Mathalicious
Out of Left Field
A baseball trajectory and a parabola seem to make the best pair in real-world quadratic applications. Here is a current baseball resource with questions, discussions, and explorations regarding a quadratic function and home run...
Curated OER
Minimum and Maximum of a Graph
Students find the solutions of polynomials through graphing. In this algebra activity, students identify the maximum and minimum of each polynomial function. They ind the vertex, domain and range of a parabola.
Curated OER
Collecting And Fitting Quadratic Data
Students investigate the concept of using quadratic data to plot coordinates on a plane. They also apply the quadratic formula for a variety of problems with the help of a graphing calculator to draw the parabola for given coordinates.