Activity Overview
Key Curriculum Press Precalculus Exploration 3-1a Periodic Daily Temperature is from Chapter 3: Applications of Trigonometric and Circular Functions. Students will transform the cosine function so that it fits, approximately, data on the average daily temperatures for a city.
Before the Activity
Review the Teacher Resources PDF file.
Make copies of the Student Activity PDF file for your class.
During the Activity
Students will:
Transform the cosine function so that it fits, approximately, data on the average daily temperatures for a city.
Directions:
Distribute the student activity sheets
Follow the procedures as outlined
After the Activity
As a class, review student answers, discussing questions that appeared to be more challenging, and re-teaching as needed.