Plotting Distance–Time Graphs | I Do, We Do, You Do | Year 9 Maths | Print Free Lesson

Help pupils turn journey descriptions into accurate distance–time graphs, from a simple outward journey to stops, returns and missing journey information. This editable Year 9 maths PowerPoint combines explicit modelling with substantial practice and complete graph answers, so you can spend lesson time teaching and responding to pupils.

The 89-slide teaching sequence includes 30 practice questions on one page, a separate one-page differentiated task and 20 mini-whiteboard checks. Choose the tasks your class needs and reveal answers as you go.

30 GRAPH-PLOTTING QUESTIONS ON ONE PAGE

A compact practice page gives pupils sustained independent work without constant slide changes. Three sets of ten questions build from outward journeys to journeys with stops, then outward journeys with a stop and return. Shared instructions and suggested axis ranges keep the task clear. Matching graph answers make feedback straightforward.

MODELLING WITH SPACE TO TEACH

Three matched I DO / WE DO pairs use different examples to develop each stage of graph construction. A six-question overview provides space for teacher working, supported by individual modelling slides and completed graphs. Each modelling question explicitly asks pupils to draw a graph. An additional clock-time example develops the transition from elapsed minutes to times of day.

DIFFERENTIATION ON ONE PAGE

Six Developing, four Secure and four Greater Depth questions sit together with one Super Challenge. Pupils progress from direct plotting to multi-stage journeys, clock times, missing stop durations and travel times calculated from speeds. The shared instruction sits in the title to leave more room for questions.

Plotting-point answers and completed graphs support checking at each level. The Super Challenge combines average speed with a return journey, with its complete worked solution and graph together on one slide.

CHECK UNDERSTANDING AS YOU TEACH

• Six retrieval questions and six prerequisite questions, each with grouped answers.
• Twenty core mini-whiteboard checks, each immediately followed by its answer, including selecting the correct graph.
• A dedicated misconception check distinguishing distance from home from total distance travelled.
• An original five-mark exam-style question on drawing a journey graph and calculating return speed, with a worked marking guide.
• Three exit questions, each followed by its answer.

READY TO TEACH AND ADAPT

Suitable for KS3 lessons and GCSE consolidation. Editable slides let you select examples, adjust tasks and pace the teaching for your class. Clearly labelled grids and complete graph answers help pupils connect each part of a journey to the corresponding line segment.

YOUR DOWNLOAD

An editable 89-slide lesson PowerPoint containing worked examples, 30 practice questions, a one-page differentiated task, mini-whiteboard checks, an exam-style question and answers throughout.