Wolfram's interactive demonstration Exploring Polar Graphs plots polar graphs of the form for various trig functions . What effects do the parameters , , , and have on the graph?
Wolfram's interactive demonstration Polygon Spirals creates spirals by connecting vertices of regular polygons which lie on the sides of larger, similar polygons.
"Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making
mistakes, and having fun."
~ Mary Lou Cook
Integrating art and mathematics enables students to discover new ways in which mathematics models real-world phenomena, and allows students to engage in positive affective learning experiences in the mathematics classroom. Both fields lend themselves easily to discovery and self-exploration.
Visit each of the galleries listed below to view samples of student work and to download the lesson plans and student worksheets from which they were created.
Gallery I: Polar Designs
AP Calculus C |
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Gallery II: Form Meets Function Precalculus G/T |
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Gallery III: Baravelle Spirals AP Calculus C |
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Gallery IV: The Tissue Box Problem All Subjects |
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Gallery V: The Polynomial Art Problem Precalculus G/T |
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Gallery VI: Scale Drawings Algebra I G/T |
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Gallery VII: Value-Scale Self-Portrait Algebra I G/T |
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Gallery VIII: QR Code Digital Self-Portrait Discrete Mathematics G/T |
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Gallery IX: Ambigrams Geometry G/T |
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Gallery X: The Masters Geometry G/T |