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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students observe a demonstration of regular soda versus diet soda.  In this exploring density instructional activity students complete a lab on density and present a PowerPoint presentations of their results.
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Exploring Quadratics in Factored Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young mathematicians explore quadratics equations in this lesson plan. They investigate the relationship between the standard form and factored form of quadratic equations. Learners then examine the relationship between the factoring...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Factor Connection

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils investigate the connection between factors, zeros, and graphs of quadratic functions.  The lesson requires the TI-nspire handheld.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Find Minimum and Maximum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners engage in a lesson about finding the values of different graphs written in the vertex form. They rewrite each quadratic equation in vertex form while graphing the equation with the visual display of a parabola that matches the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Symmetry to Find the Vertex of a Parabola

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Learners engage in a lesson that is about finding the vertex of a parabola while using symmetry. They use the symmetry to find out where the two lines meet. The line is displayed with the help of a graphing calculator. The lesson...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Standard Form of A Quadratic Equation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students investigate equations that are in the standard form of a quadratic equation represented as Y=ax2+bx+c. They factor the equations into linear factors to determine the x intercepts. The graph is also used to determine the x...
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Lesson Plan
Texas Instruments

Say What You Mean!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students analyze data and identify the mean. In this probability lesson, students log data in the TI and construct scatter plots from the data. They identify properties of a scatterplot.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Impossible Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The lesson plan, with objectives, lesson outline, and a plotting-practice activity, examines impossible graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Student Achievement Partners

Student Achievement Partners: Penny Circle Task [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will explpre models and understand the difference between quadratic, exponential, and linear models in this instructional activity.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Functions and Their Inverses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a functional relationship in a variety of representations (table, graph, mapping diagram, equation, or verbal form), the student will determine the inverse of the function.
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Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Relations and Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Hotmath provides eighteen practice problems dealing with relations, functions, and their graphs. Each of the practice problems include a step-by-step guide for solving their Algebraic problem.
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Website
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Graphs of the Inverse Trig Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site reviews basic information on inverse functions and inverse notation. Graphs of inverse trig functions are shared and discussed.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Writing Verbal Descriptions of Functional Relationships

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a problem situation containing a functional relationship, the student will verbally describe the functional relationship that exists.
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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Graphing Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that take a look at graphing functions including several examples of graphing piecewise functions.
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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: The Definition of a Function

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features definitions and examples that take a look at relations and functions, function notation, the domain and range of a function, and piecewise functions.
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Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Graphing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that take a look at the Cartesian (or Rectangular) coordinate system. Provides definitions of ordered pairs, coordinates, quadrants, and x and y-intercepts.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Interactive Algebra 1 for Ccss

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a complete, full-year Algebra 1 course with interactivity included in every lesson. Some lessons include videos, and all include interactives and inline questions that offer instant, per-answer feedback. Every lesson also has...
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Functional Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will graph input/output pairs from a simple linear function in order to gain an understanding of basic linear functions.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Basics of Graphing

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn the basics of graphing including terminology, plotting, and reading points. The lesson has an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Linear Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners gain the knowledge of how to plot and recognize first degree equations on a graph. The lesson has an overview, materials, procedures, and evaluation techniques.
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Activity
Windstream

Ojk's Precalculus Study Page: Quadratic Functions: Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial devoted to the steps used to graph a quadratic function. Includes tables, graphs, and several sample problems.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Reading Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Presents an introductory lesson to teach students how to read and plot graphs and determine functions based on graphs.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graph of Common Functions 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This StudyCard stack tests students on their ability to study graphs and write functions that represent the relationship between two variables displayed by the graph.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Oh, Those Functions!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The teacher will send graphs of functions to the Activity Center from his/her calculator and the students will try to match the teacher's input.