AlgebraIIB:CreatingArtFromFunctionsProjectThursdayWednesday

Author:MargaretHansen
Datecreated:12/09/201312:50AMUMSTDatemodified:05/11/201411:18PMUMST

Subject(s)

Mathematics

TopicorUnitofStudy

AppliedProject

Grade/Level

Grade10,Grade11,Grade12

Objective

Studentswillapplyknowledgeoffunctions,theirtransformations,andtheirshapestocreateartworkusingthewebsite
desmos.com.

Summary

Forthefirstdaystudentswillgoovervariousparentfunctionsandtheirtransformationstoreviewthetypesoffunctions
andtheirshapes.Ontheseconddayoftheprojectstudentswillbetaughthowtousethedesmos.comwebsiteandwill
begintodesigntheirownartwork.Onthethirddayoftheprojectstudentswillcompletetheirartworkonthe
desmos.comwebsiteandprintouttheirfinalcreations.Thefourthdayoftheprojectwillconsistofstudentspresenting
theirworkandthefunctionsrequiredtocreatethepicturestheycreated.

IMPLEMENTATION/PROCESS
AnticipatorySet/Building
Background

Studentswillviewvariousexampleartworkfromthedesmos.comwebsite.Studentswilllearntheexpectationsofthe
projectandwhattheyneedtodotocompletetheprojectforeachstage.

Modeling/Input

Iwillgoovervariousparentfunctionsandhowtotransformthem.Iwillalsodemonstratehowtousethedesmos.com
websiteincludinghowtoenterfunctions,equations,inequalities,points,etc.

DifferentiatedInstruction

Studentswillchoosethetypeofartworktheycreate,andstudentscanchoosetomaketheartworkmoreorless
complicated.Studentscanworkwithpartnerstocreatemoreelaborateworksofart.

Practice
(Guided/Independent)

Studentswillfillinchartsonparentfunctionsandtransformationsoffunctionsthattheyareallowedtouseduringthe
project.Studentswillthenusetheseskillstocreateartworkusingthedesmos.comwebsite.Studentsmaydoanimage
searchforpicturesthatwillinspirethemfortheirfinalproduct.Studentswillthendoaquicksketchofthetypeofpicture
theywanttocreateandlabelthetypeoffunctions,equations,inequaliteis,orpointsthattheywillneedtowritefor
each.Studentswillberequiredtouseatminimumtwentyfunctions,equations,points,orinequalities.Studentswillthen
createtheirfinaldraftoftheirartworkonthedesmos.comwebsite.

CheckforUnderstanding

Iwillaskstudentsquestionsduringtheparentfunctionreview.Studentswillcheckinwithmeontheirprogressforeach
stageoftheproject.Iwillmonitorstudentworkandmakecorrectionswhennecessary.Studentswillbeabletoplaywith
theirdesignsonthewebsitetodeterminehowtobestwriteeachfunction,equation,inequality,orpoint.

Closure

Studentswillpresenttheirartworktotheclassalongwiththefunctions/equations/points/inequalitiesthattheyused
andtheirprocess.

MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials
(handouts,etc.)/Resources

desmos.com,computerlab,scratchpaper,parentfunctionhandouts.

STANDARDSANDASSESSMENT
Standards

AZArizonaEnglishLanguageProficiency(ELP)Standards(2013)
Stage:ELLStageV:Grades912
Strand:ListeningandSpeaking
Area:ComprehensionofOralCommunications
Standard:Standard1:Thestudentwilllistenactivelytotheideasofothersinordertoacquirenewknowledge.
Level:Basic
Benchmark:
B1:discriminatebetweenindividualphonemesinminimalpairsandminimalphrases.(e.g.,thefatcat,thefat
rat)
Benchmark:
B2:distinguishingbetweentheindividualwordsofasentence.
Benchmark:
B3:respondingtofictionandnonfictionreadaloudsbyidentifyingmainideas/conceptsandsupportingdetails
incompletesentences.
Benchmark:
B4:sequencingeventsfromreadalouds,presentationsandconversations.
Benchmark:
B5:retellingmainideas/conceptsandkeypoints/detailsofpresentationsusingcompletesentences.
Benchmark:
B6:respondingtosocialconversationsbyrephrasing/repeatinginformation,askingquestions,andexpressing
onesthoughts

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Benchmark:
B7:respondingincompletesentencestoquestionsandstatementsinacademicdiscussionsbyasking
questionsandsharingonesviewsonfacts,ideas,and/orevents.
Benchmark:
B8:followingmultiplestepdirections,instructions,andprocedureswhichincludeprepositionalphrases
Benchmark:
B9:askingquestionstoclarifyideas,andconcepts.
Benchmark:
B10:recognizingthelanguagenuancesofaspeaker.(e.g.,asubtledifferenceintone,expression,meaning,
etc.
Area:DeliveryofOralCommunications
Standard:Standard2:Thestudentwillexpressorallyhisorherownthinkingandideas.
Level:Basic
Benchmark:
B1:producingmultisyllabicwordsincludingthosewithcommonaffixeswithaccuratepronunciationandstress
withinstructionalsupport.
Benchmark:
B2:recitingsimplepoemsandrepeatedpatternedspeechwithappropriaterhythm,rate,andphrasing.
Benchmark:
B3:expressingonesneedsandemotionsincompletesentences
Benchmark:
B4:participatinginsocialconversationswithfamiliarandunfamiliarpeoplesharingpersonalinformation,
experiences,opinions,andabilitiesusingcompletesentences.
Benchmark:
B5:askingandrespondingtoacademicquestionsincompletesentences.(e.g.,makingcomparisons,
describingevents,etc.)
Benchmark:
B6:sharingapersonalexperience/storysupportedbydetailsandexamplesincompletesentences.
Benchmark:
B7:reportdetailedinformationonatopicsupportedbyconcretedetails,commentary,andexamplesin
completesentences.
Benchmark:
B8:deliveringapreparedpresentationthatincludesthemainidea,detailedinformationandexplanations,and
avalidconclusioninsimpleandcompoundsentences
Benchmark:
B10:providingmultiplestepdirections/instructionsusingsentencesandphrases
Benchmark:
B11:providinganappropriateresponsetogivenformalandinformalsituations.

AZCommonCoreStateStandards(2012)
Subject:Mathematics
Grade:HighSchool
ContentArea:Functions
Domain:
InterpretingFunctionsFIF
Cluster:
Analyzefunctionsusingdifferentrepresentations
7.Graphfunctionsexpressedsymbolicallyandshowkeyfeaturesofthegraph,byhandinsimplecasesandusing
technologyformorecomplicatedcases.
7.a.Graphlinearandquadraticfunctionsandshowintercepts,maxima,andminima.
7.b.Graphsquareroot,cuberoot,andpiecewisedefinedfunctions,includingstepfunctionsandabsolutevalue
functions.
7.c.Graphpolynomialfunctions,identifyingzeroswhensuitablefactorizationsareavailable,andshowingend
behavior.
7.d.(+)Graphrationalfunctions,identifyingzerosandasymptoteswhensuitablefactorizationsareavailable,and
showingendbehavior.
7.e.Graphexponentialandlogarithmicfunctions,showinginterceptsandendbehavior,andtrigonometric
functions,showingperiod,midline,andamplitude.
8.Writeafunctiondefinedbyanexpressionindifferentbutequivalentformstorevealandexplaindifferent
propertiesofthefunction.
8.a.Usetheprocessoffactoringandcompletingthesquareinaquadraticfunctiontoshowzeros,extremevalues,
andsymmetryofthegraph,andinterprettheseintermsofacontext.
8.b.Usethepropertiesofexponentstointerpretexpressionsforexponentialfunctions.Forexample,identify
percentrateofchangeinfunctionssuchasy=(1.02)t,y=(0.97)t,y=(1.01)12t,y=(1.2)t/10,andclassify
themasrepresentingexponentialgrowthordecay.
9.Comparepropertiesoftwofunctionseachrepresentedinadifferentway(algebraically,graphically,numerically
intables,orbyverbaldescriptions).Forexample,givenagraphofonequadraticfunctionandanalgebraic
expressionforanother,saywhichhasthelargermaximum.

Domain:
BuildingFunctionsFBF
Cluster:
Buildnewfunctionsfromexistingfunctions

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3.Identifytheeffectonthegraphofreplacingf(x)byf(x)+k,kf(x),f(kx),andf(x+k)forspecificvaluesofk
(bothpositiveandnegative)findthevalueofkgiventhegraphs.Experimentwithcasesandillustratean
explanationoftheeffectsonthegraphusingtechnology.Includerecognizingevenandoddfunctionsfromtheir
graphsandalgebraicexpressionsforthem.
4.Findinversefunctions.
4.a.Solveanequationoftheformf(x)=cforasimplefunctionfthathasaninverseandwriteanexpressionfor
theinverse.Forexample,f(x)=2x3orf(x)=(x+1)/(x1)forx?1.
4.b.(+)Verifybycompositionthatonefunctionistheinverseofanother.
4.c.(+)Readvaluesofaninversefunctionfromagraphoratable,giventhatthefunctionhasaninverse.
4.d.(+)Produceaninvertiblefunctionfromanoninvertiblefunctionbyrestrictingthedomain.
5.(+)Understandtheinverserelationshipbetweenexponentsandlogarithmsandusethisrelationshiptosolve
problemsinvolvinglogarithmsandexponents.

Domain:
MathematicalPracticesHS.MP
Area:Standards
Standard:
1.Makesenseofproblemsandpersevereinsolvingthem.
Standard:
2.Reasonabstractlyandquantitatively.
Standard:
4.Modelwithmathematics.
Standard:
5.Useappropriatetoolsstrategically.
Standard:
6.Attendtoprecision.
Standard:
7.Lookforandmakeuseofstructure.
Standard:
8.Lookforandexpressregularityinrepeatedreasoning.

Assessment/Rubrics

Attachments:
1. CreatingArtFromFunctionsProject.htm

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