This unit calendar outlines a 15-day project based learning unit on quadratics. Students will work through tasks exploring graphs of quadratics, factoring, the quadratic formula, completing the square, and applying these concepts to a rocket competition project. They will research quadratic functions, work in groups, give presentations, and complete assessments including a quiz, literacy tasks, and a final test to debrief their understanding of quadratics.
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PBL Unit Calendar - Quadratics
This unit calendar outlines a 15-day project based learning unit on quadratics. Students will work through tasks exploring graphs of quadratics, factoring, the quadratic formula, completing the square, and applying these concepts to a rocket competition project. They will research quadratic functions, work in groups, give presentations, and complete assessments including a quiz, literacy tasks, and a final test to debrief their understanding of quadratics.
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Project Based Learning Unit
Unit Calendar Quadratics (PBL)
Day 1 Project Launch: Rocket Competition Entry Doc Group Contracts Exploring Graphs of Quadratics Day 2 Warm Up Group work: Part 1 Tasks Workshop: Quadratics Quadratics Practice Day 3 Warm Up Lesson on Factoring Factoring Practice Group Work: Part 1 Tasks Day 4 Warm Up Review Factoring Group Work: Finish Part 1 Tasks Vertical Motion Activity Day 5 Warm Up Review Vertical Motion Quiz
Project: Rocket Competition
Day 6 Group Work: Start Part 2 Tasks(This equation will not be factorable, so students will need to know the quadratic formula - however, let them struggle before you show them how to do it!) Lesson on Quadratic Formula Day 7 Warm Up Group Work: Part 2 Tasks Group share: Methods for finding the maximum height Day 8 Day 9 Warm Up Lesson on Completing the Square Practice Problems Literacy Scaffolding Group Work: Finish Part 2 Tasks Day 10 Review Completing the Square Finish Project Work on Report
Literacy Task Do you know Really Know What a Quadratic Function is?
Day 11 Group Work: Finish Project and Report Day 12 Project Due Review Day 13 Project Presentations Project Debrief Day 14 Day 15
FAL: Forming Quadratics
FAL: Forming Quadratics
Project: Rocket Competition
Day 16 Lets Take a Cruise Problem Knows/Need to knows Group Time Day 17 Lets Take a Cruise Problem Journals Quadratic Formula & the discriminant Revisit Mr. Ts Problem, Rolling soda Bottle, etc. and use the quadratic formula Day 18 Test Unit Debrief