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Introduction to quadratic functions
Objective: SWBAT understand the basics of a quadratic function.
Big Idea: Basketball shots and parabolas - quadratic functions! Hook students into quadratic functions with this introductory lesson.
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75 minutes
Warm-up
10 min
Each day, students complete a Warmup that usually consists of spiraling the previous day's material, in addition to older material. Warm-up problems also sometimes extend lessons that students have encountered before to more unfamiliar contexts.
I often use a "mixtape" approach that pushes the kids to see/review multiple types of problems - the cumulative effect of which can be really powerful.
Homework
15 min
Tonight's Homework is Introduction to quadratic functions, an assignment which reviews the content of today's lesson.
