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Tips for making and implementing a Desmos Activity
Tips for making and implementing a Desmos Activity
Plan ahead - the learning curve is gentle, but planning something new takes time.
Try the activity as a student before giving it to your class.
Send the student code for the activity to colleagues (coaches included) and have them try the activity as well.
Walk the students through a slide or two of the first activity you do so they gain comfort in how the interface works.
Plan for the activities to take more time than you expect.
Make sure students log in with Google - this way they are able to continue the activity in a future sitting if they do not finish in one block.
Remember during the lesson you can pause an activity or restrict students to a certain set of slides.
Unfamiliar with Desmos and want to try it out in your classroom? Contact Rachel or Allie for help
Unfamiliar with Desmos and want to try it out in your classroom? Contact Rachel or Allie for help
For Elementary Grades (K - 5)
For Elementary Grades (K - 5)
Fraction Sense - students manipulate visual models to represent fractions
Fraction Sense - students manipulate visual models to represent fractions
Number Sense - students manipulate points on a number line to multiply fractions
Number Sense - students manipulate points on a number line to multiply fractions
Talking Time - students are asked to set a clock to show various times
Talking Time - students are asked to set a clock to show various times
Polygraph: Basic Quadrilaterals - students use vocabulary to guess quadrilaterals
For Middle Grades (6 - 8)
For Middle Grades (6 - 8)
The Awesome Coordinate Plane Activity - students learn through experience about the x and y coordinates and how they affect placement on the graph
The Awesome Coordinate Plane Activity - students learn through experience about the x and y coordinates and how they affect placement on the graph
Fractions, Decimals, Percents - students match cards of equivalent fractions, decimals, percents and area models for familiar fractions
Fractions, Decimals, Percents - students match cards of equivalent fractions, decimals, percents and area models for familiar fractions
Integer Operations - students use patterns to develop rules for adding and subtracting numbers on a number line.
Integer Operations - students use patterns to develop rules for adding and subtracting numbers on a number line.
Integer Game - students work in pairs to find sums of integers
Integer Game - students work in pairs to find sums of integers
Inequalties on the number line - students investigate graphing inequalities and matching inequalities to number lines
Inequalties on the number line - students investigate graphing inequalities and matching inequalities to number lines
Least Solution - students work to manipulate equations to find the least solution to an equation
Least Solution - students work to manipulate equations to find the least solution to an equation
Point Collector - students think about positive and negative values and inequalities
Point Collector - students think about positive and negative values and inequalities
Pool Border Activity - students work with perimeter models to develop a need for a variable
Pool Border Activity - students work with perimeter models to develop a need for a variable
Twin Puzzles - order of operations activity
Twin Puzzles - order of operations activity
For High School
For High School
Coordinate Plane - Quadrants and Plotting Points - an intro/review of the coordinate plane and locating points
Coordinate Plane - Quadrants and Plotting Points - an intro/review of the coordinate plane and locating points
Marbleslides: Parabolas - practice transforming parables to catch stars
Polynomial Equation Challenges - write equations to match zeros
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