 1

Scatter Plots and Lines of Best Fit

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 9th

In this lesson, students toss balls of trash, or "trashketballs," into a wastebasket, recording their shooting percentage at various distances from the basket. With distances measured and percentages figured, students create a scatter plot and a line of best fit to make a linear model of the shooting... Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: August 21st, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Trashketball: Part 1

Scatter Plots and Lines of Best Fit

Course Course

  • Algebra 1, Middle School Mathematics

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 9th

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • PA.A.1.1, PA.A.1.2, A1.F.1.2, A1.D.1.2, AF301
More 3-5 class periods
Time Frame 200 minutes
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Trashketball: Part 2

Linear Inequalities

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Students gather and analyze data, identifying all possible data that is less than, less than or equal to, equal to, greater than or equal to, or greater than the generated line of best fit. Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: August 21st, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Trashketball: Part 2

Linear Inequalities

Course Course

  • Algebra 1

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • A1.A.2.1, A1.D.1.2, AF602, AF702
More 180 minutes
Time Frame 3-4 class period(s)
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Transformers, Part 1

Function Transformations

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 10th

Students will use a graphing tool to analyze basic transformations on linear, absolute value, and quadratic parent graphs in order to create general rules about function transformations. Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: June 10th, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Transformers, Part 1

Function Transformations

Course Course

  • Algebra 1, Intermediate Algebra

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 8th - 10th

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • A1.F.2.2, AF604
More 120 minutes
Time Frame 2-3 class periods
Lesson 5E Lesson
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We the People

Linear vs. Exponential Growth

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Students model population growth across continents to discover the difference between linear and exponential models. Students should already be familiar with both linear and exponential functions and equations. Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: June 18th, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
We the People

Linear vs. Exponential Growth

Course Course

  • Algebra 1

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • A1.F.2.1, F702
More 135 minutes
Time Frame 2-3 class period(s)
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Plotting Your College Future

Tables and Graphs

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Students will practice data analysis by studying tables and scatterplots. Information regarding the costs of resident and non-resident college tuition and available financial aid. Students will create representations of the data and theorize possible reasons behind the change in education costs over... Read more »

Created by: Corrie Matchell

Date Updated: July 21st, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Plotting Your College Future

Tables and Graphs

Course Course

  • Algebra 1

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • A1.F.1.5, A1.D.1.2, AF303
More 80 minutes
Time Frame 2-3 class period(s)
Lesson 5E Lesson
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Tuition Costs and STEM Graduates

Tables and Graphs

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Students will learn to generate and analyze graphs given a table of data. Read more »

Created by: K20 Center

Date Updated: August 6th, 2025

Lesson 5E Lesson
Tuition Costs and STEM Graduates

Tables and Graphs

Course Course

  • Algebra 1

Subject Subject

  • Mathematics

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 9th Grade

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • A1.A.4.4, A1.F.2.1
More 120 minutes
Time Frame 2-3 class period(s)

Standards

ACT College and Career Readiness Standards - Mathematics (6-12)
AF303: Relate a graph to a situation described qualitatively in terms of familiar properties such as before and after, increasing and decreasing, higher and lower
AF604: Given an equation or function, find an equation or function whose graph is a translation by a specified amount up or down
F702: Build functions for relations that are exponential
Oklahoma Academic Standards Mathematics (Algebra 1)
A1.F.1.5: Interpret graphs as being discrete or continuous.
A1.F.2.1: Distinguish between linear and nonlinear (including exponential) functions. Understand that linear functions grow by equal intervals (arithmetic) and that exponential functions grow by equal factors over equal intervals (geometric).
A1.F.2.2: Recognize the parent functions f(x) = x and f(x) = |x|. Predict the effects of vertical and horizontal transformations f(x + c) and f(x) + c, algebraically and graphically.
A1.D.1.2: Collect data and analyze scatter plots for patterns, linearity, and outliers.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics (Grade 8)
PA.A.1.1: Recognize that a function is a relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable in which the value of the independent variable determines the value of the dependent variable.
PA.A.1.2: Use linear functions to represent and explain real-world and mathematical situations.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Mathematics (Grades 9, 10, 11, 12)
A1.A.2.1: Represent relationships in various contexts with linear inequalities; solve the resulting inequalities, graph on a coordinate plane, and interpret the solutions.
A1.A.4.4: Translate between a graph and a situation described qualitatively.
A1.F.1.2: Identify the dependent and independent variables as well as the domain and range given a function, equation, or graph. Identify restrictions on the domain and range in real-world contexts.
A1.F.2.1: Distinguish between linear and nonlinear (including exponential) functions arising from real-world and mathematical situations that are represented in tables, graphs, and equations. Understand that linear functions grow by equal intervals and that exponential functions grow by equal factors over equal intervals.
A1.D.1.2: Collect data and use scatterplots to analyze patterns and describe linear relationships between two variables. Using graphing technology, determine regression lines and correlation coefficients; use regression lines to make predictions and correlation coefficients to assess the reliability of those predictions.
Oklahoma Academic Standards: English Language Arts (Grade 11)
11.2.R.1: Summarize the main ideas and paraphrase significant parts of increasingly complex texts.

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