Tim had the perfect lab planned. His students would be studying spring constants and to get them excited he kicked off by showing them a video of someone bungee jumping. The class was full of energy and excitement. During the lab, the students would be dropping dolls out of a second story window, attached to…

For our trigonometry unit my students participated in a project regarding solar power on our campus. For a portion of the project I designed an activity for the students to address the following standard: “Choose trigonometric functions to model periodic phenomena with specified amplitude, frequency, and midline.” Our broader goal was that students understand that…

My precalculus class was undertaking a project about solar panels. The goal of the project was to use trigonometry to understand periodic patterns related to the sun and the optimal angles for solar panel placement. To kick off the project, we explored solar panels themselves. I planned a lab in which the students would go…