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Pre-Calculus Lesson Plans
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Students explore maximum and minimum points, slopes and tangents. In this Pre-Calculus lesson, students solve optimization problems and find rates of change.
Students identify positive and negative angles using the Unit Circle. In this pre-calculus lesson, students identify the different angles on a unit circle using the coordinate plane and the four different quadrants as a guide. They calculate the basic trigonometric functions.
Students explore scatter functions. In this pre-calculus lesson, students model data, evaluate the function and use their model to interpolate or predict end behavior of the function. The lesson employs the use of a graphing calculator.
Students explore real-life applications of conic sections. In this Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry lesson, students view and identify application of conic sections in Library of congress images. Students view the image and determine which conic is involved and what application is represented.
In this lesson students identify and graph ellipses. After a teacher led discussion on shapes created when intersected by a plane and the use of conic sections, students create a graphic organizer containing the information. A United Streaming video is shown to explore conic sections. Using a string and oak tag, students participate in activities to create an ellipse. They discuss properties and formulas for the created ellipses.
Students investigate step functions. In this Algebra II/Pre-calculus lesson, students examine various taxi fare schemes and model the fares with step functions by making use of the calculator’s greatest integer function’s step function properties.
Students use hands-on activities to explore transformations. They view a video segment that demonstrate how M. C. Escher employed geometry and transformations to create so many of his famous drawings.
This lesson has students throw a ball, film it and collect data. In this quadratic equation lesson, students use a spreadsheet to collect data. This lesson has students create a scatterplot and produce a quadratic regression equation, an equation in vertex form and an equation in factored form.
Students solve exponential equations using logarithms. In this solving exponential equations using logarithms lesson, students read a story on their Ti-Nspire about exponentials and logarithms. Students solve problems in the story using logarithms. Students use the power, product, and quotient properties to solve the stories' problems.
Learners graph the functions of logs. In this algebra lesson, learners find relationship between their graphs and exponential growth and decay. They relate logs to the real world.
