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desmos is an amazing online calculator. In the crowd-sourced document above, notice that Desmos seems to have as many "pros" as paper, pencil, and whiteboards!
For best results in exploring this page, create a Desmos account at the Desmos website using your school Google account. Desmos activities offer entirely new classroom opportunities for learning and discovery. To appreciate how an activity works, you need to try it with a few colleagues, or just "go for it" with your students. Students find them incredibly engaging, and they stimulate great questions and discoveries. For best results, create a Desmos account at the Desmos Teacher Website using your school Google account. If you create a free Desmos account, you can also save your work and keep track of your history. TRY THIS ACTIVITY: Point Collector LEVEL UP YOUR SKILLS: Desmos Calculator Scavenger Hunt |
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- Introduction to Desmos (4:18) - Great, quick overview of basic calculator features
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- www.desmos.com – One-stop shop for everything related to Desmos.
- teacher.desmos.com – Find the best digital activities for your math class.
- learn.desmos.com – Level up your Desmos skills with videos, challenges, and more.
ALGEBRA ACTIVITIES
I used most of the activities in the Linear Bundle and the Quadratic Bundle with my Algebra 2 students.
Land the Plane appears in the "Linear Bundle."
Marbleslides: Parabolas appears in the "Quadratic Bundle."
Marbleslides: Lines (Marble Slides are a classic Desmos activity. You can create your own.)
This Desmos activity could be used anytime after Linear Equations are introduced.
Card Sort: Modeling (Card Sorts are a classic Desmos activity. You can create your own.)
Transformations Game (Explorer)
Smiley Face Transformations
Sample Student Work: Smiley Face Transformations
Sine Wave Transformations
Create a parabola to fit a Roller Coaster
Land the Plane appears in the "Linear Bundle."
Marbleslides: Parabolas appears in the "Quadratic Bundle."
Marbleslides: Lines (Marble Slides are a classic Desmos activity. You can create your own.)
This Desmos activity could be used anytime after Linear Equations are introduced.
Card Sort: Modeling (Card Sorts are a classic Desmos activity. You can create your own.)
Transformations Game (Explorer)
Smiley Face Transformations
Sample Student Work: Smiley Face Transformations
Sine Wave Transformations
Create a parabola to fit a Roller Coaster
CALCULUS ACTIVITIES
Polygraph: September Function Smorgasbord (Polygraphs are a classic Desmos activity. You can create your own.)
This Desmos activity is one I created for the beginning of my AP Calculus course. It could also be used at the end of a precalculus course.
September Function Smorgasbord Revisited
This Desmos Activity provides a way for students to check and correct their work
Intuitive Tangent Lines
Derivative Explorer
Tossing A Ball Simulation
Mr. Rentz's Commute Data
Epsilon-Delta Limit Definition
Exploring the Limit of sin(kx)/x as x approaches 0
This Desmos activity is one I created for the beginning of my AP Calculus course. It could also be used at the end of a precalculus course.
September Function Smorgasbord Revisited
This Desmos Activity provides a way for students to check and correct their work
Intuitive Tangent Lines
Derivative Explorer
Tossing A Ball Simulation
Mr. Rentz's Commute Data
Epsilon-Delta Limit Definition
Exploring the Limit of sin(kx)/x as x approaches 0