Parabola Basketball (Dan Meyer)

Students must adjust sliders for a, h, and k to match the parabola to the path of the ball. I use y = a(x+w)^2+k, rather than the more standard x-h for emphasis of the left-right translation.

 

Kate MacInnis

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
basketball  exploration  function  parabola  quadratic  quadratic-function 
Target Group (Age)
15 – 18
Language
English (United States)
 
 
 
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