Sketching Parabolas (WA)

Year 10 · Mathematics · Lesson Plan · WA · $0.00 AUD

Western Australia curriculum edition. A free Year 10 quadratics lesson plan on sketching parabolas, the third lesson in a four-lesson sequence. Students find x-intercepts by factorising, locate the axis of symmetry, vertex and y-intercept, decide whether a parabola is concave up or down, and sketch graphs such as y = x² − 4 with key features labelled. Worked solutions for the teacher are included.

Part of the "Quadratic Equations & Graphs" sub-unit. Aligned to AC9M10A04 (Australian Curriculum v9).

Students will:
• Find x-intercepts of a parabola by factorising
• Locate the axis of symmetry and vertex
• Determine whether the vertex is a maximum or minimum
• Sketch a parabola with key features labelled

A ready-to-teach lesson plan, supplied as PDF, editable Word (DOCX) and PowerPoint (PPTX).

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