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## Welcome Videos Sketchpad Snapshots The Big Picture What's New in Sketchpad 5 ## Using Sketchpad Getting Started Tutorials Sketchpad Tips Reference Center Online Resource Center ## Teaching with Sketchpad Why Teach with Sketchpad Sketchpad in the Classroom First Steps Sample Activities - plays a video - opens a web page | # Sketchpad in the Classroom ### Sketchpad in the Lower Grades Younger students are drawn to Sketchpad’s dynamic nature. They can quickly master a relatively small set of basic skills needed to feel in control of the program. Sketchpad’s environment allows students to easily access geometry, measurement, and graphing, while prepared models available in the Sample Activities develop number sense, operations with fractions, data and statistics, and algebra. Read More - Elementary Grades Sample Activities Read More - Middle Grades Sample Activities ### Algebra with Sketchpad Students are drawn to the visualization and dynamic plotting capabilities of Sketchpad. Seeing slopes, intercepts, and other graph features change by animating parameters or dragging sliders connects symbolic representations with visual images and tactile experiences. Sketchpad’s environment allows students to easily explore families of functions and transformations, while prepared models available in the Sample Activities focus on equation-solving and polynomials. Read More - Algebra Sample Activities ### Geometry with Sketchpad Sketchpad’s environment is fundamentally geared toward geometric investigation and exploration. Students develop deep conceptual understanding and confidence through direct manipulation of the geometry they construct, transform, measure, and animate. Hot Text supports students as they learn to communicate their reasoning and develop proofs. The Sample Activities provide examples of guided investigations and prepared models that extend geometric explorations into three dimensions. Read More - Geometry Sample Activities ### Advanced Mathematics with Sketchpad High school and university students use Sketchpad to create dynamic models for representing complex mathematical concepts in trigonometry, calculus, and beyond. In addition to powerful and flexible function plotting functionalities, students in advanced courses use custom tools, loci, custom transformations, and both numeric and geometric iterations to build or manipulate models. The Sample Activities include explorations that start from a blank sketch, and prepared models for topics such as polar graphs and series. Read More - Trigonometry, Conics, and Precalculus Sample Activities Read More - Calculus and Beyond Sample Activities