The story problem is about a game of laser tag where you have a certain amount of life points and you lose an amount of life points every time you get shot. The students will work in groups and as a group they will decide what they want their life point to be and how much will be lost per shot. Once they have decided that they will come up with an equation to model the situation. After they have their equation they go onto Geogebra and use it to graph their equation. Then each group puts their equation and graph on the white board and as a class we have a discussion about which equation students think would make the best game of laser tag and why.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSA.CED.A.1
Create equations and inequalities in one variable and use them to solve problems. Include equations arising from linear and quadratic functions, and simple rational and exponential functions.
Create equations in two or more variables to represent relationships between quantities; graph equations on coordinate axes with labels and scales.