Firefighter Training

In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry decides to train as a firefighter and uses line graphs to chart his physical fitness progress.  

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Decreasing Water Levels

The CyberSquad creates a line graph to help tell the story of the decreasing water levels in Sensible Flats in this video segment from Cyberchase.

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Determining Rates from Graphs

Students learn about and practice calculating rates (positive, negative and zero) using data from graphs.

Digit in Pursuit

The CyberSquad tracks Digit’s position in time and then studies graphs to figure out what Hacker is scheming in this video from Cyberchase.

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Earning 100 Snelfus

In this Cyberchase video segment, the CyberSquad figures out how to earn 100 snelfus in 11 days.

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Fitness Evaluated Using Rate

Students study rate and learn to fill in missing values in order to keep a constant rate.  They also learn to distinguish graphs of rate versus time and graphs of quantity versus time.

A Flooding Threat

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad uses a graph to estimate how much the water level will rise in the Sensible Flats reservoir.

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Interpreting Stories and Graphs

In this interactive activity adapted from Annenberg Learner's Teaching Math Grades 6–8, explore some of the ways graphs can represent mathematical data contained in a story.

Line Graphs Showing Change Over Time

Students learn to read and interpret increasing and decreasing line graphs. They apply what they learn by "creating stories" for a variety of curve shapes.

Location Graphs

In this interactive activity adapted from Annenberg Learner’s Teaching Math Grades 6–8, students interpret two line graphs to identify possible locations where the data might have been gathered.

More Bidding Challenges

In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad must adjust their earnings strategy in order to win the bid for the Encryptor chip.

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Predicting Travel Time Using Line Graphs

In this Cyberchase video segment, Harry decides to ride his unicycle to his grandmother's house. He uses a line graph to predict the time it will take him to travel the 20 miles to her house.

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Savings Planning Using Tables, Line Graphs and Early Proportionality

Students practice creating data tables and plot and analyze graphs of transactions and accumulations.