Year 10 Core Maths

In Year 10 Core Maths, students have just completed a project in which they were learning about parabolas by analysing images of curves found in the real world.

Students fitted parabolas to images of Mr Walsh shooting hoops:

They used technology to analyse curves found in bridges and architecture:

They also filmed themselves throwing a ball and fitted a parabola to the path of the ball:

In each of the above examples, students were learning about:

• The key features of parabolas
• How to transform parabolas by manipulating their equations in turning point form
• How to determine the equation of a parabola from its graph

Heath Tregear

Teacher and GOAL Mentor