Interactivate: Standard Expectation

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Organization: Virginia Standards of Learning
Grade Band: Secondary
Standard Goal: Algebra II

The student will recognize the general shape of polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions. The graphing calculator will be used as a tool to investigate the shape and behavior of these functions.

Properties of Fractals	Lesson: A capstone lesson to allow students to build a working definition of fractal.
Reading Graphs	Lesson: Demonstrates the connections between formulas, graphs and words.
Fractal Dimensions	Activity: Determine the fractal dimensions of several line-deformation fractals. Input the scale factor and number of similar copies, and the dimension will be calculated. Fractal Dimensions is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Fractured Pictures	Activity: Generate complicated geometric fractals by specifying starting polygon and scale factor.
Function Flyer	Activity: 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.
Slope Slider	Activity: Manipulate a linear function of the form f(x)=mx+b using slider bars. Explore the relationship between slope and intercept in the Cartesian coordinate system.
Two Variable Function Pump	Activity: Enter two complex numbers (z and c) as ordered pairs of real numbers, then click a button to iterate step by step. The iterates are graphed in the x-y plane and printed out in table form. This is an introduction to the idea of prisoners/escapees in iterated functions and the calculation of fractal Julia sets.