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Hit a home run with your lessons. A two-part activity has learners explore quadratic equations that model the path of a baseball. They see how changing the initial speed of the ball affects its maximum height, maximum horizontal distance, and time in flight.
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Instructional Ideas
- Team up with a physics teacher and/or a physical education teacher to apply baseball concepts
Classroom Considerations
- Familiarity with graphing quadratic functions is a prerequisite
- Pupils should also know how to locate and interpret key features of quadratic functions
Pros
- Lists some strategies for differentiation
- Provides optional assessment questions and journal prompts
Cons
- One of the graphs is cut off in the PDF
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