Grade 8: Defining and Exploring Functions (CCSSM Version)

Concepts

• Define and Explore a Function from a Visual Model
• Define and Explore a Function from a Context

Unit includes

• 12 high-level tasks with associated QuickStarts, Practices, Applications, and Quick Writes.
• 2 checkpoints and 4 support activities.
• 1 final performance-based assessment with scoring guide.

Students

• Describe and identify relationships represented in visual patterns and graphs.
• Understand that a function is defined as a relationship in which there is only one output value for each input value.
• Determine whether or not a functional relationship exists in various representations, including visual patterns, graphs, tables, and contextual situations.