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‣ A K1-k12 online teaching tool for literacy skills

‣ Easy to use, creative, interactive, and FREE 24/7

‣ Unique and Inspiring; using photography and keywords

‣ Global appeal & usage with multiple subjects

‣ High-quality, safe content for sharing

‣ Appropriate for all demographics

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‣ A K1-k12 online teaching tool for literacy skills ‣ Easy to use, creative, interactive, and FREE 24/7 ‣ Unique and Inspiring; using photography and keywords ‣ Global appeal & usage with multiple subjects ‣ High-quality, safe content for sharing ‣ Appropriate for all demographics

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Students watch a video and graph what they see to uncover (mis)conceptions about graphs.

Warning! Function Carnival is built using old Desmos technology. It doesn't include our new dashboard features, such as Conversations Toolkit, or Snapshots.

Function Carnival will no longer be available after December 31, 2020. For an alternative activity, consider checking out this collection: Functions.

We know it's important for students to connect different representations of relationships together. Representing and interpreting relationships between variables is an important skill even for students who do not study math beyond high school.

When a student draws a graph with pencil and paper, she also has to imagine what that graph says about the world, and her imagination may be riddled with misconceptions. Function Carnival changes that. Students watch a video. They try to graph what they see. Then they play back the video and see how their graphical model would be represented as an animation. Does what they meant to graph about the world actually match the world?

Tell your students, "I need you to watch this short video. It's quick so pay attention." Play the video of Cannon Man. Play it again. Then ask them to tell their friends everything they saw. "No detail is too small."

Tell them the day's challenge is to take the things you can see and say and turn them into graphs that computers and mathematicians can understand. Show them the blank Cannon Man graph and tell them their task is to draw what happened to his height over time.

Keep an eye out forstudents who find it difficult to start - invite them to "Draw anything and then press play." If students are still stuck, show them how to draw single points to keep track of important events.

While students are working, use the teacher view to identify students to talk with. For example:

Click to see an individual student's work on each part of the activity.

Click to see and interact with the class's graphs.

Track student progress through the activity. Look for students who are racing through the activity. Help them attend to precision.

Look for graphs with holes, multiple values and other interesting mistakes.

Make sure students answer the questions between activities. Encourage them to return to these questions if they have been skipped.

Take note of interesting graphs to discuss with the class at the end of the lesson, or for your own use after class has finished. You might choose graphs that are very accurate, graphs that have surprising errors, or graphs that show errors that are common among your students.

Some students will finish the activity quickly and need a challenge. We've added one bonus question at the end that students can try on a separate piece of paper. For an additional challenge, you could ask the students to try to graph speed v. time for each of the 3 scenarios.

When students finish the activity, have a class discussion to highlight the important ideas behind the activity. Call up the interesting graphs you selected earlier, one at a time, and ask questions to get students to state these ideas. For example, the graph to the left has certain broad features of Cannon Man's motion but not the specifics.

Pro Tip!If you think of a graph that you would like students to see, but which no one has made, do this: In a new browser tab, sign in as a fictional student, and draw the graph you want them to see.

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Students watch a video and graph what they see to uncover (mis)conceptions about graphs. Warning! Function Carnival is built using old Desmos technology. It doesn't include our new dashboard features, such as Conversations Toolkit, or Snapshots. Function Carnival will no longer be available after December 31, 2020.