Functions & Graphs: Age 11-14
Treasure Hunt
Can you find a reliable strategy for choosing coordinates that will locate the treasure in the minimum number of guesses?
Reflecting Lines
Investigate what happens to the equations of different lines when you reflect them in one of the axes. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.
Translating Lines
Investigate what happens to the equation of different lines when you translate them. Try to predict what will happen. Explain your findings.
How Steep Is the Slope?
On the grid provided, we can draw lines with different gradients. How many different gradients can you find? Can you arrange them in order of steepness?
Parallel Lines
How does the position of the line affect the equation of the line? What can you say about the equations of parallel lines?
Diamond Collector
Collect as many diamonds as you can by drawing three straight lines.
How Far Does it Move?
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the red dot affects the distance it travels at each stage.
Maths Filler
Imagine different shaped vessels being filled. Can you work out what the graphs of the water level should look like?
Speeding Up, Slowing Down
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the red dot affects its speed at each stage.
Route to Infinity
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
Fill Me Up
Can you sketch graphs to show how the height of water changes in different containers as they are filled?
Up and Across
Experiment with the interactivity of "rolling" regular polygons, and explore how the different positions of the dot affects its vertical and horizontal movement at each stage.
Functions and Graphs - Short Problems
A collection of short problems on straight line graphs.
You may also be interested in this collection of activities from the STEM Learning website, that complement the NRICH activities above.