Pattern of Transformations in one lesson....Achieving the impossible!

This year we are using a new resources. It approaches and orders concepts differently than previous years. So far we have looked at linear, inverse, exponential and started looking at quadratic. The first year using a new resource always throws up its own set of little hurdles. Todays hurdle was teaching transformations in a cramped timeline.

The class started by revising homework and reviewing the types of functions we have seen and introduce the idea of a parent function.

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Here we reviewed the characteristics of linear, quadratic, reciprocal, absolute and square root functions.

Each student got a blank table and series of graphs, by which they were to come up with some generalizations about how changes in the equation generated transformation of the graph. I asked them to color each function differently to make the sheet less overwhelming and draw their eyes to the transformation.

Credit: Resource adaptation from Mr Sell

This lesson worked best when all parts of the lesson were done. It was a two part lesson where the introduction and graphing was done in one (sent away to come up/finalize generalizations). Then start the next with compare and share and move into transformation of quadratic a in turning point form. 

Overall worked well :)