UnitTitle / FantasticFunctionFun / LengthofUnit / 5weeks
FocusingLens(es) / RepresentationModeling / StandardsandGradeLevelExpectationsAddressedinthisUnit / MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1
InquiryQuestions(Engaging-Debatable): /
  • Arethereanyexamplesofsomethingthatcan’tbemodeledbyafunction?(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b)

UnitStrands / Functions:InterpretingFunctions
Concepts / Function,input,output,domain,range,context/situation,visualization,coordinateplane,keyfeaturesoffunctions,maxima,minima,intercepts,averagerateofchange,functionalrepresentations,comparisons,interpretation
Generalizations
MystudentswillUnderstandthat…
GuidingQuestions
FactualConceptual
Functionsdescribesituationswhereeachinputdeterminesexactlyoneoutput.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a) / Givenaninputandoutput,howdoyoudeterminearule?
Whatnotationisusedtowriteafunction?Whatdoesy=f(x)denote? / Whyisonlyoneoutputpermissibleforeveryinputinafunction?
Whyispossibletohavetwoinputsforoneoutput?
Whyarefunctionsanimportanttoolinmathematicalmodeling?
Mathematicianslimitdomainsofafunctiontoensureboththedomainandrangemakesenseinagivencontext. (MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b) / Whatisanothernamefortheinputsofafunction?
Outputs?
Whatistherelationshipbetweendomainandrangeofafunction?
Howcanyouquantifytherelationshipbetweentwovariables? / Howdoyoudetermineareasonabledomainandrangeforacontext?
Whyisitnecessarytoconstrainthedomainandrangeofafunctionmodel?
Visualizingavarietyoffunctionsonacoordinateplanehelpstointerpretkeyfeatures,suchasdomain,range,maxima,minima,intercepts,symmetry,endbehaviorandaveragerateofchange.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.i) / Whatareimportantcharacteristicsofafunctionthatcanbeseenonagraph?
Whatdothegraphsoflinear,exponential,squareroot,cuberoot,stepandabsolutevaluefunctionslooklike?
Whatistherelationshipbetweenanaveragerateofchangeofanyfunctionandtheslopeofalinearfunction? / Whyaremultipletypesoffunctionsneededtomodelrealworldphenomena?
Howdoesvisualizingafunctionhelpinterprettherelationshipbetweentwovariables?
Howisthegraphofanequationrelatedtoitssolutions?(A.REI.10)
Mathematicianuseavarietyoffunctionalrepresentationstocompareandinterpretthedifferencesandsimilaritiesoffunctions.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.c.v.3) / Whataredifferenttypesoffunctionalrepresentations?
Howdographs,equations,andtablesshowthesimilarityanddifferencesoffunctions? / Whyisitimportanttointerpretthedifferencesandsimilaritiesoffunctionsthroughmultiplerepresentations?
KeyKnowledgeandSkills:
Mystudentswill…
Whatstudentswillknowandbeabletodoaresocloselylinkedintheconcept-baseddisciplineofmathematics.Therefore,inthemathematics
sampleswhatstudentsshouldknowanddoarecombined.
  • Understandafunctionfromoneset(calledthedomain)toanotherset(calledtherange)assignstoeachelementofthedomainexactlyoneelementoftherange;iffisafunctionandxisanelementofitsdomain,thenf(x)denotestheoutputoffcorrespondingtotheinputx.Thegraphoffisthegraphoftheequationy=f(x).
  • Understand theconceptofa function
  • Determine whethera relationbetweentwoquantitiescan bedescribed byafunction
  • Identifythe domainand rangeofafunction
  • Usefunctionnotationandevaluatefunctionsforinputsintheirdomains.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.ii)
  • Use functionnotation
  • Evaluate functions forgiven inputs
  • Interpretstatementsthat use functionnotation in areal-world context
  • Interpretstatementsthatusefunctionnotationintermsofacontext.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.a.ii)
  • Use functionnotation
  • Evaluate functions forgiven inputs
  • Interpretstatementsthat use functionnotation in areal-world context
  • Interpretkeyfeaturesofgraphsandtables,forafunctionthatmodelsarelationshipbetweentwoquantities,intermsofthequantitiesandsketchgraphsshowingkeyfeaturesgivenaverbaldescriptionoftherelationship;keyfeaturesinclude:intercepts;intervalswherethefunctionisincreasing,decreasing,positive,ornegative;relativemaximumsandminimums;symmetries;endbehavior;andperiodicity.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.i)
  • Interpretkeyfeatures ofgraphs oflinear andexponentialfunctions
  • Intercepts
  • Intervalswhere thefunction is increasingor decreasing
  • Positiveor negative slopes
  • Endbehavior
  • Sketchgraphs offunctions showingkeyfeaturesgivena verbaldescription ofthe relationshipsbetweentwoquantities
  • Relatethedomainofafunctiontoitsgraphand,whereapplicable,tothequantitativerelationshipitdescribes.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.ii)
  • Understand therelationshipbetweendomainandindependentvariable
  • Relate the domain ofafunction to its graph
  • Interpretdomainofafunction in a real-world context
  • Calculateandinterprettheaveragerateofchangeofafunction(presentedsymbolicallyorasatable)overaspecifiedintervalandestimatetherateofchangefromagraph.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.b.iii)
  • Interpret theaveragerateof change ofalinearorexponentialfunctionover a specifiedinterval
  • Estimate the rate ofchangefrom agraph
  • Comparepropertiesoftwofunctionseachrepresentedinadifferentway(algebraically,graphically,numericallyintables,orbyverbaldescriptions);limitfunctionstolinear,squareroot,cuberoot,piece-wise,step,absolutevalueandexponentialwithintegerdomain.(MA10-GR.HS-S.2-GLE.1-EO.c.v.3)
  • Compare twolinearfunctions eachrepresented in a different way(algebraically,graphically, in tables, orbyverbaldescription)
  • Compare twoexponentialfunctionseach represented in a different way(algebraically,graphically,intables, orbyverbaldescription)
CriticalLanguage:includestheAcademicandTechnicalvocabulary,semantics,anddiscoursewhichareparticulartoandnecessaryforaccessingagivendiscipline.
EXAMPLE:AstudentinLanguageArtscandemonstratetheabilitytoapplyandcomprehendcriticallanguagethroughthefollowingstatement:“MarkTwainexposesthehypocrisyofslaverythroughtheuseofsatire.”
Astudent incandemonstratetheabilitytoapplyandcomprehendcriticallanguagethroughthefollowingstatement(s): / Whenusingfunctionstomodelrealworldphenomenaitisimportanttoconstrainthedomainandrangetoinputsandoutputsthatmakesensewithinthecontextofthemodel.
AcademicVocabulary: / Interpret,transform,represent,relationships,compare,distinguish,increasing,decreasing,symmetry,input,output,visualization,coordinateplane,
TechnicalVocabulary: / Function,domain,range,functionalrepresentations,piecewisefunction,squareroot,cuberoot,linear,exponential,squareroot,cuberoot,andpiecewise-definedfunctions,stepfunctions,absolutevalues,keyfeaturesoffunctions,maxima,minima,averagerateofchange,endbehavior,intercepts,