Unit 6 - Creating Functions and Analyzing Models

Assignment Guide

Learning Targets:

• I can determine whether a situation is linear or exponential.
• I can construct linear and exponential functions, given a graph, a description of a relationship, or two input-output pairs.
• I can compare properties of two functions.
• I can analyze linear models (equations that represent a situation) in the form f(x) = mx +b and ax + by = c and exponential models in the form of f(x)=b^x+k.
• I can interpret the significance of the constant term in a linear or exponential model.
• I can interpret the significance of the coefficient of the input variable in a linear model.
• I can interpret the significance of the base (growth/decay rate) in an exponential model.
• I can create a new function from an old function by vertically translating a linear or exponential function.

Online Videos, Tutorials and Games:

• Videos on Constructing a Linear Equation in Slope-Intercept Form
• Videos on Point-Slope Form
• Graph Match Activity
• Game 1 - Basketball using Slope-Intercept
• Game 2 - Cockroaches in Slope-Intercept
  • Game 3 - Gems in Slope-Intercept