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Simulating Relationships

Algebra 1Simulating Relationships
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Today you are going to investigate something called an interactive simulation. It is a tool that will help you visualize how functions work.

A menu screen from a math game called Function Builder. Large text reads Patterns with four colored butterflies, and three options: plus 3 Numbers, y equals two-thirds times x Equations, and Mystery with a question mark.

Step 1 - Open the interactive simulator, Function Builder in your web browser. You will use it to complete this project. It will look like the image above.

Step 2 - Play with any of the screens on the Function Builder for 5 minutes.

Step 3 - As you discover how the tool works, share your thinking with your group members. You may want to use the following question and sentence stem to guide your discussions:

  • What did you try? What happened?
  • I tried … and it caused … to happen.

Step 4 - Write down two things you notice or have questions about, and one thing a neighbor noticed that is interesting to you.

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