5. Trigonometric Functions and Graphs

5. Trig Functions and Graphs

During the Sept 2013 - Jan 2014 Semester I decided to teach the Sine curve with all of the transformations in two days. After students had a good grasp of the vocabulary and graphing sine curves, I then taught the cosine curve with all of the transformations. This grouping seemed to have worked better with my students as it allowed for repeated use of vocabulary such as amplitude, phase shift, displacement, and period.