Animations &
Simulations
Frank Griffin
Cate School,
Carpinteria, CA
TCM Conference, NCSSM
January 2016
If a Picture = 10 3 words, then
Rationale
Animation = 10 3 pictures = 10 6 words
Math becomes dynamic
Students ask “What if ?”
Current Math more interesting
More exciting/difficult math becomes accessible
Students experience those aha moments
What do you see?
What do you see?
What do your students see?
In 2002, from the movie
Animations
Algebra Tiles
Pythagorean Theorem
Unit Circle
Parabola game
Properties of Conics
Simulations
Coin Flips
Showing that probability is
unpredictable in the short run, but
predictable in the long run
Birthday Problem
Visualizations
Law of Sines
Trig examples
Taylor Polynomials
Polar Rose curves
25th Annual Exeter Math Conference
Frank Griffin
Cate School
Carpinteria, CA
• Frank_Griffin@cate.org