University of Scranton

Education Department
Lesson Plan Format
Student teacher Chris Wasnetsky School Holy Cross High School
Cooperating teacher !rs" Pokoluk Date# $%&'%&(
Lesson plan title# )raphing Hyper*olas Class# PreCalculus )rade# +unior
,*-ective# Students .ill *e a*le to sketch hyper*olas from e/uations given in standard form"
State standard met#
Se/uence of activities 0otes1 directions1 /uestions1 and procedures E2amples1 illustrations1
and resources
Prayer"
3evie. of conic sections1
geometrically"
4oday5s goal is to graph
hyper*olas using the
standard e/uation"
Dra. a graph of a
hyper*ola on the *oard and
.rite definition
Write standard e/uation of
hyper*ola on *oard and
e2plain all components"
0e2t cover asymptotes of
the hyper*ola and .rite
do.n e/uations"
Definition# a hyper*ola is the set of all
points such that the difference of the
distances to t.o distinct fi2ed points
6foci7 is a positive constant
62h7
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9 6yk7
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: & 6transverse
hori;ontal7
6yk7
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%a
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9 62h7
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: & 6transverse
vertical7
Center is 6h1k7
4ransverse is line through center
connecting vertices"
<ertices are a units from the center
along the transverse"
Foci are c units from the center along
the transversal 6a
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=*
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:c
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>symptotes intersect at the center of
the hyper*ola" We dra. a *o2 a units
from center along transverse and *
units from center along con-ugate a2is
to use to dra. asymptotes"
Sho.ing ho. each
conic section is
formed from t.o
cones? plane is
parallel to edge of
cone for para*ola"
Sho. e2ample of
ho. the distance is
o*tained from foci"
Sho. center of
hyper*ola1 vertices1
foci1 transverse a2is"
Dra. *o2 to use to
dra. asymptotes"
@riefly summari;e
everything needed to graph
a hyper*ola"
E2ample done on *oard
.ith guidance of students"
E2ample done on *oard
.ith guidance"
>ssign A&B1 odd1 pg" BC'
for home.ork and students
may *egin until the end of
the period"
y : k D *%a 62h7 for hori;ontal
transverse
y : k D a%* 62h7 for vertical transverse
&" E/uation .ritten in standard form"
8" La*el vertices and foci"
$" Dra. *o2 using the values of a and
*"
(" Dra. asymptote lines"
C" Sketch hyper*ola approaching
asymptote lines and passing
through the vertices"
Work through pro*lem? students have
graphs in *ook as visuals for final
ans.er"
Walk around to help students as
needed"
E2ercise C1 pg" BC'"
E2ercise '1 pg" BC'"
Postlesson notes or reflections#
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