Peter Richards

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.

In this project, students pick any item from their home or backpack (or wherever) and find the volume of this object. The object must be composite, however, so they will need to combine multiple formulas for the volume of several objects to find the objects true volume. The project includes an example for students to follow, as well as a handout to give them for their project.

Extra practice converting between units and converting rates. Students are given an initial measurement and must convert it into the units requested.

Students observe Mike's Investment Portfolio to see how he is growing (or decaying) the money he made over the summer. Students will use exponential functions to figure out how much money he made or lost on each investment, and will calculate how much money he has at the end of 3 years. This activity provides good practice for students learning how to use exponential functions including the compound interest formula.