Algebra II: Airport Impact Study

Objectives

• Student will perform a simulation to measure the sound intensity at different distances from the source of the noise.
• Students will use the data to develop an inverse variation model. 
• Students will verifying the model and use it to map safe and unsafe zones based on sound-intensity restrictions.

Vocabulary

• inverse variation
• direct variation

About the Lesson

This activity is based on an impact study to address the concerns of the residents of a community near an airport.