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Engineering in the K-12 Classroom: Math and Science Education for the 21st-Century Workforce

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 12.04.03

Unit Guide

Quadratic Regressions and the Catapult Wars

William Lawrence McKinney

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Concept List

By the end of this unit, students should be able to explain or define each of the following terms or ideas:

1. Catapult, trajectory and how various components affect the trajectory of a projectile;

2. How to perform a regression to create a best-fit model given experimental data;

3. Domain and range and how context affects the theoretical domain and range differently than the experimental;

4. Extrapolation and interpolation as a method of prediction;

5. Parabolas, their extrema and intercepts;

6. Quadratic Function

7. Slope as an indicator of whether a function is increasing or decreasing;

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1.	Catapult, trajectory and how various components affect the trajectory of a projectile;
2.	How to perform a regression to create a best-fit model given experimental data;
3.	Domain and range and how context affects the theoretical domain and range differently than the experimental;
4.	Extrapolation and interpolation as a method of prediction;
5.	Parabolas, their extrema and intercepts;
6.	Quadratic Function
7.	Slope as an indicator of whether a function is increasing or decreasing;