PEACE-wise Propaganda Poster
For this project, we created motivational or peaceful posters that were comprised of piecewise functions.
What was the inspiration behind your image?
The inspiration behind my image was wanting to motivate myself and fellow seniors to end the year well. It's not always easy just having the last little but of school left to get through, but I want to finish it strong. The phrase "Keep Calm and..." has been a very poplar slogan in recent times, so I thought I used it for this project as well, thus the phrase "Keep Calm and Finish Strong" came to be. I've also always enjoyed the sunset over the ocean as an inspiring image, so that naturally seemed to fit for the background.
What is the thing you learned in this project that you are most excited about?
Finding the equations for quadratic functions was a lot easily than I thought it would be. It makes math, specifically algebra and calculus a lot scary, which I think is pretty exciting. It gives me confidence to pursue and solve other math equations and problems (yay!).
What were the moments in this project where you felt stuck? These moments can vary from small moments to wanting to give up. How did you overcome those frustrations?
I felt stuck at times when I was trying to figure out different quadratic equations and solve for them. When I struggled, I would go back and reevaluate the problem and go through the steps again and go over my mistakes. I would redo solving the formula for the equations and usually correct the mistake I made and where I got stuck in the first place.
What are some of the key components of things you learned or practiced about piecewise functions through this project?
It has to pass the vertical line test. No two points can share the same x and y value. A piecewise function is made up of multiple linear and quadratic equations/functions.
The inspiration behind my image was wanting to motivate myself and fellow seniors to end the year well. It's not always easy just having the last little but of school left to get through, but I want to finish it strong. The phrase "Keep Calm and..." has been a very poplar slogan in recent times, so I thought I used it for this project as well, thus the phrase "Keep Calm and Finish Strong" came to be. I've also always enjoyed the sunset over the ocean as an inspiring image, so that naturally seemed to fit for the background.
What is the thing you learned in this project that you are most excited about?
Finding the equations for quadratic functions was a lot easily than I thought it would be. It makes math, specifically algebra and calculus a lot scary, which I think is pretty exciting. It gives me confidence to pursue and solve other math equations and problems (yay!).
What were the moments in this project where you felt stuck? These moments can vary from small moments to wanting to give up. How did you overcome those frustrations?
I felt stuck at times when I was trying to figure out different quadratic equations and solve for them. When I struggled, I would go back and reevaluate the problem and go through the steps again and go over my mistakes. I would redo solving the formula for the equations and usually correct the mistake I made and where I got stuck in the first place.
What are some of the key components of things you learned or practiced about piecewise functions through this project?
It has to pass the vertical line test. No two points can share the same x and y value. A piecewise function is made up of multiple linear and quadratic equations/functions.
Here is my first draft of my piecewise function with each piece labeled and categorized so it passes the vertical line test.
Below is my final draft of my piecewise poster with each of the piecewise functions color coded.
Here is the final, nice looking, "pizzazed" version of the piecewise poster.