(High school students) Play Daily Desmos! Pick a graph from the gallery and reproduce it in Desmos. (You can use the Desmos App on your phone.)
Search for a graph that represents something in the real world. Write a few sentences describing what the graph shows. Be sure to describe the variables (look at the axes). Here are some sentence frames you might choose to use:
“I notice…”
“I think this graph is saying that if___ then___ . I think this because I see___.”
“I wonder ___.”
“This graph makes me think about…”
Challenge: Pick two graphs and say how these two graphs are similar and different.
“These graphs both say___ because___.”
“The difference in these two graphs is ___.”
Find a graph that is modeling growth. Describe how the model helps us see how this data seems to grow. (Algebra 1, Algebra 2)
Use words and phrases like: linear growth, exponential growth, growing by adding, growing by multiplying, starting number