One afternoon toward the end of summer, I got a phone call while at the orthodontist with my youngest daughter. I was a little surprised to see the call was from the head of the math department at my school. The call was to ask me if I would consider taking on one of the Pre-AP Algebra 2 classes. I was actually delighted to take on another math class, although it meant an overload in an already busy year for me. My class load already included AP Environmental Science, which is brand new for me, and AP Precalculus which is a brand new curriculum. The only prepped and familiar class for this year is AP Biology.
One of the benefits of Pre-AP Algebra 2 is that the curriculum is primarily put together, although I'm finding that it still takes some time to prep the lessons. Fortunately, unit 1 had lessons for each of the topics except for the last one. Key concept 1.3: Graphing Absolute Value as Piecewise Defined Functions didn't have a lesson. Before the year started I decided to teach the concept through a Desmos activity. I'm still about a week away from using this lesson, but wanted to share it in case it may be helpful to someone else. Feel free to let me know if you catch any errors. I'll also make adjustments as my students try it and help me find any issues.
Here's the link to Absolute Value as a Piecewise Function.
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