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Animations & Simulations
Frank GriffinCate School,
Carpinteria, CA
TCM Conference, NCSSMJanuary 2016
Rationale
Math becomes dynamicStudents ask “What if ?”Current Math more interesting
More exciting/difficult math becomes accessible
Students experience those aha moments
What do you see?
What do you see?
What do your students see?
In 2002, from the movie
Animations
Algebra TilesPythagorean Theorem
Unit CircleParabola game
Properties of Conics
Simulations
Coin FlipsShowing that probability is
unpredictable in the short run, but predictable in the long run
Birthday Problem
Visualizations
Law of SinesTrig examples
Taylor PolynomialsPolar Rose curves
