Integrated Math II · Week 6 · Quadratic Expressions, Equations, and Functions
Launch Day
Modeling a projectile with a quadratic and planning a goal with a peak and a landing.
- Students will
- Students use a quadratic model of height to find the starting height, peak, and landing time, and connect it to a goal plan.
- SEL skill
- Set a goal with a peak and a landing date and name the first step
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by planning a goal with a peak and a landing date.
- Content focus
- Modeling projectile motion with a quadratic
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management is steering your feelings, thinking, and actions so they help you get where you want to go. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- F-IF.4: High School Functions: Interpreting Functions, standard 4
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP4 Model with mathematics
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Exploring Changing Quantities
- Traditional course: Algebra I
Fits these textbook chapters
- CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics II, Unit 2: Quadratic Functions and Modeling
- CPM Core Connections Integrated II, Chapter 9: Modeling with Functions
- Savvas enVision Integrated Mathematics II, Topic 3: Quadratic Functions
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More self-management activities for Integrated Math II
- Powers and Patience Self-managementRational exponents through pattern work, with a calm strategy for confusing notation.
- Factoring Our Way Through Self-managementFactoring quadratics with a stuck plan and partner hints.
- Completing the Square Self-managementCompleting the square step by step, with a breathing reset between steps.
- Piecewise Days Self-managementPiecewise functions model a day that changes rules: school, work, rest.
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