Integrated Math III · Week 24 · Trigonometric Functions
Tides and Timing
Modeling tides; reading patterns in people and nature.
- Students will
- Students evaluate a cosine model of tide height, find the period, and read high and low tide times from the table.
- SEL skill
- Ask what a person who relies on a pattern needs to know
- What it looks like
- Students practice reading patterns in people and nature, and listen for what others need.
- Content focus
- Modeling tides with a cosine function
- Format
- Structured discussion
Social awareness
Social awareness means understanding and caring about the perspectives and needs of others, including people different from you. More social awareness activities
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Standards
- F-TF.5: High School Functions: Trigonometric Functions, standard 5
- Standard for Mathematical Practice: MP4 Model with mathematics
- CA Mathematics Framework (2023): Exploring Changing Quantities
- Traditional course: Algebra II
Fits these textbook chapters
- CCSS Integrated Pathway Mathematics III, Unit 3: Trigonometry of General Triangles and Trigonometric Functions
- Carnegie Learning Integrated Math III, Module 4: Investigating Periodic Functions
- CPM Core Connections Integrated III, Chapter 9: Trigonometric Functions
- Savvas enVision Integrated Mathematics III, Topic 6: Trigonometric Functions
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More social awareness activities for Integrated Math III
- Samples and Stories Social awarenessHow sampling methods include or leave out voices.
- Surveys That Listen Social awarenessDesigning an unbiased survey about student needs.
- The Normal Curve Social awarenessNormal distributions; why being far from average is human.
- Modeling with Geometry Social awarenessDesigning an accessible ramp or shade structure.
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