The activities cover topics in number sense probability and statistics, measurement, and algebraic thinking. Teacher Notes including useful activity hints and problems solutions, are also provided. For use with any graphing calculator, Graphing Calculator Activities offers explorations in graphing lines, inequalities, simultaneous equations, special functions, parabolas, circles, hyperbolas, matrices, and the exponential, logarithmic, and sine functions.
Worksheets guide students through experiences by offering suggestions and asking questions.
The properties of functions should be explored and discovered rather than taught and drilled. Students can exp-lore various types. The properties of functions should be explored and discovered rather than taught and drilled. Students can explore various types of functions on the TI-83 in cooperative groups or on their own as you facilitate their learning. Properties of the trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions are also explored.