Handout
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Functions and Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University contains a college level treatment of functions and graphs. Function, element, domain, range, piece-wise functions?? Stuff you know, stuff that's new. Very...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Graph It in Pieces: Piecewise Defined Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will record motion data for a walker and describe segments of the walker's motion using linear function. They will model the motion data using a piece-wise continuous function assembled from linear functions.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Match This

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will match their motion to a given graph by moving back and forth in front of a CBR unit. They will then describe their movements by writing a piece-wise defined equation for the motion.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Shortest Path

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students graph three functions on the same domain that go through the same three points. They then find the shortest of each of the paths through these points using the CAS of their TI-89 and calculus.