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Unit Title: Conic Sections Time

Frame: 2 weeks

Course: Algebra II

Grade Level: 9
CURRICULUM/STANDARDS
Arizonas College and Career Ready Standards Mathematics High School:
HS.G-GPE.A.1
HS.G-GPE.A.2
HS.G-GPE.A.3
HS.G-CO.A.2
HS.G-CO.A.4

KEY THEMES/QUESTIONS
What is a conic section and how can we use them to describe functions?
What are the different conic sections and how can we manipulate a cone and plane to generate them?
How do we apply our observations from manipulating a cone and a plane towards generating functions that represent them
and then graphing those functions?

ASSESSMENT
Formative assessment on background knowledge of base conic sections: circle and parabola
Completion of Homework Assignments
Note Taker Checks for Understanding
Completed Worksheet
Unit Test

RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Text Book: Benson, J. (1995). Algebra 2 and trigonometry (1st ed.). Evanston, Ill.: McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin.
Worksheets: Right Circular Cone and Plane cutouts, Conic Sections Note taker
Software: Desmos (graphical manipulation of base functions, internet required), Solidworks (or similar, for visual/physical
manipulation of cone/plane intersections and observations of such)
Other: Graphing calculators, acrylic manipulatives (in dept. office), scissors, tape.
 Unit Calendar
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*Modular schedule, no 2nd or 4th period on Monday

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

Review on Circles and Introduction to Conics Manipulating Conics and Defining and classifying
Parabolas (short day, Solidworks producing general the four types of conic
(background knowledge demonstration and descriptions and sketches. sections.
check, formative discussion) (note taker, manipulatives, (note taker, manipulatives)
assessment) (HW group work)
Assignment 1)
Generating equations for Investigating Translations Graphing Conic Sections Unit Test
Conic Sections and of base functions and Solving Systems (Short subject test)
graphing (Desmos experimentation (Complete note taker and
(note taker and worksheet) and Translation review worksheet, group work)
(HW Assignment 2) from Ch 6, group work)