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Completing the Square—Plotting Quadratics Instructional VideoCompleting the Square—Plotting Quadratics Instructional Video
Publisher
FuseSchool
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
3:03
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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Video
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Year
2017
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Instructional Video

Completing the Square—Plotting Quadratics

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Where is the turning point? The presentation demonstrates how the process of completing the square finds several points in the graph of a quadratic. One of the most important points found is the vertex of the graph. The video shows where to find the point in the process of solving a quadratic by completing the square.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

completing the square, graphing quadratics, x-intercepts, y-intercepts, vertex, maximums, minimums

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Conduct a review of the process of completing a square

Classroom Considerations

  • Individuals should know the relationship between the intercepts and the solutions and constant term of a quadratic
  • The class should be aware of how to determine if a graph opens upward or downward
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Uses color coding to show the relationships between numerical values and points on the graph
  • Provides examples for the class to work

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.9-10.2 HSA-SSE.B.3.b MP6 MP7

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