Before I introduce three fabulous websites, I'd like to say that ALL of the MYP3 mathematicians have produced wonderful work demonstrating their understanding of curves and their transformations. Mathsland is proud to call them all citizens.
In our unit we were focusing on linear functions
y=mx+p, and dipping into some quadratics but some decided they would like to go further and investigate other curves.
We had
linear, quadratic, square root, Archimedes Spiral, sinusoidal and exponential curves. It was busy in Mathsland because everyone had different questions and a different adventure.
Three students, Annalis, Chanya and Eugene (alphabetical order chosen there), created websites using skills taught to them by the much beloved and missed Ajarn Marcus. By creating websites they are providing a service to other learners in the world of mathematics that want to know about sinusoidal waves and exponential functions.
Students used the desmos.com/calculator and its groovy sliders to play around with parameters to spot patterns.
check out some sliders here
Now for the websites:
Annalis' Exponentials are Cool
Eugene's Vas Are Sinusoidal Waves
Chanya's Parabolas
