Secondary Mathematics III
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Strand: FUNCTIONS - Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models (F.LE)

Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems (Standards F.LE.3-4). Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation it models. Introduce f(x) = e^x as a model for continuous growth (Standard F.LE.5).

Standard F.LE.3

Observe using graphs and tables that a quantity increasing exponentially eventually exceeds a quanitity increasing linearly, quadratically, or (more generally) as a polynomial function.

• Applying Rational Equations video
  This video introduces and explains the topic.
• FUNCTIONS - Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models (F.LE) - Sec Math III Core Guide
  The Utah State Board of Education (USBE) and educators around the state of Utah developed these guides for the Secondary Mathematics III - Linear, Quadratic, and Exponential Models (F.LE).
• Introduction to the Materials (Math 3)
  Introduction to the Materials in the Mathematics Three of the The MVP classroom experience begins by confronting students with an engaging task and then invites them to grapple with solving it. As students ideas emerge, take form, and are shared, the teacher orchestrates the student discussions and explorations towards a focused mathematical goal. As conjectures are made and explored, they evolve into mathematical concepts that the community of learners begins to embrace as effective strategies for analyzing and solving problems.
• Modeling: Having Kittens
  This lesson unit is intended to help you assess how well students are able to interpret a situation and represent the constraints and variables mathematically, select appropriate mathematical methods to use, make sensible estimates and assumptions and investigate an exponentially increasing sequence.
• Module 3: Polynomial Functions - Student Edition (Math 3)
  The Mathematics Vision Project, Secondary Math Three Module 3, Polynomial Functions, begins with a task that links linear, quadratic, and cubic functions together by highlighting the rates of change of each function type and using a story context to show that a linear function is the sum of a constant, a quadratic function is the accumulation or sum of a linear function, and a cubic function is the sum of a quadratic function.
• Module 3: Polynomial Functions - Teacher Edition (Math 3)
  The Mathematics Vision Project, Secondary Math Three Module 3, Polynomial Functions, begins with a task that links linear, quadratic, and cubic functions together by highlighting the rates of change of each function type and using a story context to show that a linear function is the sum of a constant, a quadratic function is the accumulation or sum of a linear function, and a cubic function is the sum of a quadratic function.
• Solving Rational Expressions video
  This video introduces and explains the topic.

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