Creating Cartoons for Linear and Quadratic Functions

Introduction

Creating Cartoons for Linear and Quadratic Functions project is a demonstration of an art related with Math and can be a fun part of Math. Its purpose will be to connect both the audience and the demonstrator to apply their knowledge and critical thinking skills to gain a new understanding of art skills, linear functions, and quadratic functions, using pencil, colored pencil, colored markers, card board and paper to manipulate a "cartoon".

Driving Question

What are your own Math cartoons for Linear and Quadratic Functions?

Creating Cartoons

• • Topic:

Creating cartoons for Linear and Quadratic Functions

• • Main Idea/Big picture:

Explaining what Linear and Quadratic Functions are through cartoon drawings. (*including humor)

• • Principles and Concepts:

I will be solving linear and quadratic functions, and graph them.

• • Materials:

    • • Pencil

      • Colored Pencils

      • Colored Markers

      • Cardboard

      • Paper

  • Key words/Quantities:

    • • Table

      • Cartoons

      • Compare

      • Variables

      • Graph Functions

      • Draw

  • Pictures:

Procedures

The procedure for this demonstration will revolve around a series of questions that serve to allow the participants to gain understanding and comprehension of certain concepts gradually.

1. Have each participant make their own cartoon or comic, providing them a pre-made model as a guide. Allow the participants to review over basic properties of a cartoon, and comic, such as bubbles/squares/boxes and captions.

2. Have the participants determine the topic of their cartoon/comic.

3. Have the participants think about a possible method of figuring out the conversation of the cartoon/comics.

4. Have the participants draw the cartoon/comic from different perspectives.

5. Demonstrate and discuss the connection between the comic/cartoon and their conversations, incorporating the main idea, cooperation with linear and quadratic functions as well.

6. Allow the participants to come up with their own versions of cartoon/comic.

Safety Regulations

There are no safety concerns in this project. However, be weary for drawing and coloring.

PBL Investigation

1. What was your process of creating those cartoons?

The process of making my project, took lots of time to make. First I drafted out my cartoons and equations, and took notes for my project, on my notebook. Then I finally drew them on the poster board, and added color. This was pretty much my process of creating my cartoons.

2. What did you learn in this process?

I learned that cartoons can be a fun and great way, to demonstrate linear and quadratic functions.

3. What was the most difficult part of the project?

The most difficult part of this project, was having to make intentional errors, with the functions and equations, to connect with my cartoons.

4. What was the easiest part of the project?

The easiest part of this project was having to color all of my drawings, because the coloring part, didn't take a much work and time, as it for the actual cartoon drawings.

5. Now, what do you understand from linear functions (not formal definition)?

I learn from the word, "linear" has the word line, meaning that linear equations are equations that form a straight line across, when plotted on a graph.

6. Now, what do you understand from quadratic functions (not formal definition)?

I noticed that The word "Quadratic" has the prefix word, Quad meaning four. So Quadratic Functions, are when the variable has the highest exponent is squared.

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