Scholars investigate transforming parabolas.  In this transforming parabolas lesson plan, they take the parent graph y=x^2 and transform it by shifting left, right, up, and down and shrinking and stretching. The class finds maximums, minimums, roots, vertices, and concavity of various parabolas.  Finally, they are given a quadratic equation in vertex form and are asked to find the standard form of the equation.

Common Core

HSA-SSE.B.3.a HSA-APR.B.3 HSA-CED.A.2 HSA-REI.B.4.a HSF-IF.B.4 HSF-IF.C.7.a HSF-IF.C.8.a HSF-BF.B.3