Students will complete a Functions Choice Board they will have two options from each section. What is a function, graphing linear functions and Graphing Quadratic.
The students have been hired to design molds to pour hot chocolate into to make individual-sized chocolate pieces. The molds can either be spheres, hemispheres, cones or cylinders. The chocolate company wants each chocolate to have a volume within 0.05 cubic inches of 0.25 cubic inches (0.25 ± 0.05 cubic inches). Design a mold for each of the four shapes that meets this criterion. Include a sketch with dimensions and show mathematics to support that the volume falls into the given range. Present the information clearly on a sheet of paper or poster to present to the chocolate company’s management.
Function end of unit review function board.
Students will use system of equations to assit with planning a trip to disney and budget their expensives.
In this Mastery Mission students will have the opportunity to explore the historical development of the concept of irrational numbers. They will research the life and times of the Greek mathematician Theodorus and will construct and analyze his famous “Wheel of Theodorus."