Task Name : Trip to Melbourne | Task Level : H (Year 7) | ||
Semester : 2 | Topic : Lines and Coordinates | VC Strand : Linear and non-linear relationships | |
Web Address : http://maths.crusoecollege.vic.edu.au/lnlH | |||
Equipment Needed : Graph paper | |||
Victorian Curriculum outcome : Investigate, interpret and analyse graphs from authentic data | |||
Task description : Students use the data in the video of Jillโs trip to Melbourne and construct a distance-time graph from it. They then write a story that matches the shape of the graph. Students then construct their own graphs based on changes over time and write stories to accompany them. The filling of various-shaped vessels can be a good model for these graphs and stories. | |||
Assessment options : Photographs of graph, rule, and table. | |||
Teacher notes : Extension tasks:ย Distance-Time Graphs (Desmos) |