Desmos - Conic Sections (Graphing)
In this technologically based lesson, the student follows along in creating a picture out of different conic sections on the Desmos graphing calculator app. The teacher will reveal the general form of circles, ellipses and parabolas while demonstrating how to graph equations and inequalities. The class will learn to take advantage of shape transformations and different colored shadings to create their own picture. The class will learn how to create sliders on Desmos to show how a shape changes given different radii and substituted values.