Introduction
Quadratic equations and functions have many different applications in the real world. Some examples include building roller coasters, the path of a rocket, and the height of a baseball. You will have a chance to examine these applications in the last lesson of this unit. For now, take some time to learn the features of quadratic graphs.
Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...
- Interpret expressions that represent a quantity in terms of its context.
- Graph functions expressed symbolically, and show key features of the graph, by hand in simple cases and using technology for more complicated cases.
Essential Questions
- What are the basic families of Function?
- How does you graph the basic families of functions?
- What are the properties of each family?
Enduring Understandings
- Students understand how to solve a variety of functions, and the effects of transformations on functions to describe an object.
The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study Algebra II with Statistics standards: 20 and 20a.