Lesson Plan

Average Rate of Change

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Learners consider the rate of filling a cone in the 23rd installment of this lesson series. They analyze the volume of the cone at various heights and discover the rate of filling is not constant. The lesson ends with a discussion of average rate of change.

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CCSS: Designed
Instructional Ideas
  • Incorporate as an additional lesson for your upper-level pupils
  • Adapt the lesson into a lab analysis and compare algebraic results with the lab results
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires a hollow three-dimensional cone for demonstration purposes
Pros
  • Provides video resources to use in place of demonstrations
  • Connects algebraic and geometric concepts
Cons
  • None
Common Core