[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Exploring the similarity of parabolas and their use in real world applications

Learn how to graph quadratics and parabolas.

Find out how to graph parabolas in this second tutorial.

Students will analyze a parabola graphed from word problems. Students can use the calculator to find the roots and vertex of the graph to answer questions based on the word problems.

This activity introduces students to an interesting property of parabolas and a method of proving that property using the TI-89 scripts. They then use the CAS of their TI-89 to generalize upon specific results.

Dr. Math tackles a problem about culverts. This is in response to question posed by a student.

Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson examines a plane crash, and gets students to try to find the location of various pieces of wreckage. This is done using parametric equations which form a parabolic trajectory....

A student with a summertime carpenter job asks Dr. Math how to draw an arch. Dr. Math responds by showing how the equation of the parabola can be generated by having three distinct points of the parabola known.

A student, in writing to Dr. Math, wants to know how to find the equation of the parabola of McDonald's arches. Dr. Math helps the student get started with the problem.

Students investigate the reflective properties of the parabola, the ellipse, and the hyperbola. They will look at applications that relate to both the collection of incoming signals and signals that are emitted from a source and...

Students explore y=ax^2+bx+c using the transform graphing application. Teacher calculator is used with Navigator to send device settings, the equation format and initial coefficient values to all students. Worksheet includes all student...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson covers solving quadratic equations by factoring.

Students practice with the parameters of the vertex form of the parabola and their effect on the shape of the curve. They use this concept to find a quadratic model. They also use translation and dilation to change the general parabola.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The definition of integration, using limits to calculate the area under a curve.