Why are parabolas useful and important for us?
Lesson: Why I'm in Love With Parabolas
In math we often learn HOW to do things, but not what we are doing or WHY they are useful.
The purpose of this lesson is for you to have a deeper understanding of parabolas. Your job is to answer the question: "Why are parabolas useful and important?"
This lesson will challenge you to practice two important skills you will need as adults:
1) the ability to research and choose resources that help YOU, and
2) to create an organized, visually appealing presentation for others.
The purpose of this lesson is for you to have a deeper understanding of parabolas. Your job is to answer the question: "Why are parabolas useful and important?"
This lesson will challenge you to practice two important skills you will need as adults:
1) the ability to research and choose resources that help YOU, and
2) to create an organized, visually appealing presentation for others.
Your task:The PowerPoint must answer the following four questions:
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Create a PowerPoint about why parabolas are useful.1. What do paraolas look like? Where do we see them in real life? Find 10 different examples. No two examples can be of the same type, so you can't have to pictures of graphs or two pictures of roller coasters. Your job is to find many different kinds of uses for parabolas. 2. What are 4 real-world uses of a parabola? (Pictures & descriptions of each).
3. Why do we use parabolas? Why is that shape used instead of something else? (Hint: what is the "focus" of a parabola, and what does it do?) Choose two of the following uses for parabolas, and answer the question(s) that follow each:
4. Why are parabolas useful/important? Explain in your own words why parabolas are useful/important. Your PowerPoint MUST... - Be well organized, and demonstrate how well you can communicate information. - Have a Title Page/Introduction, "Body" slides answering questions 1-3, a "Conclusion" answering Question 4, and a Works Cited Slide. - Have hyperlinks connecting viewers to where you found your research. Have text or pictures link to the sites rather than pasting in links (to make your presentation prettier to look at). - Use your own words (no copy and pasting of text). - Have a Use 3+ websites to do your research. Cite all sources. |
Suggested Websites
http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/jbconics.htm
http://www.carondelet.pvt.k12.ca.us/Family/Math/03210/page2.htm#story
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/acoustic/reflc.html
http://www.edutopia.org/impact-academy-catapults-quadratic-equation
Cool, interactive one about sound & how surfaces reflect sound. http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/reflection.htm
http://www.carondelet.pvt.k12.ca.us/Family/Math/03210/page2.htm#story
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/acoustic/reflc.html
http://www.edutopia.org/impact-academy-catapults-quadratic-equation
Cool, interactive one about sound & how surfaces reflect sound. http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/HighSchool/Sound/reflection.htm