Conic Sections

Illustrating the Different Types

of Conic Sections
 MELC:
• Illustrate the different types of conic sections:
parabola, ellipse, circle, hyperbola, and
degenerate cases
Code: STEM_PC11AG-1a-1
Activity 1: Picture Me Out!
Directions: Identify the given pictures whether it is a real-life
application of a
circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola.

ellipse
Activity 1: Picture Me Out!
Directions: Identify the given pictures whether it is a real-life
application of a
circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola.

hyperbola
Activity 1: Picture Me Out!
Directions: Identify the given pictures whether it is a real-life
application of a
circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola.

parabola
Activity 1: Picture Me Out!
Directions: Identify the given pictures whether it is a real-life
application of a
circle, ellipse, parabola or hyperbola.

circle
 WHAT IS A CONIC SECTION?
•A conic section, also known as conic,
according to Apollonius’ study is a
curve formed by the intersection of a
plane and a double right circular cone.
• The cone has two nappes: the upper
nappe and the lower nappe, that
extend infinitely in both directions.
•A line lying entirely on the cone is
called generator of the cone, and all
generators of a cone pass through its
vertex, which is the only point where
the two nappes intersect.
 Trivia

• Appolonius
of Perga, (born c. 240
bc, Perga Pamphylia, Anatolia –
died c. 190, Alexandria, Egypt),
mathematician, known by his
contemporaries as “the Great
Geometer”, whose treatise Conics
is one of the greatest scientific
works from the ancient world.
(https://www.britanica.com)
 Conics Video

• ..\Downloads\conic sections.mp4
Activity 2: Conic or Deconic?
Directions: Determine whether the following are conic or
degenerate conic. Write
conic if the given is conic, otherwise write deconic.

deconic conic
conic deconic
deconic conic

conic
Activity 3: Let’s Count!
Directions: Identify the number of generators parallel to the
cutting plane in a
conic /degenerate conic. Number 1 is done for you.
Activity 3: Let’s Count!
Directions: Identify the number of generators parallel to the
cutting plane in a
conic /degenerate conic.

0 / none
2
1
0 / none
0 / none
 Performance Task 1

Draw one object in a short bond paper that represents conics (any). Tell
something about the drawing.
Submit output on Sept. 1, 2023.