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|acknowledgement=This was a joint project with students, teachers and four organisations: CCITE is the umbrella organisation providing a Cambridge Centre for Innovation in Technological Education. STEM Team East provide expert engagement with schools and the CREST award. The University of Cambridge Faculty of Education project ORBIT provide research expertise, teacher education expertise and the ORBIT database (Open Resource Bank for Interactive Teaching). GeoGebra is a world-wide community developing and using the GeoGebra software. | |acknowledgement=This was a joint project with students, teachers and four organisations: CCITE is the umbrella organisation providing a Cambridge Centre for Innovation in Technological Education. STEM Team East provide expert engagement with schools and the CREST award. The University of Cambridge Faculty of Education project ORBIT provide research expertise, teacher education expertise and the ORBIT database (Open Resource Bank for Interactive Teaching). GeoGebra is a world-wide community developing and using the GeoGebra software. | ||
|age= KS4, KS3, Secondary | |age= KS4, KS3, Secondary | ||
|content= GeoGebra is free, open-source software for mathematics, science and technology which has a rapidly-growing international user base. It is the STEM equivalent of “Office" style software for business. It has very many powerful features to support interactive use, which can pose a challenge for many to get started. Students are offered a unique opportunity to contribute to its adoption in UK education by developing 'real world' applications for use by students and teachers with a wide range of technical ability | |content= GeoGebra is free, open-source software for mathematics, science and technology which has a rapidly-growing international user base. It is the STEM equivalent of “Office" style software for business. It has very many powerful features to support interactive use, which can pose a challenge for many to get started. Students are offered a unique opportunity to contribute to its adoption in UK education by developing 'real world' applications for use by students and teachers with a wide range of technical ability. | ||
|Learning Objectives= By the end of the activity students | |Learning Objectives= By the end of the activity students were able to: | ||
* Develop 'real life' GeoGebra mathematical modeling applications of interest to themselves and other users | * Develop 'real life' GeoGebra mathematical modeling applications of interest to themselves and other users | ||
* Understand and meet the requirements of users of varying technical confidence | * Understand and meet the requirements of users of varying technical confidence | ||
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|resources= The first resource is an overall description of the activity, containing example activities and agendas: | |resources= The first resource is an overall description of the activity, containing example activities and agendas: | ||
*[[file:GeoGebra STEM Exploration.docx]] | *[[file:GeoGebra STEM Exploration.docx]] | ||
The following resources were used to stimulate the students. “Math aerobics” and using GeoGebra to model Kepler’s laws and Usain Bolt’s sprints proved highly successful: | |||
* [http://mathaerobics4samvedna.wikidot.com/ Math aerobics] | * [http://mathaerobics4samvedna.wikidot.com/ Math aerobics] | ||
*[[file:Kepler' Third Law with GeoGebra.docx]] | *[[file:Kepler' Third Law with GeoGebra.docx]] | ||
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This is also available as a separate resource at [[Analysing Usain Bolt using GeoGebra]] | This is also available as a separate resource at [[Analysing Usain Bolt using GeoGebra]] | ||
The GeoGebra STEM Exploration document describes five GeoGebra activities and descriptions produced by the students: | |||
*[[file:Origami.ggb]] | *[[file:Origami.ggb]] | ||
*[[file:parabola.ggb]] | *[[file:parabola.ggb]] | ||
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*[[file:Radioactive decay.ggb]] | *[[file:Radioactive decay.ggb]] | ||
Finally, the work produced the following GeoGebra resources, descriptions and evaluations of GeoGebra in the students' own words: | |||
Finally, the work | |||
*[[Origami Planes|Flying paper planes]] | *[[Origami Planes|Flying paper planes]] | ||
*[[SolarEclipse|Solar and Lunar Eclipse]] | *[[SolarEclipse|Solar and Lunar Eclipse]] | ||
