This exploration can be done in class near the beginning of a unit on graphing parabolas. Students need to be familiar with intercepts, and need to know what the vertex is.
Brush up on your math skills relating to dot plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Brush up on your math skills relating to histograms then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Brush up on your math skills relating to line plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
The goal of this task is to get students to focus on the shape of the graph of the equation y=ex and how this changes depending on the sign of the exponent and on whether the exponential is in the numerator or denominator. It is also intended to develop familiarity, in the case of f and k, with the functions which are used in logistic growth models, further examined in ``Logistic Growth Model, Explicit Case'' and ``Logistic Growth Model, Abstract Verson.''
This site compares the graphs of three quadratic functions, and explains how certain characteristics of the graph relate to properties of the equations and their solutions. Contains practice problems, including real-world examples.
This is a comprehensive tutorial on Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Several examples are presented to demonstrate the process of graphing functions, including linear, quadratic, and rational functions.
This interactive exercise focuses on how line graphs can be used to represent mathematical data and provides an opportunity to translate actions from a story into graph form, then to write your own story to coincide with a line graph.
The purpose of this task is to help students learn to read information about a function from its graph, by asking them to show the part of the graph that exhibits a certain property of the function. The task could be used to further instruction on understanding functions, or as an assessment tool with the caveat that it requires some amount of creativity to decide how to best illustrate some of the statements.
This lesson plan helps students know what they do to take care of their bodies. In addition, it gives students a chance to practice their graphing skills.
In this task students use linear equations to solve a real world problem.
Contains a brief summary and a few examples of linear functions.
Use your skills of deduction to fill in the missing information and demonstrate your expertise at interpreting graphs. This interactive exercise focuses on how line graphs can be used to represent data and provides an opportunity to decode unlabeled graphs to uncover their location.
In these KQED Lowdown infographics, explore how adult obesity rates in the United States, as measured by body mass index (BMI), have dramatically changed in the past half-century. A circular graph and a pictograph depict data by decade, indicating which parts of the population were not overweight, overweight, obese, and extremely obese according to BMI. In the accompanying classroom activity, students develop an understanding of the ratios and proportional relationships by examining numerical data found in the graphs and creating their own bar graphs.
Students can use M&M's to model a decay equation - exponential equations.
Watch how a graph is altered when key elements of the equation change. This lesson focuses on how to manipulate the equation of a line in slope intercept form to match the graphs provided deepening the understanding of both the slope and y intercept's role in the expression.
The tutorial examines graphs of functions. Students learn about the graphs of six functions through examples with detailed solutions.
In this lesson, students will block a scene on a graph and act out the scene. Media resources and teacher materials are included.
This video provides an opportunity to create a Box and Whisker Plot. A pdf worksheet is available by clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept. [6:13]