Precalculus Graphing Polar Coordinates "Date" Project

Description

Practice graphing with polar coordinates by having your students embark on a date in this love themed project! The cardiod (heart), lemniscate (bow), rose curve (flower), circle and more are explored! There is a calculator portion where students reveal a butterfly and a portion where they can create their own graph as well.

INCLUDED:
- 5 themed polar graphs
- An opportunity for students to get creative and make their own graph and prompt
- Scoring rubric
- Full worked solutions answer key

I have done this activity with Precalculus students around Valentines Day, because our polar unit fell in February, but it really can be done any time and the kids get a kick out of the theme!

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Precalculus Graphing Polar Coordinates "Date" Project

Name: Precalculus Graphing Polar Coordinates "Date" Project
Brand: Stacey Garrity
SKU: 2420649
Price: 5.00 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.39 (10 reviews)

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Digital downloads

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Grades

9th - 12th, Higher Education

Subjects

Calculus, Math, PreCalculus

Standards

CCSSHSN-CN.B.4

CCSSHSF-BF.B.3

Description

INCLUDED:
- 5 themed polar graphs
- An opportunity for students to get creative and make their own graph and prompt
- Scoring rubric
- Full worked solutions answer key

I have done this activity with Precalculus students around Valentines Day, because our polar unit fell in February, but it really can be done any time and the kids get a kick out of the theme!

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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Rated 4.39 out of 5, based on 10 reviews

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Rated 4 out of 5

May 18, 2023

This project introduced polar coordinates to my students with very little input. It is a great end of the year project and engaging.

Laura H.

8 reviews

Grades taught: 11th, 12th

Rated 3 out of 5

October 10, 2021

I am unsure how this project works. No instructions or key included

Deonna D.

4 reviews

Grades taught: 12th

Rated 4 out of 5

October 13, 2020

Students especially loved the end where they got to create their own. Worked great with our 90 minute block schedule.

Myraida Combre

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82 reviews

Grades taught: 10th, 11th, 12th

Rated 4 out of 5

February 10, 2020

You should add an answer key.

Giulia N.

1 review

Rated 4.7 out of 5

February 3, 2019

There is no key?

A Piece of Pi Mathematics

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231 reviews

Rated 5 out of 5

March 22, 2018

This is a fun and great way to engage the students and they had fun with it! Thank you!

Tricia S.

471 reviews

Rated 5 out of 5

October 11, 2017

Awesome!

stephanie W.

135 reviews

Rated 4.4 out of 5

September 12, 2017

Students enjoyed the activity.

Patrick S.

61 reviews

Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSSHSN-CN.B.4

Represent complex numbers on the complex plane in rectangular and polar form (including real and imaginary numbers), and explain why the rectangular and polar forms of a given complex number represent the same number.

CCSSHSF-BF.B.3

Identify the effect on the graph of replacing 𝘧(𝘹) by 𝘧(𝘹) + 𝘬, 𝘬 𝘧(𝘹), 𝘧(𝘬𝘹), and 𝘧(𝘹 + 𝘬) for specific values of 𝘬 (both positive and negative); find the value of 𝘬 given the graphs. Experiment with cases and illustrate an explanation of the effects on the graph using technology.