Intro to Quadratic Graphs with Angry Birds

Quadratic FunctionsIntroduction

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Take a moment and discuss with your tablemates the path an “angry bird” makes when it is flying through the game. Be prepared to describe this to the whole class.

With your tablemates, sketch the path that Red

Bird Girl would need to take here.

What is a vertex? What

resources do you have

to find the answer?

What is the Axis of Symmetry? What resources to you have to find the answer?

What part of the graph would represent the

ground?

On your handout, please be sure that you have answered all three questions and then define the following terms in relation to this curve in your own words.

Vertex –

Axis of Symmetry –

X - Intercept