Don't think this lesson is for Mom and Dad; parent functions are all for your high schoolers. Flip through a presentation with a focus slide on each type of graph and its characteristics. Some examples are included but the focus is on the graphs. 

Concepts

parent functions, linear functions, quadratic functions, cubic functions, piecewise functions, domain, functions, square root functions, reciprocal functions, step functions

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a notes guide for the lesson

Classroom Considerations

• Doesn't include the exponential or logarithmic functions

Pros

• Informative introduction to the graphs and features of each parent function

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSF-IF.B.4 HSF-IF.B.5