The Function Elevator
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS
The Function Elevator
This lesson involves creating and comparing graphical representations of position and velocity functions from a scenario.
- Students will create a piecewise linear graph to model a real life scenario.
- Students will identify connections between position and velocity functions and their graphs.
- Students will create velocity graphs based on information about position and position graphs based on information about velocity.
- velocity
- position
- vertex
This lesson involves creating and comparing graphical representations of position and velocity functions from a scenario.
As a result, students will:
- Manipulate pieces of a piecewise linear function to represent a real life scenario about the position of an object.
- Manipulate pieces of a piecewise linear function to represent the position of an object given information about its velocity.
- Predict and evaluate predictions about the velocity of an object based on a graph of its position.

TI-Nspire™ CX CAS
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