Worksheet
Curated OER

Functions

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students evaluate functions. Students graphs functions and determine the domain and range, find the sum, difference, and product of functions, find composite functions and explore the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Function-al Machines and Spaghetti Graphs

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify the relationship between patterns and functions. For this algebra lesson, 6th graders use a "Functional Machine" to identify the rule. Students use a function table to plot the points using play dough dots.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Introduction to Functions

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Input numbers into the function machine and explore independent and dependent variables.
Activity
University of Vienna (Austria)

Math Online: Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive site uses applets to show sample graphs of each simple power function, a function plotter, graph puzzles, and more. Great site.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Mathline: Mystery Liquids Lesson Plan [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students gather data from two mystery liquids to explore linear functions. Printable lesson.
Activity
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Functions and Their Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Thirty-three problems present a variety of practice graphing a relation and checking to see if it is a function. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Graphing Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of graphing functions. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It" button...
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Domain, Range, Vertical Line Test

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A detailed tutorial on functions covering the following topics: finding the domain and range of a function, using the vertical line test, determining whether a function is even, odd, or neither, and applying the greatest integer function...
Handout
Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Graphing Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that take a look at graphing functions including several examples of graphing piecewise functions.
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Student Achievement Partners

Illustrative Mathematics: Delivering the Mail [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Assess students learning of linear functions with a summative assessment.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Cyberchase: Chess Wager

For Students 6th - 9th
Harry and his friend make a wager on a game of chess and discuss the concept of exponential growth in this short Cyberchase video. [3:26]
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Reading Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Presents an introductory lesson to teach young scholars how to read and plot graphs and determine functions based on graphs.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Discovering Algebra: Changing the Shape of a Graph

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn how to stretch or shrink a graph vertically.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Construction Tools: Interactive Function Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students draw a dynamic graph of the quadratic function with interactive parameters. They understand that there is only one graph of the function that changes dynamically as the values of the parameters change.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Velocity Test: Interpreting Velocity Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to record the distance versus time data for the simple motion of a walker. They will calculate velocity from this graph and compare it with the velocity graph generated by the...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Picnic Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this activity, students find patterns to solve problems, explore functions, and graph linear functions on the coordinate plane.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Tic, Toc: Pendulum Motion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students' will use a motion detector to plot the position versus time graph for a swinging pendulum. They will determine the period of the motion and model the position data using a cosine function.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Oh, Those Functions!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The teacher will send graphs of functions to the Activity Center from his/her calculator and the students will try to match the teacher's input.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Prealgebra: Graphing Quadratic Functions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will compare the graph of Y=x^2 with the graph of the given functions
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exploring Motion Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create distance-time and velocity-time graphs with CBL2 and motion detectors.
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Introduction to Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good introductory tutorial on functions, through which you'll learn about relations, function, domain, and range by viewing several example questions and solutions, and by completing practice problems.
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Operations With Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to perform operations with functions via viewing problems and step-by-step solutions and completing several practice problems and checking your work.
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Graphing Functions by Plotting Points

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn how to graph a function by plotting points and how to determine the domain and range of a function through sample problems and step-by-step solutions and practice problems for you to complete.
Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra: Introduction to Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This introductory tutorial on functions offers important definitions, examples of functions, and practice exercises for you to complete and check.