Here's
an activity that uses a wonderful little toy we found at the
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives or Interactive Mathematics,
Utah State University .
When you click this
image, ,
you will be taken to a math toy that is adjustable. You can click
on the arrows to move your play area up or down, left or right.
Once your play area
is set, you can move your mouse over the black dots and the toy will tell
you what coordinates correspond to each dot. If you CLICK a dot
the toy will start to DRAW.
SO HERE
IS YOUR CHALLENGE!
This can be played alone or with friends.
- Click
to open the Coordinate Sketchpad.
- Get your
axes in the middle of the Sketchpad by using the arrows.
- Make a simple
picture using exactly 20 points.
- Copy the
coordinates used to make the picture in order on a piece of paper.
- Turn off
your monitor only.
- Exchange
your coordinates with someone else who has 20 points written,
or do this alone.
- Now recreate
the picture on a sheet of
graph paper by hand.
- Compare your
drawings at the end, by turning the monitors back on.
- The game
is won if the hand drawn picture matches the electronic picture.
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