SLOPE STATIONS LAB

Name(s): ___________________________________
_________

Period: _____

Date:

Your goal is to visit, in any order, each of the 6 stations of the SLOPE Stations Lab
with your partner(s). Complete the work given there. Check your work for each
station with the teacher. It is important that you get this lab sheet initialed by the
teacher before moving on to the next station.

Station
S

Description
Find and analyze the
slopes of the given
lines
Communicate and
connect what you
know about the given
situation
Graph 4 lines and
describe the patterns
Match each equation
with its slope
description
Sort the graphs
according to slope:
negative, positive, or
zero
Miscellaneous

Lab
Completed

Teachers Initials

Station S
1) What is the slope of the position-time graph?
What does the slope tell us about this object (use
physics terminology)?

2) The velocity-time graph for a two-stage rocket is shown below. Use the
graph and your understanding of slope calculations to determine the
acceleration of the rocket during the listed time intervals.

a)

0 t 1

b)

c)

1 t 4

4 t 12

Station L
Situation
Fun Times Amusement Park charges a $5
admission fee plus $1.50 per ride.

Write an equation in slope-intercept form

for calculating the total cost, C, of going
to the park and riding r rides.

Table

# of rides,

Total Cost,
C(r)

0
1
2
3
4

C(r)

5
10

Graph

Analysis
1) How are the $5 admission fee and the
$1.50 cost per ride represented in your
graph?

2) You go to the park with $13.75. How

many rides can you go on? Explain.

3) Ben goes to the park with a coupon

for free admission. Write an equation for
Bens total cost, C, of going to the park
and riding r rides. How is this equation

similar to the original equation you

wrote? How is it different?

Station O
Graph the 4 lines on the set of axes given.

y1 x 3
y2 x 3
y3 2x 3
y4 2x 3

Describe any patterns you observe about the

slopes and y-intercepts:

Station P
Match each equation with its description.

Equation

1)

x 4

2)

3)

4)

1
x 1
3

y2

y 5x

Description
a) This line has positive
slope.

b) This line has undefined

slope.

c) This line has negative

slope.

d) This line has zero slope.

Station E
Describe the slope of each graph. Use these
terms: negative, zero, positive

Station
1) A line contains the points (10, 20) and (0, 30), as shown on the graph.

a) What is the rate of change for this line? How did you find it? What is
the y-intercept for this line? How did you find it?

b) Write an equation in slope-intercept form for the line.

c) Name two other points on this line and show that their coordinates
make your equation true.

2) Read the problem and determine the coordinates of the two points
mentioned. Then, use the coordinates to calculate the slope of a line passing
through those two points.
At 3 oclock, Sharon passes mile marker 295 on Highway 35. At 6 oclock she
passes mile marker 475.