Introduction

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Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to...

  • Graph polynomial functions, identifying zeros when suitable factorizations are available, and showing end behavior.
  • Experiment with cases and illustrate an explanation of the effects on the graph using technology. Include recognizing even and odd functions from their graphs and algebraic expressions for them.
  • Know the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra; show that it is true for quadratic polynomials.

Essential Questions

  • How can you use key features of a function to aid in graphing and interpreting functions?
  • How do you determine whether a function is even?
  • How do you determine whther a function is odd?

Enduring Understandings

  • Student understand the graphs of parent functions, and the effect on transfomations on those functions.

The above objectives correspond with the Alabama Course of Study: Algebra II with Statistics standards: 16, 17, and 20a.