Dynamic Mathematics Visualization for Young Learners:
Sketchpad in Grades 3-8.
A Working Conference for Researchers, Curriculum Developers, and Educators. 7-9 February 2003

Sketches
The following downloadable Sketchpad documents are contributions from conference participants. Unless otherwise noted, these sketches require Sketchpad 4.0 or later. Many of these documents contain multiple pages, in which case the previews show only a few of the pages. These files remain the property of their respective authors. While you may download and use them for evaluation purposes, please contact their authors directly for permission to duplicate or disseminate. (Authors e-mail addresses are included in the sketch documents.)

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Titles:hopping.gsp (Sketchpad document), msmathsketches.gsp (Sketchpad document), Jeff.ppt (Powerpoint presentation)

Pages: (hopping.gsp) Triangle base; 2. Segment to unit; (msmathsketches.gsp) 1. tease rect at 12; 2. fixperimtritrance; 3. change precision units; 4. swinging; 5. Basic tris

Author: Jeff Barrett

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Title:DGSituations.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Title; 2. What is DG?; 3. DG/Student View; 4. Drawing vs. Constructing; 5. Conjecturing; 6. What is DG? (redux); 7. Mean vs. Median; 8. Curriculum & Student Matrix; 9. Gallery; 10. Adding Integers; 11. Area Multiplication; 12. Area Estimation; 13. Coordinate Systems; 14. Number Patterns; 15. Fibonacci; 16. Equivalent Fractions; 17. Fraction Fish; 18. Factors; 19. AntMarch; 20. Conclusion

Authors: Nicholas Jackiw, Steven Chanan, Nathalie Sinclair (Fraction Fish based on ideas by Piet Human)

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Title:Flatland (JavaSketchpad web site)

Pages: Triangle View; Crowd Scene

Authors: Nicholas Jackiw & Nathalie Sinclair --- inspired by Edwin Abbot

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Title:MMC_Feb2003_Complete.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Title; 2. Dynamic Geometry; 3. Motion Means Behavior; 4. Petals; 5. Petals w/Map; 6. Bugs Bugs Bugs; 7. Sheep Dog; 8. GSP & Geometry; 9. Functions & Function Families; 10. Dynagraph; 11. Multiply Machine; 12. Sine Challenge; 13. Live Surface/High Res; 14. GSP & Algebra; 15. Tangent to a Cubic; 16. Antiderivative; 17. Integral; 18. GSP & Calculus; 19. Close.

Author: Nicholas Jackiw (with some sketches by Keith Dean, Scott Steketee, and Steve Rasmussen)

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Title:BethLackey.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Attribute Blocks; 2. Beth; 3. Chris; 4. Jane

Author: Beth Lackey & her students

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Titles:Ann1.gsp (Sketchpad document), Ann2.gsp (Sketchpad document), Ann3.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: (Ann1.gsp) 1. Title; 2. Benefits of Cross-Age Tutoring; 3. Draw and Measure Angles; 4. Name Angles; 5. Cakestand; 6. Little Giant; 7. Wagon wheel; 8. Tumbling Blocks; (Ann2.gsp) 1. My Star; 2. Adventure-NS; 3. Eight Hands Round; 4. Pine Tree; 5. Estimation Template; 6. Emma p clips; 7. Emma p clipsAM; 8. Which are triangles?; 9. Segment, Ray, Line; 10. Square, Perim, and Area; (Ann3.gsp) 1. Circles; 2. Air Force; 3. Vivian's Snowflake; 4. Ninja Eagle; 5. Acutelsos; 6. TR-Rhino; 7. TR-Alligator; 8. TR-Boat; 9. TR-Penguin; 10. Duncan; 11. Translation; 12. Reflection; 13. Rotation

Author: Ann Lawrence & her students

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Title:FractionManipulatives.gsp (Sketchpad document); DGYL_Paper_Olive.doc (Word document)

Pages: 1.Fraction Circles; 2. Fraction Sticks; 3. Fraction Bars

Author: John Olive

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Title:CalculatingMachines.gsp (Sketchpad document); Numberline Models.doc (Word file)

Pages: 1. Title; 2. Add ; 3. Subtract ; 4. Subtract w/opposite; 5. Multiply; 6. Multiple w/numbers; 7. Multiply discrete; 8. Multiplicative Function (Unary); 9. Divide ; 10. Divide w/reciprocal; 11. Four-function arithmetic; 12. Four-function geometry

Author: Steve Rasmussen

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Titles:How to star card.gsp (Sketchpad document); How to tessellate.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Author: Cathy Sanders

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Title:Tile Laying.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Tile Laying 101 ... 5. Euclid's Algorithm

Author: Daniel Scher

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Title:Nathalie_DGYL.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Title; 2. Student; 3. Sailboat; 4. Number world; 5. Classifying Shapes; 6. Sum of exterior angles; 7. Sorting; 8. Efficiency; 9. Perspicuity; 10. Mystery Points; 11. References

Author: Nathalie Sinclair

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Title:DGYL_Prototypes.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Place Value Bugs; 2. Equivalent Ranges; 3. Unit Sticks; 4. Geometric Probability

Authors: Nathalie Sinclair & Nicholas Jackiw (based on ideas from the Working Groups)

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Title:PythagoreanSamples.gsp (Sketchpad document); PythagoreanGrids.gsp (Sketchpad document); ExploringPythagoras.doc (Word file)

Pages: 1. Scruffy; 2. Stars; 3. Spartan; 4. Block design; 5. Dilbert; 6. Menorah; 7. Tweety; 8. Sample Tools; 9. Elvis

Author: Karen Wyatt & her students

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Title:Fractal Project.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Katherine; 2. Lane's Fractal; 3. Snow Copy

Author: Karen Wyatt's students

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Title:Trans Project.gsp (Sketchpad document)

Pages: 1. Gnome; 2. Harry Potter; 3. DiscoBob; 4. Patriotic; 5. Cats; 6. Potato Heads; 7. Leap Frog; 8. Veggietales; 9. Viper GTS ACR; 10. Spyder Man;

Author: Karen Wyatt's students

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