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Precalculus Week of April 20-24, 2020

Honors precalculus assignments for the week of April 20 - 24, 2020.   Feel free to work at the suggested pace below or at your own pace provided you complete all assignments by 11:59 PM Sunday.  Monday: Hyperbola Investigation in Desmos  Go to student.desmos.com and type the class code 1st hour  PGTGE3, 2nd hour B8N554  Alternate Hyperbola Investigation in Geogebra – print out this handout, [...]

By | 2020-04-19T21:42:30+00:00 April 19th, 2020|PreCalculus|0 Comments

Precalculus Week of April 13 -17, 2020

Feel free to work at the suggested pace below or at your own pace provided you complete all assignments by 11:59 PM Sunday.  Tuesday:  Link to ellipse investigation https://www.geogebra.org/m/fewezAfz handout https://drive.google.com/open?id=15EqtamkU16ZtxM1D5qUnsN4-xWuOCgjP   Visit the calendar to watch the video and/or view the notes over the new material. Notes for Ellipses  Go to student.desmos.com and type the class code: 1st hour Y7E5MB , 2nd [...]

By | 2020-04-13T07:16:48+00:00 April 13th, 2020|PreCalculus|0 Comments

Looking for Patterns (Arithmetic Sequences and Finite Differences)

I bought and read Jo Boaler's "What's Math Got To Do With It?" last summer. She really gave me food for thought regarding grouping by ability and gender differences. I also read "Mathematical Mindsets" this fall. As a high school math teacher, I set a goal to make my teaching more visual, delve into the [...]

By | 2018-12-02T21:30:48+00:00 December 2nd, 2018|PreCalculus|0 Comments

Marginless Domain and Range Cards

I was intrigued by Sarah Carter's Domain and Range Cards on her Math=Love blog. I was afraid I would lose a lot of time having my students cut out the cards, so I made border-less cards with functions my Pre-Calculus students will see throughout the year. Pages 1 and 2 are the framework for the [...]

By | 2017-11-13T22:01:53+00:00 October 23rd, 2017|Algebra II, PreCalculus|0 Comments

Combinations of Functions and Composite Functions

Composite functions are a combination of two functions. The traditional math course introduces them like this: Let f and g be functions with overlapping domains. Then for all x common to both domains: (f + g)(x) = f(x) + g(x) (f - g)(x) = f(x) - g(x) (fg)(x) = f(x) · g(x) (f/g)(x) = f(x) / [...]

By | 2017-11-13T22:02:00+00:00 August 26th, 2015|PreCalculus, Statistics|0 Comments

Graphical Symmetry

There are three types of graphical symmetry you may be responsible for: x-axis, y-axis, and origin. Knowing the properties of symmetry can help you when sketching complex graphs. x-Axis Symmetry If an equation or function is symmetric with respect to the x-axis. you can fold the paper it is graphed on along the x-Axis and [...]

By | 2017-11-13T22:02:00+00:00 August 16th, 2015|PreCalculus|0 Comments

Could Nebraska Rely Exclusively on Wind Energy in Your Lifetime?

President Obama announced his carbon pollution standards for power plants on 8/03/2015. In it he outlines a 32% cut in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Currently, Nebraska gets about 72% of its electricity from coal. According to the American Wind Energy Association, Nebraska has the potential of meeting more than 118 times the state's current electrical [...]

By | 2017-11-13T22:02:01+00:00 August 3rd, 2015|Graphing Calculator, PreCalculus|0 Comments