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Animations & Simulations. Frank Griffin Cate School, Carpinteria, CA TCM Conference, NCSSM January 2016. Rationale. Math becomes dynamic Students ask “ What if ? ” Current Math more interesting More exciting/difficult math becomes accessible Students experience those aha moments.
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Animations & Simulations Frank Griffin Cate School, Carpinteria, CA TCM Conference, NCSSM January 2016
Rationale Math becomes dynamic Students ask “What if ?” Current Math more interesting More exciting/difficult math becomes accessible Students experience those aha moments
Animations Algebra Tiles Pythagorean Theorem Unit Circle Parabola game Properties of Conics
Simulations Coin Flips Showing that probability is unpredictable in the short run, but predictable in the long run Birthday Problem
Visualizations Law of Sines Trig examples Taylor Polynomials Polar Rose curves
25th Annual Exeter Math Conference Frank Griffin Cate School Carpinteria, CA • Frank_Griffin@cate.org