Teach Like Pythagoras, Learn like the Jetsons

Desmos is a graphing calculator app and much more. Students use this tool for calculating, graphing, and clarifying thinking. Teachers facilitate learning opportunities where students explore, reason, and learn how different operations make changes. What makes desmos unique is the slider function.

What is more impressive is the interactive pre-made lessons created by teachers for at Teacher.Desmos.. Vist https://teacher.desmos.com to view lessons where students work independently, teachers see students submission and math reasoning occurs.

What is Desmos?

https://www.desmos.com/about

Download the app Desmos

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/graphing-calculator-by-desmos/id653517540?mt=8

http://teacher.desmos.com

Learn more about sliders

http://support.desmos.com/hc/en-us/articles/203209195-Sliders

Review the “Match my Line” activities created by Michael Fenton.

http://reasonandwonder.com/match-my-graph-linear-functions/

See how Cathy Yenca talks about trading worksheets for Desmos.

http://www.mathycathy.com/blog/2015/01/trading-worksheets-for-desmos/