Peter Richards

Students will build a mechanism using given supplies to launch a ping pong ball. The goal of the project is to make the launcher consistent so that they can write an accurate quadratic equation to model the path of their ping pong ball. Students will then predict how long it will take their ping pong ball to hit the ground after being launched from the top of the bleachers. This project helps students better understand how to write a quadratic equation based on real projectile motion, why findi

This WKST has students perform four basic transformations on an object: translating, reflecting, rotating, and dilating. They will perform these transformations on the same object on the same graph and will write the coordinates of each point in its final position.

This is a great worksheet to practice solving systems of linear equations by graphing close to the Christmas season. Encourage your students to help Santa find his reindeer by graphing the lines in each box - the lines will intersect at the location of a unique reindeer. The students must figure out which lines lead to which reindeer. I usually give my students one full class period to start (working with a partner) and assign whatever they do not complete as homework.