By the end of the course in EMS480, each student should be able to perform the following skills with the listed technology:
The Geometer's Sketchpad v.4.0
1. Create basic geometrical objects: Point, line segment, line, ray, circle
2. Construct geometrical objects:
Midpoint of a segment
Particular types of triangles (acute, obtuse, right, scalene, isosceles)
Particular types of quadrilaterals (parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square, kite)
Centers of triangles: incenter, circumcenter, orthocenter, centroid
Arcs of circles
3. Perform operations:
Apply transformations to geometrical objects (translation, reflection, rotation, dilation)
Make measurements
Perform computations using the calculator tool
Hide objects
Include animation
Create scripts (version 3) or custom tools (version 4)
Plot points and create graphs
TI-83 Plus Calculator
1. Perform basic computations (including permutations, combinations, factorial)
2. Graph functions using an appropriate viewing window
3. Use the zoom and trace features in the graphing application
4. Create a split screen
5. Create a table of values
6. Enter data into a list
7. Attach formulas to list names (formulas should include the use of the sequence command)
8. Plot and view data in an appropriate window
9. Compute univariate and bivariate statistics
10. Find an appropriate regression equation for a set of data
11. View a set of data and a regression equation simultaneously
TI-89 Calculator
1. Be able to perform all of the skills for a TI-83 Plus on the TI-89
2. Define a function
3. Use the Algebra menu to symbolically factor polynomials, simplify expressions, and solve equations
4. View the graph of a function that is defined on the home screen
Calculator Based Lab (CBL) or Calculator Based Ranger (CBR)
1. Use the motion detector and appropriate software/hardware to:
2. Collect distance/time data from an experiment
3. Create a distance/time graph using your own motion
4. Create a graph and use your own movement to match the graph
5. View data that is stored in the calculator when it is collected using the CBL or CBR
TI-Interactive Software
1. Create an interactive worksheet that includes a graph, equation or symbolic expression, and a table of values
2. Be able to hide and show solutions
3. Insert a screen shot
TI-Connect or TI-GraphLink
1. Capture a screenshot from the calculator
2. Send and Retrieve Data Lists between the computer and calculator
3. Send and Retrieve Programs and Applications (Apps) between the computer and calculator
Excel
1. Enter data in columns and rows
2. Import data from Internet website and format into columns
3. Format cells and text with Color and Font Size and, resize rows & columns, and add borders to cells
4. Perform basic operations (e.g., sum, average, random) and create formulas using Excel functions and mathematical operations with cell references
5. Create basic types of graphs with appropriate data, label axis, and change axis scale (e.g., Line graph, bar graph, pie graph, X-Y plot)
6. Insert a scroll bar and link to control a cell's value. Use the controlled cell in a formula that generates a table of data and/or a graph that will all update when the scrollbar is changed.
7. Add a trendline to an X-Y scatterplot and display formula and r2 on chart
Fathom
1. Enter Data in either a New Collection or a New Case Table with appropriate Attribute Names
2. Import Data from an Internet website into a either a New Collection or a New Case Table
3. Be able to Lock and Unlock a Collection
4. Display Univariate Data in appropriate graphs (e.g., Dot plot, Line Graph, Histogram, Box Plot)
5. Display Bivariate Data in a Scatterplot, Add a Least-Squares line, and Create a Residual Plot
6. Create a Summary Table with the Basic Statistics calculated for a data set
7. Add a formula to the Summary Table to display another Statistic (e.g., variance)
8. Enter data in Collection or Case Table based on a Formula that uses at least one built in Function
9. Create a Function Plot with a New Plot and Enter a Formula for the Function you wish to graph.
10. Add a New Slider and use that Variable (Global Value) in a Formula, especially a formula that controls a function plot.
Probability Explorer
1. Run a 1-event experiment with Coins or Dice.
2. Run any experiment over 1000 trials with appropriate displays of the data
3. Save Images of a Bar and Pie Graph in the Notebook and also be able to Copy and Paste these images into a Word document.
4. Change the probability in an experiment using the Weight Tool and Hide the Weight Tool with a Password.
5. Save an experiment and Open an existing file.
6. Design and Run a Marble experiment with at least 3 different colors and at least 12 marbles in the bag.
7. Use the RunUntil tool
8. Be able to Design your own experiment.
9. Use the MakeIt Tool to create all possible outcomes for the experiment.
10. Show the outcomes of a 2-event experiment both Ordered and Unordered in both the Data Table and the Stack Columns.
Microsoft Word
1. Insert a MxN table
2. Insert an Equation using the Equation Editor that contains a fraction, radical, exponent, parentheses, and at least 3 mathematical operations.
3. Insert a Screenshot or Picture that does NOT float over the document.
4. Insert 2-D and 3-D geometrical figures using the Drawing Tools
5. Create a Hyperlink to: 1) an internet website, 2) another Word document, 3) a file from either Excel, Sketchpad, or Fathom.
last updated by Hollebrands & Stohl, 1/9/03