Desmos Activities:

Click here for a list of lots of my Desmos Activities.

Here are a few important links from DESMOS:

• Computation Layer Documentation:Explanations and examples of all the commands (sinks and sources)
• Starter Screens:Some great screens to copy and add to your custom Desmos Activity
• Computation Layer Support Forum:https://cl.desmos.com Ask questions, or look up discussions on lots of CL topics.

Links

• Small Group Discourse Prompts and Activities:
  • "Which One Doesn't Belong?"
• MIT Open courseware - Excellent source for video courses from calculus and above.

Handouts

Here are some general useful resources for math teachers.

• 2014 Northwest Math Conference Ignite Presentation.
• Hands On = Brain On: A Trio of Puzzles : OML 2014 Handout
  • For Puzzle Handouts, see below
  • For a more detailed explanation of these puzzles, see the articles below.
• Teach it - Record it - Post it : OML 2014 Handout
  • Presentation/Outline
  • Images to Copy - Click here for a page of some sample graphics to copy
  • DoodlecastPro.com
    
    
• Hands On Math - Puzzles, Patterns, and Plastic Models SOU Methods ClassHandout
  • A Packing Problem (.docx)
  • Double-Cone maker
• Engaging Math with Geometer's Sketchpad
• Sketchpad Files for Training:
  • Pi Race - Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Exploring The Pythagorean Theorem - Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Exploring the Converse of the Pythagorean Theroem - Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Overlapping Squares - Geometer's Sketchpad
  • Circle Battleship ; Circle Battleship 2 - Multiple Ships
  • Polar Battleship ; Polar Battleship 2 - Multiple Ships
• Puzzles
  • Five Triangle Puzzle
  • Five Square Puzzle -full page
  • Five Square Puzzle -ver 2
  • Leap Frog
• Microsoft Word Equation Editor Guide - pdf - .docx
  Turn your word processor into a powerful mathematics CAS system using Microsoft Word's equation editor and mathematics plugin.
• Math Tech Training folder (zip file)

Articles

• Puzzling Math Part 1: The Five Square Puzzle. The Oregon Math Teacher , Sept/Oct 2013
• Puzzling Math Part 2: The Tower of Hanoi and The End of the World. The Oregon Math Teacher , Jan./Feb 2014
• Puzzling Math Part 3: The Five Triangle Puzzle. The Oregon Math Teacher , May/June 2014
• Jumping Into The Leap Frog Puzzle