Unpacking Standards Graphic Organizer

Grade: 9-12

Course: Pre-Calculus honors

Standard/Benchmark(s):
MAFS.912.F-TF.2.5
Choose trigonometric functions to model periodic phenomena with specified amplitude,
frequency, and midline.
MAFS.K12.MP.4.1
Model with mathematics.
Mathematically proficient students can apply the mathematics they know to solve problems
arising in everyday life, society, and the workplace. In early grades, this might be as simple as
writing an addition equation to describe a situation. In middle grades, a student might apply
proportional reasoning to plan a school event or analyze a problem in the community. By high
school, a student might use geometry to solve a design problem or use a function to describe
how one quantity of interest depends on another. Mathematically proficient students who can
apply what they know are comfortable making assumptions and approximations to simplify a
complicated situation, realizing that these may need revision later. They are able to identify
important quantities in a practical situation and map their relationships using such tools as
diagrams, two-way tables, graphs, flowcharts and formulas. They can analyze those
relationships mathematically to draw conclusions. They routinely interpret their mathematical
results in the context of the situation and reflect on whether the results make sense, possibly
improving the model if it has not served its purpose.
Skills Students should be able to do

Verbs
-Mathematically model natural
processes with the sine and cosine
functions
-Graph trigonometric functions
- Find the amplitude, frequency, and
period

Concepts Student should know

Nouns
Amplitude- Half the difference between
the minimum and maximum values of
the range.
Frequency- How often something
happens (usually during a period of
time).
Midline- a horizontal axis that is used
as the reference line about which the
graph of a periodic function oscillates.

Adapted from Florida Department of Education Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction

Unpacking Standards Graphic Organizer

Critical Area of Focus:
Understanding and identifying global features of graphs of real-world situations.

Learning Goal:
Students will learn how to create their own trigonometric function to model a
real-world situation.

Essential Question for the lesson:

How can you model fluctuation of temperature using a graph?

Supporting questions for the lesson:

What type of functions best represent these phenomenon?
What properties do these trigonometric functions have that make them the best
representation of these natural phenomenon?
How do you find the amplitude of a function?
How do you find the frequency of a function?

Adapted from Florida Department of Education Bureau of Curriculum and Instruction