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Integrated Publishing

Integrated Publishing: Maximum and Minimum Points

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of how to find maximum (or minimum) point of a quadratic equation, including graphs to enhance understanding. Includes several examples/exercises, with solutions on the page.
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Other

Desmos: Modeling Bundle

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A collection of activities where students investigate mathematical modeling. Activities involve different types of functions, how to examine context and decide on a model, and limitations.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Quadratic Formula

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Illinois offers an excellent simulation of the quadratic formula, where you can type in different values for a, b, and c, and then view the change in the answer for x.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Distance Between a Point and a Plane

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A review of the three major methods of solving quadratic functions for ''X'' intercepts. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional...
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Curated OER

Zona Land/the Function Institute/poly. Functions/graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Contains an applet that allows you to graph quadratic functions. An example is given and it lets you change the coefficient values.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Quadratic Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center and is intended to help students write systems of equations in standard form in slope intercept form to solve the system using tables and graphs.
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Integrated Publishing

Internet Publishing: Equal or Double Roots

For Students 9th - 10th
A demonstration of how to use a quadratic function's discriminant to determine if the function contains equal (double) roots, or real, unequal roots, and how to find them.
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Fitting Models to Scatter Plots 1 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learners use a scatter plot to determine whether data can be modeled by a linear function, a quadratic function, a trigonometric function, or that there appears to be no relationship between x and y. The resource consists of an enlarged...
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Fitting Models to Scatter Plots 2 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students use a scatter plot to determine whether data can be modeled by a linear function, a quadratic function, a trigonometric function, or that there appears to be no relationship between x and y. The resource consists of an enlarged...
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Fitting Models to Scatter Plots 3 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students use a scatter plot to determine whether data can be modeled by a linear function, a quadratic function, a trigonometric function, or that there appears to be no relationship between x and y. The resource consists of an enlarged...
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Math Graphs

Houghton Mifflin: Math Graphs: Fitting Models to Scatter Plots 4 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students use a scatter plot to determine whether data can be modeled by a linear function, a quadratic function, a trigonometric function, or that there appears to be no relationship between x and y. The resource consists of an enlarged...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Domain and Range: Contextual Situations

For Students 9th - 10th
The student will be able to identify and determine reasonable values for the domain and range from any given contextual situation.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Vertical Line Test

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept introduces students to relations and what makes a relation a function.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Graph Parabolas in All Forms

For Students 9th - 10th
Graph quadratic functions given in any form.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: The Discriminant

For Students 9th - 10th
Thirty-eight problems present a variety of practice working with discriminant. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click the "View Solution" button to...
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Interactive
Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Topics in Pre Calculus: Completing the Square

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains how to solve quadratic equations by completing the square. The quadratic formula is derived using this method on this page. Point this site out to students who have been absent or who...
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Topics in Pre Calculus: Basic Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here is a site that clearly and thoroughly explains the graphs of the major mathematical functions. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems. Point this site out to...
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Richland Community College

Richland Community College: Math 116 Lecture Notes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Richland Community College provides the detailed lecture notes to a college algebra course, complete with equations and definitions. Content ranges from "functions and their graphs" to "conics and parametric equations."
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Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Algebra: Recognize the Equations of Common Curves

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students recognize and know the sketches of quadratics, cubics and recipricols including the shape of positive and negative functions and the interpretation of their y-intercepts.
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Regression

For Students 10th - 11th Standards
Build on your understanding of modeling with linear, quadratic and exponential functions to begin to include other function families.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Guess My Coefficients App

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a game to identify the correct equation for the graph displayed. Through the game setting, they review graphs and equations of linear, quadratics, and absolute value functions.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Rei Two Squares Are Equal

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task asks students to solve a quadratic equation in as many different ways as they can. Aligns with A-REI.B.4 and A-REI.D.11.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Exponential Growth Versus Polynomial Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this problem, students compare the growth of exponential functions versus polynomial functions and find that an exponential function takes larger values than a cubic polynomial function provided the input is sufficiently large. Aligns...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Polynomial Addition, Subtraction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCard stack teaches that, when linear functions are added, the slope of the sum is equal to the sum of the slopes, likewise for y-intercepts. Includes quadratic and up polynomials.

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