Slope Intercept Graphing Art Activity
One of my best selling resources not only provides your middle school and or high school students with great math practice, but it also adds beautiful stained glass style artwork to your classroom! Today I am sharing a deep dive into how this resource can be a helpful tool to your pre-algebra, algebra, or even algebra 2 math class.
This slope-intercept form graphing art resource was one of the first resources I created for my 8th grade math students over 12 years ago. I found that the majority of my students needed practice with graphing linear equations in a way that was different than the typical math worksheet. I also loved artwork on my classroom walls and noticed how much my students loved to create artwork.
This resource combines both the need for extra graphing practice as well as a way to incorporate art into math class. It provides practice identifying slope and y-intercept from a linear equation, writing equations in slope-intercept form using the slope and y-intercept, writing equations in slope-intercept from two points, and graphing lines.
Students and teachers alike love this resource. As of January 2025, this resource has sold over 3,100 times and has been used to help teach graphing linear equations as well as reviewing with high school students.
Here are some of the ways teachers have shared how they have used this slope intercept graphing art resource:
As an assessment for slope and intercept
As a review for state testing
Supplemental practice
As an intervention for students needing extra practice
A change of pace activity while still practicing algebra skills
A way to differentiate within your classroom
Quick end of unit project
To use for early finishers and more!
4 Different Graphing Art Activities
Included in this resource are four different graphing activity options. Each set of worksheets gets progressively more challeneging making all four sets an option to use as mini project, a packet, or given one at a time to differentiate among students. Each of the four activities will have students graphing a set of different linear equations. Once students are done graphing the lines they will outline the lines using a black marker. Finally, they will color the spaces between the lines to create a stained glass style artwork that would look beautiful on any bulletin board!
The finished graphing art activities will look amazing on any bulleting board or wall in your classroom.
Below is a detailed look into the four different graphing art options.
Graphing Art #1: In the first option, students will be given the slope-intercept form of 8 different linear equations. Students will identify the slope and y-intercept of each line and then graph the lines. Finally they will out line the line in black marker and color in between each set of lines. This option is great for students who are just beginnign to graph using slope and y-intercept or who are struggling with the concept.
Graphing Art #2: In this second option students will be given the slope and y-intercept and will need to write the equation in slope-intercept form. Then students will graph the lines. There are 10 equations to be graphed. This is a great option for students just practicing writing equations in slope-intercept form.
Graphing Art #3: With this third option students are given two points from a line and will need to find the slope. They will then need to write the equation in slope-intercept form. One way of doing this is to use point-slope form. With this option, there are 12 lines that need to be graphed. This option is a good challenge for those students who easily grasp the concepts of writing equations.
Graphing Art #4: With this last option students will practice writing equations in slope-intercept form in a variety of ways (slope and point, two points, standard form, etc.). There are 12 lines to be graphed. This is a good option for an end of unit review or to challenge students in your class.
Is this resource for you?
Whether you are using this as review, a mini project, or as a supplemental practice to your linear equations unit, I hope you can see how beneficial this graphing art resource can be for your students. Grab it from my TpT store here. Do you have this resource already? I would love to know what you and your students think about this graphing activity. Share in the comments below!