Activity Description A more advanced version of Slope Slider, this activity allows the manipulation of the constants and coefficients in any function thereby encouraging the user to explore the effects on the graph of the function by changing those numbers.

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Place in mathematics curriculum:

This activity can be used to:

• experiment on the graph of a function by changing the coefficients and constants in a given type of function.

This activity allows the user to experiment with changing constants and coefficients in a function. This activity would work well in groups of two to four for about fifteen minutes per function type with the exploration questions and ten minutes per function type otherwise..

Preparations for this activity:

• answer the question "Which is the x-axis and which is the y-axis?"
  
• generalize the effects of changing the constants or coefficients in the type of function the students are studying