Using Desmos

Students need to use a graphing program for various purposes - especially to develop an understanding of how functions and other mathematical relationships change.

Through enhancing that understanding, mathematics becomes more meaningful - and thereore easier .

Area	Skill
Introduction	Introduction to Desmos screen and basic skills - Kristen Ekhoff
	Plotting points.
	Changing colours of functions

	Using sliders to make graphs move to simulate different conditions.
	To resize your image, hold down SHIFT, place the cursor near one of the axes or between them and move the arrow as you require.


Algebra	Drawing lines and determining points of intersection.
	Placing restrictions on domain and range.
	Graphing inequalities.
	Function notation and useful applications.
	Sketching inverse functions.
Calculus	Drawing derivative curves.
	Drawing and using integral curves.
	Drawing animated tangents on a curve.

Trigonometry	Axis labels in terms of π.


	Sketching inverse trig functions.