Students will learn what vertex form is. Part of this is learning how to read the vertex of a parabola from the equation of the parabola in vertex form. Here's an excellent video on that. Then students will learn how to graph parabolas in vertex form. Here's a lesson on that, and here's practice.
Conclude by giving your students these challenges:
- Square Tangram by NRICH
- Would You Rather? by NRICH
- Sorting the Numbers by NRICH
- 2014 AMC 8, Problem 13
- 2003 AMC 8, Problem 22
- What's the 4-1-1? by Pierce School: Problem / Solution