Monthly Archives: February 2014

Feb 26: The Impossible Ferris Wheel

After we discuss yesterday’s graphs, you’re going to do pretty much the same thing, except this time, on an impossible Ferris wheel. You’ll see why it’s impossible when you open the geogebra. Once again, you can print up these notes … Continue reading

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Feb 25 Ferris Wheel Activity

Big day today! Everything you’ll need is here, files, instructions, etc, but I have also put copies of everything in sakai as well, just in case things go awry from here. First, download and print a copy of this, just … Continue reading

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Teacher Appreciation Week – The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

What a lovely sight – a word cloud generated by the Learn Students! Thank you all so much! I’ll let my Valentine’s day friend say it for me:    

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Programming your TI Calculator

Here are some general guidelines for simple programming, which will give you enough info to do that quadratic program yourself. What?!?!? You thought I’d just give you the actual program!?!? Simple programming from amcsquared Okay, okay, here’s a video about … Continue reading

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Next geogebra assignment

Make a geogebra about the exponential function f(x) = a(c)b(x – h) + k Once again, you’ll be using epearl to document your progress and learning. Start by creating a new artifact called The Exponential Function, and fill in the task description … Continue reading

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Next blog post assignment

There are two parts to this assignment – a post AND a comment: The post:     Pretend you’re explaining what logarithms are to someone who’s never heard of them. Make sure that after your explanation, they’d be able to: Figure … Continue reading

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