By stretching and translating the parabola given and determining the effects on the equation, students explore finding the vertex and zeros of a parabola and relate them to the equation. Students also view the intercept form to determine how to use this form to find the zeros of the function without a graph.

Common Core

HSA-SSE.B.3.a HSA-SSE.B.3.b HSA-APR.B.3 HSA-CED.A.2 HSA-REI.B.4.a HSA-REI.B.4.b HSF-IF.B.4 HSF-IF.C.7.a HSF-IF.C.8.a HSF-BF.B.3 MP4 MP5