Plenty of Parabolas

Students use informal language to distinguish between parabolas, and learn the terms vertex, concave up, and concave down to describe and compare parabolas.

By Amplify Classroom

9th - 12th Grade

Math

Today’s Goals • Create graphs of parabolas given a description. • Describe the key features of a parabola from its graph (maximum, minimum, intercepts, concavity). (Writing)