Thursday, April 9, 2009

Student presentation - Polygon to a circle

Explore more suggestions can be very challenging. Students who finish an activity early can get started on Explore More questions!

Use of the tool box in calculation of the area

The calculation of the area demonstrated by a student



GSP's construction tools and capabilities allow us to investigate the polygons in any number of ways i different sides by dragging the animation button.



Students can drag on the point of the figures and gain real insight into how they operate on their own and in relation to others.


This dynamic experimentation is not something that can be achieved by using the traditional tools of construction or textbook whether the diagrams are static.

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