How Far is it Around that Circle?
Materials: Compass, ruler, paper, string, Geometer’s Sketchpad. Activity 1: Open your compass approximately 2 inches and construct a circle. Without changing the opening of your compass, mark off equal lengths around the outside of the [...]
Graphing Absolute Value
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXhADp-KPg8 When graphing the absolute value function, create a t-chart and list values for x. Then plug those values into the equation to find y. Be sure to treat the absolute value like a parenthesis [...]
Real World Absolute Value Functions
Absolute Value To understand how the absolute value can be applied to the real world, we'll look at two topics: What is considered normal with regard to the temperature of the human body and Fuel [...]
An Evolved Response to the Question “Why Do I Need to Learn Algebra”
I started my teaching career in a small school in Rosendale, MO. I was fresh out of college, married less than two months, and was tasked with finding a place for us to live where [...]