Function Builder: Basics
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Topics
- Functions
- Transformations
- Ordered Pairs
Description
Play with functions while you ponder Art History. Look for patterns, then apply what you learned on the Mystery screen!
Sample Learning Goals
- Define a function as a rule relating each input to exactly one output and predictably acting on inputs
- Predict outputs of a function using given inputs
- Compose functions to create a new function
- Determine which functions are geometric transformations
Standards Alignment
Common Core - Math
8.F.A.1
Understand that a function is a rule that assigns to each input exactly one output. The graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs consisting of an input and the corresponding output.1
HSF-BF.A.1c
(+) Compose functions. For example, if T(y) is the temperature in the atmosphere as a function of height, and h(t) is the height of a weather balloon as a function of time, then T(h(t)) is the temperature at the location of the weather balloon as a function of time.
HSF-BF.B.4
Find inverse functions.
Version 1.0.6
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| Funky Functions |
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Mary Burr | MS | Guided Discuss |
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Amanda McGarry | K-5 MS HS |
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| Testando o PhET | Carlos Santi | UG-Intro | Lab | Physics |
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