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Looking at complex functions can be scary, but understanding where they come from and how they relate to each other can help! Using common parent functions, students will practice function transformations, specifically shifting, by both graphing and writing equations. The concept of a "family tree" is used to show students that functions can be related, but also unique individuals. Given a graph of the original function, students will draw four "family members" or transformations: shift up,

Parent graphs are common, relatively simple functions that are used frequently in math (and the majority of other function are created through transformations of these twelve). Asking students to memorize twelve graphs and traits for each can be overwhelming. To help my students better learn these graphs, they create their own book about the parent graphs. Each page includes a place for the original function, common points on the graph, a sketch, and a description that includes domain, range,