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The "Tennis Ball Quadratic" project to do early in the school year when the weather is still nice! Each student will throw a tennis ball straight up in the air and record the time it takes for the ball to land on the ground. With that information each student will be able to solve for the maximum height of the tennis ball as well as the velocity at which the tennis ball was thrown!
We've started using the "Perfect Price" project to review Quadratics while introducing Polynomials. When we covert our equation from "Factored Form" to "Standard Form" it's a great oppotunity to focus on the relationship between "factors" & "x-intercepts" before students start to solve polynomial equations. It's also a great "jumping-off point" for introducing patterns in graphs of Quadratic equations that can be expanded to include graphs of Polynomials.
New for the 2024-25 school year, we'll be using these "Hook Lessons" for Graphing Quadratics and Quadtratics & Polynomials. We'll also suggest that teachers print out a poster-sized copy of the "Menu of Covariaton" and post it in the front of their classrooms.
Teacher Suggestions:
Day 1 of your Quadratics Unit- Introduce the project (you can use this video below) and bring the students outside to collect their data. The "enrichment version" is a good alternative for honors students or for extra credit. You can assign the paper version of the project or the "Google-Classroom Friendly version (enrichment included)" . Here is a Teacher Example that you can post in your Google Classroom as well.
Day 1 of your Polynomials Unit - You can assign the paper version of the project or the "Google-Classroom Friendly version " . Here is a Teacher Example that you can post in your Google Classroom as well.
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