Discovering

Desmos with

Darren

tinyurl.com/dadesmos2018

Before we dive into DESMOS a reminder about Nearpod and Math Learning Center Apps

Math Learning Center apps added a partial products app

Nearpod has some great MATH and SCIENCE activities by PhET

WHAT IS DESMOS?

Desmos is a Html 5 graphing calculator. There are also activities that are created on top of that calculator. Desmos helps students to experience all the curiosity, beauty, and sense that math has to offer.

Polygraph Activity

• Like the game “Guess Who”
• Can be played anonymously or not
• Uses Critical Thinking and Reasoning skills
• Helps develop academic language

Polygraph Activity

Let’s Play with Lines!

Go to student.desmos.com

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Polygraph Activity

Let’s Play with Animals!

Go to student.desmos.com

To use animal one:

https://teacher.desmos.com/polygraph/custom/5a0cb3a76e1aeb060e57a991

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Let’s create a Polygraph activity

1. Sign in to teacher.desmos.com with your district Google account
2. Click on CUSTOM on left. (This is where the activities you create will show up.)
3. Click on “New Polygraph” to create a polygraph activity.
4. Then create suspect cards for game
1. You can use points or graphs using equation editor or table editor in Desmos
2. For text or pictures, use the image option to import slides from PowerPoint or Slides

To Share an Activity or Copy and Edit

1. Click on the three dots:

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2. Then copy and paste link to share out with people! Or click and copy and edit (it will be in your custom folder.)

DESMOS Calculator

calculator.smarterbalanced.org