Math
DESMOS FOR BEGINNERS
In math we use desmos so much that it is even included as the graphing calculator on the Math I and III EOC and NCFE for Math II and PreCaculus. The easiest way to use desmos is to visit the site https://www.desmos.com and graph. You can graph a line to see where it crosses the x or y axis or graph two lines to see where they intersect.
Another great resource for teacher using demos are their discoveries. You can guide students to discover a math idea using desmos. Many of these lessons can be found at
https://teacher.desmos.com. You can look up topics such as slope or even conic sections.
Shared by Meredith Edwards. medwards1@harnett.k12.nc.us
BREAKOUT!
https://www.breakoutedu.com is a website that is used with WHHS breakout kits. You can use this to review topics or get students more hands on with their learning, instead of the regular taking notes. Using it as a review for math, a breakout found on line using our schools log in, students worked together to open locks. They solved problems and used their solutions to spell words, find clues with a blacklight and even used websites to track down information. It takes prepwork to use someone else’s design or come up with your own, but the students have a great time!
Shared by Meredith Edwards. medwards1@harnett.k12.nc.us
BATTLESHIP SPHEROS
Spheros are a small robot that students can program to move and gather data. In PreCalc we used the robots in our polar coordinate lesson to practice converting from rectangular coordinates and back to polar coordinates. We did this by playing battleship. The students were paired up and given a chance to place ‘ships’ on a polar graph. Then they needed to convert each of the polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates. In the library, and using premade rectangular graphs, the students had to compete against another team. To make a guess, one team would program the SPHERO to move based on polar coordinates and the other team could check their result with the rectangular coordinates.
Shared by Meredith Edwards. medwards1@harnett.k12.nc.us