GRAPHING TECHNIQUES AND CONIC SECTIONS

In your previous math courses, you learned the basics for graphing on a set of coordinate axes (the xy-plane). In algebra, you learned to graph linear equations and conic sections. In this unit we will review a few of the more important aspects of graphing

Standard Form of a Linear Equation
Slope intercept equation from two points
Converting Equations into Slope-Intercept Form

 

 

VideoIntroduction to Conic Sections

VideoIdentifying an ellipse from equation
VideoIdentifying a hyperbola from an equation
VideoIdentifying circles and parabolas from equations
 

VideoShifting and Scaling Parabolas

VideoConic Sections:  Intro to Ellipses

VideoConic Sections:  Foci of an Ellipse

VideoIntro to Hyperbolas
VideoVertices and direction of a hyperbola
VideoVertices and direction of a hyperbola (example 2)
VideoFoci of a Hyperbola




Below are additional educational resources and activities for this unit.
 
Finding Slope From Two Points
 
Parabolas
 
Ellipses
 
Hyperbolas