Mathy Magic

Do your students have difficulty breaking down quadratic application problems? This handout breaks down the questions and helps students connect their knowledge of quadratic graphs to solving projectile application problems. By first identifying what each part of the graph represents in a real world context, students can then begin to decode the problems with no scaffolding from the teacher.

Students will travel around the room to find the solutions to factoring various trinomials. Good way to review before a quiz or just to reinforce factoring practice. More fun for students that sitting in their seats just doing a worksheet with factoring.

Seven stations that will help students review for a test on quadratics. Stations include graphing, projectile applications, analyzing questions, factoring, discriminant, solving quadratics, and choosing the most efficient method.

This introduction allows students to discover the definition of many words you will use in the polynomials unit without telling them outright.