Learning goals: Teacher Facing Comprehend that a “quadratic relationship” can be expressed with a squared term. Describe (orally and in writing) a pattern of change associated with a quadratic relationship. Determine and explain (orally and in writing) whether a visual pattern represents a linear, exponential, or quadratic relationship. Full lesson plan (warm-up, activities, synthesis, cool-down prompt) from Alg1.6 Introduction to Quadratic Functions, Algebra 1.