Activity 1: Reviewing the Four-Corner Model
	Use the Four-Corner Model to describe functional relationships in different problem situations.	TEKS 111.32(b)(1)(C) 111.32(b)(1)(D) 111.32(b)(3)(B) TAKS A(b)(1)(C) A(b)(1)(D) A(b)(3)(B)

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Activity 3: Introduction to Rate of Change
	Police use motion detectors to monitor the speed of cars on the highway. How can a motion detector help measure speed? What does the graph of the functional relationship between time and distance look like? The Introduction to Motion Tutorial provides provides examples to help you answer these questions.	TEKS 111.32(b)(2)(C) TAKS A(b)(2)(C)

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Activity 4: Rate of Change I
	How can I use a graph to find the rate of change? The Rate of Change Tutorial provides examples to help you answer this question.	TEKS 111.32(c)(1)(A) 111.32(c)(2)(A) TAKS A(c)(1)(A) A(c)(2)(A)
	How do I write an algebraic rule from a graph? The Writing an Algebraic Rule Tutorial provides examples to help you answer this question	TEKS 111.32(b)(1)(C) 111.32(b)(3)(A) 111.32(b)(3)(B) TAKS A(b)(1)(C) A(b)(3)(A) A(b)(3)(B)

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Activity 5: Rate of Change II
	How can you use a table to find the rate of change of a function? How do you use a graph to find the rate of change of a function? What do you know about the rate of change of a function if the graph of that function is a straight line? The Rate of Change II Tutorial provides examples to help you answer these questions.	TEKS 111.32(c)(2)(A) TAKS A(c)(2)(A)

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Activity 6: The Linear Parent Function
	What is a linear parent function? How can it help you find ...? In the Linear Parent Function Tutorial, join all the kids from the Algebra Society in working through examples to help you answer these questions.	TEKS 111.32(b)(3)(B) 111.32(c)(2)(B) 111.32(c)(2)(E) TAKS A(b)(3)(B) A(c)(2)(B) A(c)(2)(E)

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Activity 7: A Variation of the Linear Parent Function: y = mx
	You know what the linear parent function is and how to use it. But what if you need to solve an equation that looks like y = mx? Join the kids from the Algebra Society in the Variation of the Linear Parent Function: y = mx Tutorial to see examples that help you answer this question.	TEKS 111.32(b)(3)(B) 111.32(c)(2)(C) TAKS A(b)(3)(B) A(c)(2)(C)
	Review proportional relationships and learn to identify the constant of proportionality and the constant of variation. What is direct variation, and how can you apply it to what you already know about proportional relationships? The Proportionality and Direct Variation Tutorial provides examples to help you answer these questions.	TEKS 111.32(c)(2)(G) TAKS A(c)(2)(G)

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Activity 8: Another Variation of the Linear Parent Function: y = mx + b
	You know how useful the linear parent function is and you've used one of its variations. What is you have to graph an equation that looks like y = mx + b? The Algebra Society asks that same question in The Variation of the Linear Parent Function: y = mx + b and they work through examples to help you answer this and other questions.	TEKS 111.32(b)(3)(B) 111.32(c)(2)(C) TAKS A(b)(3)(B) A(c)(2)(C)

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Activity 10: Writing Rules Given Points on the Line
	If you are given some values, how do you make an algebraic rule out of what you're given? In The Writing Algebraic Rules Tutorial, Mando, Terri, Minhee, and Louis, work through examples to help you answer this and other questions.	TEKS 111.32(b)(3)(B) 111.32(c)(2)(D) TAKS A(b)(3)(B) A(c)(2)(D)

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Activity 11: Using Function Notation
	What is function notation? What does it look like and how do you write it? The Functional Notation Tutorial provides examples to help you answer these questions.	TEKS 111.33(b)(2)(C) TAKS A(b)(2)(C)

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