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Topic:

Quadratic Equations and Complex


Numbers

Unit 1 Plan

Advanced
Algebra

Unit Essential Question

Key Learning(s):
Students will learn how to

Students will analyze quadratic functions in the forms


f(x) = ax2 + bx + c and f(x) = a(x h)2 + k.
Students will represent and operate with complex numbers.
Students will solve quadratic equations in one variable.

Lesson 1
Understanding
Quadratics

Lesson 2

Lesson 4

Solve by taking the


square root?

Solving Quadratic
Equations

Essential Question

Essential Question

Essential Question

What is an imaginary
number?
How do you perform
mathematical
operations with
complex numbers?

How do I solve an
equations by taking
the square root?

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Quadratic, Standard
form, Vertex form,
Factored form,
Concavity, zeros,
roots, solutions

Imaginary Number
(i), Complex Number
Form, Pure
Imaginary Number,
Complex Conjugates

Square root, radical


sign, radicand,
radical

Essential Question
What does it mean
to be quadratic?

Complex Numbers

Lesson 3

How do we analyze and solve quadratic


functions?

Lesson 5
Solve by
completing the
square

Lesson 6
The Discriminant
and Roots

Essential Question

Essential Question

How do you solve


quadratic functions
by completing the
square?

How do we analyze
the nature of roots
using the
discriminant?

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Zero Factor Property

Completing the
square

How do we solve
quadratic
equations by
factoring?

Quadratic Formula:

Discriminant
(b2 - 4ac),
Radical Expressions

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