![]() ![]() I think this would be a better suited activity or resource tool for the science teacher. This was interesting but I have difficulty finding where and how I would use this with my middle school students. We also tried to graph two different types of cars but we had some difficulty with the data collecting and subsequently, a correct graph. Here are pics of our tennis ball graphs reflecting acceleration, velocity and distance: ![]() The second ball, the tennis ball, bounced at a more consistent rate and then died slower than the foam ball, so it never showed a flat line but rather a spiked line. ping pong ball, tennis ball, and a foam ball). The first ball, the foam ball, bounced high first but then died quickly which showed up as a flat line on the graph. I ran towards her, ran in place and walked to and away from my partner, quickly! Next, we graphed distance, velocity and acceleration rates using various types of balls (i.e. We first performed simple graphs where we walked towards or away from our partner. Tonight we performed a couple of explorations using a CBR and the TI-84. I think I would use Geogebra over Geometer’s Sketchpad for a couple of reasons: 1) I like it better, 2) It’s free, so students can also download it onto their home computers, and 3) I can download on the computers in my classroom for FREE!!! Students would definitely get more out these kinds of explorations than listening to a lecture or solving problems from a worksheet. It definitely also helps to be able to work with your neighbor when you get stuck. This kind of interactive dynamic software makes the vocabulary come to life as well as the concepts. It was nice to see the many algebraic functions as well. Mostly my experience with Geogebra has been more with geometric topics such as translations. I have never created these types of graphs on Geogebra so this was definitely a new experience. Next, I created a derivative and tangent of a function. It was cool to drag around the different vertices and see the triangle change and the circle as well. This was a nice activity and fun too □ Here’s a pic: Next, we created a circumcircle of a triangle. page we played around with points and moved the tangent line around. I really like GeoGebra, perhaps, a bit more than Geometer’s Sketchpad. I have used this program in another class I am currently taking, so I was not so much of an amateur as I played with it. Tonight we explored and made some creations on the interactive dynamic software, Geogebra. ![]()
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