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GeoGebra

Dynamic Mathematics for Schools

Auston B. Cron
PSJA North High School
South Texas College
CAMT 2009
GeoGebra

What is GeoGebra?
 Dynamic Mathematics
software built by and for
Mathematics instructors
and students
 Open Source, meaning
 It„s free!
 It„s supported by a
community of like-
minded people
GeoGebra

Dynamic Geometry Software


GeoGebra

World Wide User Community

 43 languages
 190 countries
 400,000 visitors
per month
GeoGebra

GeoGebra = Geometry + Algebra

Algebra Window

Geometry Window
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Getting to know the user interface

Help for the


The Move tool
the most important selected tool
tool on the menu!

Tool bar
“Toolboxes” group
Similar tools

Input field Input field assists


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Spreadsheet View has being added

Toolbar

Algebra Spreadsheet
View View

Graphics View

Input Bar
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Let‟s get busy!


 Select the Line through
two points tool (notice the
tool tips!)

 Move the cursor into the


geometry window (AKA the
drawing pad)
Symbolic↔Geometric
 Hold the mouse button down
and notice that coordinates
are displayed; release to set
point

 Create a second point to


complete the action

 Observe that the points and


line also appear in the
algebra window!
Extra credit: On the menu bar Select View, then Grid
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Context Menu
 Right-click any object in either window
 Notice the Properties… item at the bottom

Context menu
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Properties Dialog – object customization


 The Properties dialog is
accessed via the context
menu (or the Edit menu)

 Notice that this is a


tabbed dialog; each tab
contains a set of related
properties

 Try this:
 Change the color of
your line (Color tab)
 Change the style of
your line (Style tab)

Extra credit: Modify the labeling of point A to Value


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Activity – Constructing a Parabola


(Part 1: create basic interactive graph of a parabola)
 Type the following into the Input field
 a=1
 f(x) = a x^2
 You now see the parabola f(x) = x2
 Right click on a=1 in Algebra window and
select “Show Object”
 Use the Move Tool to change „a‟

Tools Used:
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Activity – Constructing a Parabola


(Part 2: create a family of curves)
 Right click on a=1 in Algebra window and
select “Properties”
 Click on the “Slider” tab and change the
increment to 1
 Click on the Function f, select “Show Trace”
and close
 Move the slider left and right.

Tools Used:
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Activity – construct a rhombus


(a rhombus is a quadrilateral with all sides equal in length)

METHOD 1 (File | New “Don‟t Save” and turn off the grid & axes)

 Begin by drawing a circle (center A and point B)


 Create a point C on the circle
 Draw a 2nd circle centered at B out to point A
 Draw a 3rd circle centered at C out to point A
 Create a point D at the intersection of these two circles
 ABCD are the vertices of the rhombus
 Finish by hiding the circles and drawing the line segments
 Manipulate your rhombus and observe the behavior

Tools Used:
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Activity – construct a rhombus


(a rhombus is a quadrilateral with all sides equal in length)
METHOD 2 (File | New “Don‟t Save” and turn off the grid & axes)

 Begin by drawing a circle (center A and point B)


 Create a point C on the circle
 Draw line segments AB and AC
 Construct a line through B parallel the AC
 Construct a line through C parallel the AB
 Create a point D at the intersection of these two lines
 ABCD are the vertices of the rhombus
 Finish by hiding the lines and drawing the line segments
 Manipulate your rhombus and observe the behavior

Tools Used:
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Activity – construct a rectangle


(a rectangle is a quadrilateral with all interior angles 90°)
 Begin by drawing a line segment AB
 Draw a line through A and perpendicular to AB
 Draw a line through B and perpendicular to AB
 Create a point C on the line through A
 Draw a line through C perpendicular to AC
 Create a point D at the intersection of these two lines
 ABCD are the vertices of the rectangle
 Finish by hiding the lines and drawing the line segments
 Manipulate your rhombus and observe the behavior

Tools Used:
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Activity - The Pythagorean Theorem


 Draw a right triangle
 Draw a line segment AB
 Draw perpendicular to AB at A
 Point C on perpendicular
 Draw line segment CB
 Hide perpendicular line
 Construct squares
 Use Regular polygon tool
(Notice the polygon areas are
shown in the algebra window)
 Label each square with its area
 Properties - Show label - Value

Tools Used:
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Area of a Triangle
 Create 2 horizontal lines
 Input: y=0 and y=6
 Create a triangle ABC
 Make 3 points on these lines
 Connect using line segments
 Create the altitude
 Line thru C and perpendicular
 Make intersection point D
 Hide line; make line segment
 Create text
 Label & Value of height & base
 Text showing computed area

Now the fun part! Move point C and what (doesn‟t) happen?
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Tools & Commands –


Two ways of doing things
 Input y=x^2 (parabola c is created)
 Create point A on c
 Use the New Point tool or Input “Point[c]”
 Create the line tangent to c at A
 Use the Tangents tool or Input “Tangent[A,c]”
 Create a Slope object
 Use the Slope tool or Input “Slope[a]”
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Parameters & Animation


A Slider is a graphical representation of a number
 Input “a=2”
 Input “y=a*x^2”

Note in the algebra window that a is “off”


 Right click on a, then Show object
 Thevariable a has become a graphical object!
 Manipulate the slider and observe its effect

Extra credit: set a to -5 and then right-click on the parabola &


turn trace on, then sweep the slider from -5 to 5; a family of curves!
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GeoGebra‟s Web Export


 Every GeoGebra Construction can be exported as a
Web Page (html), known as a Dynamic Worksheet
 Try it with your current drawing
 File, Export, Dynamic Worksheet as Webpage
 Examples
 Go to http://teach.lanecc.edu/gettyst
 Click on GeoGebra Demonstrations

 Example 1: Graphing Linear Equations

 Example 2: Basic Construction Kit

 Go to: http://www.psja.k12.tx.us/~abcron
 Click on GeoGebra Tutorials

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