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Function Flyer |
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| Go to: |
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/lessons/Combinatorics/
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| Description: |
Students can manipulate the constants and coefficients in any function thereby encouraging the user to explore the effects on the graph of the function by changing those numbers. |
| Technology Type: |
Java Applet | |
| Author: |
Shodor: Project Interactivate |
| Language: |
English | |
| Cost: |
Does not require payment for use |
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| Lesson Plans: |
Graphing and the Coordinate Plane Lesson |
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Graphs and Functions |
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Introduction to Functions |
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Introduction to Linear Functions |
| Support Materials: |
From Graphs to Function Machines and Back Dialogue |
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Gathering Information from Graphs Dialogue |
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| Courses: |
Math 7 |
Deriving a function |
| Algebra |
Functions / Relations, Ind / Dep Variables, Notation, Linear Equations, Finding Intercepts, Graphing |
| Algebra II |
Transformations of functions, Horizontal shift, Vertical shift, Vertical stretch / compression, Horizontal stretch / compression, Logarithmic Functions, Graphing |
| Trigonometry |
Trig Functions, Graphs of Functions, Transforming Graphs, Hyperbolic Functions, sinh, cosh, tanh |
| PreCalculus |
linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic, absolute value, domain and range of functions, graphs and parameters of these functions |
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 Teacher Review (Based on classroom experience)
Reviewer: Craig, Apr 12 2005 11:47AM |
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What did students learn? I used Function Flyer to demonstrate the role of "a" in the vertex form of a quadratic function, f(x) = a(x - h)^2 + k. |
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Recommended for: Algebra: Polynomials, Graphing Quadratics |
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Alan Cooper |
| Comment: | This shows (-1)^x as piecewise linear! |
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