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We want to hear from you! How are you using the Desmos Graphing Calculator to support student engagement? What Desmos Classroom Activities have been successful in your classroom? Please share and shout out your work! Fill out our Share Your Desmo-ments form for our teachers to learn and grow! We will post some of your responses and student examples in this space.
2021 Desmo-ments
2021 Desmo-ments
Below are our Desmo-ments from our FCPS Math Teachers!
The grade level and subject are included, as well as whether the teacher used the original activity, copied and edited it, or created the activity themselves. A reflection may be included.
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Share for College Prep
Share for College Prep
Grades 9 - 12 Classroom Activity
Grades 9 - 12 Classroom Activity
Created by Kate Johnson
Created by Kate Johnson
Henry Clay High School
Henry Clay High School
Ms. Johnson created this activity from a project she saw on Miss Sara's TpT page. The activity focuses on plotting points, slopes, midpoints, writing linear equations and linear regression. Then students can be creative and design their water park from their graph. You could use this project for Algebra 1, Algebra 2 or College Prep.
Share for College Prep
Share for College Prep
Grades 9 - 12 Classroom Activity
Grades 9 - 12 Classroom Activity
Created by Kate Johnson
Created by Kate Johnson
Henry Clay High School
Henry Clay High School
Ms. Johnson created this activity from scratch (learning Desmos' Computation Layer programming language to boot) for her College Prep to explore exponential growth with the classic King's Chessboard Problem. In part 1, students work through this problem to determine an exponential regression and to extrapolate to solve the King's problem. In part 2, students explore two different pay rate scenarios to determine which is most profitable while comparing linear and exponential regressions. Perfect also for Algebra 1 Topic 7 and Algebra 2 Topic 5.
Share for Algebra 1, Geometry or Algebra 2
Share for Algebra 1, Geometry or Algebra 2
Grades 9 - 12 Graphing Calculator Activity
Grades 9 - 12 Graphing Calculator Activity
Used by Shelley Mosier
Used by Shelley Mosier
Henry Clay High School
Henry Clay High School
Ms. Mosier used our Scavenger Hunt slide deck for her students to become acquainted with Desmos Graphing Calculator functions for KPREP and the ACT. The slide deck allows students to self-pace through several topics using learn.desmos.com videos and take screenshots of their work in the graphing calculator. Here are some of the Challenge submissions from her class!
Share for Algebra 1
Share for Algebra 1
Grades 9 - 12 Classroom Activity
Grades 9 - 12 Classroom Activity
Created by Zack Wooten
Created by Zack Wooten
Henry Clay High School
Henry Clay High School
"The goal was to create a visual for what it means to multiply polynomials. Area models give a good context for what it looks like to multiply.
Also, the animation was an attempt to provide feedback to students in order to build their understanding of the work rather than just identify whether their product was right wrong.
It didn't particularly fit into an hour long period, so it may need to be condensed.
I enjoyed getting to present equivalent expressions that looked completely different, but ultimately represented the same product."
Share for Geometry
Grades 9 - 12
Classroom Activity:
Properties of Tangents to a Circle
Copied and edited by Sarah Winchester
Southern Middle:
This activity is a "great discovery for property of tangent lines to circle."
Share for Math 8
Grades 6 - 8
Classroom Activity:
Copied and edited by Sarah Winchester
Southern Middle:
This activity is a "great way to practice determining if it is a function from table, graph, or points."
Share for Math 8
Grades 6 - 8
Classroom Activity:
Mega Man Modeling III: Solving equations
Used by Sarah Winchester
Southern Middle:
This activity is a "great way to get the students to visually see making the equation equal while moving "barrels" to the other side."
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