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Family Ties: Exploring Families OF Functions Lesson PlanFamily Ties: Exploring Families OF Functions Lesson Plan
Publisher
K20 LEARN
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11th - 12th
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Math
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Duration
2 hrs
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Direct Instruction
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Year
2022
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Family Ties: Exploring Families OF Functions

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  • Function Families Cards - English (.docx)
  • Function Families Cards - Spanish (.pdf)
  • Function Families Cards - Spanish (.docx)
  • Function Stories - English (.pdf)
  • Function Stories - English (.docx)
  • Function Stories - Spanish (.pdf)
  • Function Stories - Spanish (.docx)
  • Tonya's Travels - English (.pdf)
  • Tonya's Travels - English (.docx)
  • Tonya's Travels - Spanish (.pdf)
  • Tonya's Travels - Spanish (.docx)
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They say it runs in the family. Small groups use a card sorting activity to group graphs of functions into families. After grouping by families, the class develops conclusions for parent functions and create a graphic organizer.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

graphing functions, parent functions, quadratic functions, absolute value functions, cubic functions, exponential functions, logarithmic functions, square root functions, cube roots, intercepts, asymptotes, end behavior

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • If the class does not sort functions to better make conclusions about function types, introduce the way another class sorted them
  • Take time to note the transformations of the functions

Classroom Considerations

  • Assumes the class is familiar with several function types

Pros

  • Provides detailed instructions on how to make the graphic organizer
  • Contains teacher notes of possible answers

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSF-IF.C.7.a HSF-IF.C.7.b HSF-IF.C.7.e MP2 MP5

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