Graphing Quadratics - Transforming the Parent Function

Lesson Prep

Lesson Details

• Duration: 50 minutes

• Learning Goal: Develop procedural fluency with graphing quadratic functions.

Prework

• Make sure you have Chromebooks or some other class set of technology

Answer Keys

• Link to Answer Keys

Classwork

• Estimation – La Chona

• Warm Up / Notes

• Partial Match My Parabola (Desmos)

• Polygraph: Parabolas (Desmos)

  • Only spend 5-10 minutes on this activity

Standards

Common Core

• HSF.IF.C.7.A – Graph linear and quadratic functions and show intercepts, maxima, and minima.

TEKS

• A.6(A) – determine the domain and range of quadratic functions and represent the domain and range using inequalities

• A.7(A) – graph quadratic functions on the coordinate plane and use the graph to identify key attributes, if possible, including x-intercept, y-intercept, zeros, maximum value, minimum values, vertex, and the equation of the axis of symmetry