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Functions in Everyday Life

Functions in Everyday Life. MCHS College Algebra. Function Unit Purpose. Engage students in relating equations to graphical representations. Allow students the opportunity to find functions in their everyday lives. Create a photo gallery of functions in the “real” world.

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Functions in Everyday Life

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  1. Functions in Everyday Life MCHS CollegeAlgebra

  2. Function Unit Purpose • Engage students in relating equations to graphical representations. • Allow students the opportunity to find functions in their everyday lives. • Create a photo gallery of functions in the “real” world.

  3. Project Objective The students will review the process used to graph the parent functions in class. Then the students will take pictures of their surroundings that closely represent the functions. The students will use Geometer’s Sketchpad to draw the functions on top of the picture. Finally, the students will post their pictures to our class website.

  4. Possible Functions Squaring or CubingFunctions

  5. Possible Functions Square Root or Cube RootFunctions

  6. Possible Functions Absolute Value or GreatestInteger Function

  7. Possible Functions Piecewise Function

  8. StudentProjects • Link to Class Website • StudentComments • I didn’trealizethatthesefunctionsreally are around us. • This was a neatproject to see how math is in the real world. • I thought I would have a hard time findingstuff to takepictures of, but I have toomany to pickfrom.

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