Function Junction

Students plot the given points to make 3 different parallelograms in the coordinate plane. They must show the given theorem to be true that shows the quadrilateral is a parallelogram.

A set of 3 labs from Function Junction. Each lab contains a table, a grid to plot data and follow-up questions to walk students through the linear regression analysis. Questions include equations of the line of best fit, correlation coefficient, residual plots and extrapolating data.

Students place their "ships" on the cartesian coordinate plane. Guideline for ships are on the worksheet. Students will work in pairs to guess the location of each other's ships. I usually give each student a manilla folder to hide their papers from their opponent.

This worksheet has students plot given points of a trapezoid. Then students must use midpoint formula to find the coordinates of the midsegment. Next, they verify that the segments are parallel using the formula for slope. Then they must use distance formula to verify the length of the midsegment.