Algebra 2 Conic Section Links

You have had to explore conic sections by doing your homework and by watching some videos. Here are the live links for you. There are no circle links. I thought that you have seen circles all over in your everyday life that you didn't need a video for it.

Parabolas

Section 10.1 # 7

Watch this video and answer these questions

A. What is the title?

B. What property does a parabola have for reflecting?

C. Which is better at reflecting to a point, circles or parabolas?

D. He made a reflector to do what?

E. How hot did his water heat to?

Ellipses

Section 10.3 #23

Go and watch this video.

Please answer these questions.

A. What state are they in?

B. What structure are they in?

C. What instruments are being played?

D. Base on what we have been studying in Unit 10, what shape is the ceiling of this Whispering Gallery?

E. What is significant about the place where the men are standing when they are singing?

Section 10.3 #24 

Choose one of these videos. Once a video is chosen no one can choose it again, and it is first come first serve. Once you have chosen your video tell the class on Groupme. After you have watched it summarize it on Group me.

Video list:

1. Elliptical Pool Table

2. Kepler’s First Law of Motion

3. Drawing Ellipse

4. What your teachers (probably) never told you... (start watching at 6:15 and go to 8:55)

Hyperbolas 

Section 10.4 #23

Go to this website and answer these questions.

Watch from the beginning until 6:18

A. What 2 conic sections were talked about?

B. What technologies use 3-4 circles/spheres to locate a person on earth?

C. When was hyperbolic navigation used to locate ships in the ocean?