So I slowed down. But I also wanted them to do more exploration and experimenting. On a whim I gave them the typical assignment to draw something using parametric equations (or polar graphs). It can be anything, be creative. I don't have a particular assignment yet.
Sometimes (for some students) less is more. One of my students emailed me with a question, I replied, we went back and forth with over a dozen emails, and he produced this loveliness. I've included a screenshot below, but what he did is animated, so click on over to Desmos.
Wow! I hope his enthusiasm inspires the rest of them!
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Fun animation. I showed it to my kids (very small) and they were eager to experiment, moving the curves around and changing the sizes. Of course, that was after I had my turn playing with the system (I hadn't seen desmos before).
ReplyDeleteFYI, if you want to embed animations into your blog posts, you can use iframes, like this:
<iframe height="1000" src="https://www.desmos.com/calculator/3x8xwsw7hp" width="1000"> </iframe>
You often have to adjust the height and width parameters. I assume there are great ways to control how the source gets presented within the frame, but I haven't found those yet.