Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Determining Parent Functions (Verbal/graph)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a graph or verbal description of a function, the student will determine whether the parent function is quadratic or linear.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Parent Functions and Their Children

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will be able to identify parent functions of linear functions, absolute value functions, and quadratic functions. Students will be presented with functions and asked to graph them by first identifying the basic...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway:analyzing Effects of the Changes in M and B on the Graph of Y=mx+b

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given algebraic, graphical, or verbal representations of linear functions, the studnet will determine the effects on the graph of the parent function f(x) = x.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Families of Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This activity provides students an opportunity to discover the similarities involved in shifting the parent functions for absolute value, quadratic, cubic, radical, exponential, and logarithmic functions. Students will also be given the...
Website
Other

Xaktly: Rational Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
On this site students explore the concept of rational functions. The site begins by looking at the parent function for all rational functions, which is a hyperbola. The other topics that are covered on the tutorial include horizontal...
eBook
Other

Exponential Growth Functions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a chapter from an Algebra textbook. It looks at exponential growth functions - graphing and analyzing them, predicting transformations, graphing and writing equations for combined transformations, and modeling with exponential...
Article
University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Parent Guide to Functional Assessment and Support [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This 21-page guide describes what a functional assessment is and what it can do to help your child. You can use this information to help your child at home, and also work with school staff to put a plan into place at school.
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Examples of Functions From Geometry

For Students 8th
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in examples of functions from geometry.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Parent Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Here's a file that shows the graphs of eight major mathematical functions. Save it on your computer to use individual graphs in documents you create.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Translations of Parent Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity utilizes the TI-Navigator and Activity Center to explore translations of a parent graph.
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Translations of a Square Root Function Graph: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present how to graph translations of the square root function from the parent function [f(x) = ?x]. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Translations of a Square Root Function Graph." Includes short quiz.
Professional Doc
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Linear Functions

For Teachers 8th Standards
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in linear functions.
Activity
J Coffman

Joseph Coffman's Lecture Notes: Vertical & Horizontal Translation

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about translations. Algebra topics discussed are parent functions, horizontal translations, vertical translations, and diagonal translations. The learning exercise consists of examples and an assessment about types of...
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Math Challenges for Families

For Students 2nd - 8th
Students, teachers, and parents alike will enjoy this challenging math site. It contains a clever brain teaser section plus creative problems related to algebra, geometry, measurement, numbers, statistics, and probability. A Spanish...
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Female Reproductive System

For Students 9th - 10th
The parts of the female reproductive system and how they function are explained, as well as problems that can develop. An interactive diagram shows the internal structure, accompanied by descriptive text.
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Male Reproductive System

For Students 9th - 10th
The parts of the male reproductive system and how they function are explained, as well as problems that can develop. An interactive diagram shows the internal structure, accompanied by descriptive text.
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Electrolytes

For Students 9th - 10th
What happens when your blood is tested for electrolytes? Find the answer to this question, and learn how electrolytes, like sodium, potassium, and chloride, function in the body and keep you healthy.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Effects of Changing Y Intercepts in Problem Situations

For Students 9th - 10th
Given verbal, symbolic, numerical, or graphical representations of problem situations, the student will interpret and predict the effects of changing the y-intercept in the context of the situations.
Activity
Math2

Math2: Trigonometric Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Sketches of the graphs of the 12 "parent," trigonometry functions are given: sine, cosine, tangent, secant, cosecant, cotangent, arcsine, arccosine, arctangent, arcsecant, arccosecant, and arccotangent.
Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Cognitive Development

For Students 9th - 10th
Who is the smartest in your family? That's a no-brainer, you might think: it is clearly mom or dad. But what about your grandma and grandpa, are they smarter than mom and dad? How will things be in a few years from now, when you are done...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Do I Look Like I'm Made of Money?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
One of the most common replies given by parents when their children ask for money is "Do I look like I'm made of Money?" This lesson is designed to educate students about the need for money as a generally accepted medium of exchange. The...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 8.f High School Graduation

For Teachers 8th Standards
This is an interesting problem that presents a list of high school students who are graduating. Given the information on the pamphlet, 8th graders are asked to determine how long the speeches were and an equation that will help parents...
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Digestive System

For Students 9th - 10th
The parts of the digestive system and how they function are explained. An interactive diagram shows the location of each part of the system, and summarizes what each does. Disorders of the digestive system are also described.
Handout
Curated OER

Kids Health: Eyes

For Students 9th - 10th
The anatomy of the eye, how it functions to allow us to see, and vision problems that can develop are described.

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