Lesson Plan: Eccentricity of Conic Sections
This lesson plan includes the objectives, prerequisites, and exclusions of the lesson teaching students how to find the eccentricities of conic sections and use them to find their equations or types.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- understand the geometric meaning of the eccentricity of the conic section,
- calculate the eccentricity of a conic section from its equation,
- calculate the eccentricity of a conic section from its graph,
- use the eccentricity to determine the type of conic section,
- calculate and use the eccentricities of conic sections to solve real-world problems.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- conic sections: their equations, graphs, and properties.
Exclusions
Students will not cover
- polar equations of conics.