The Geometer's Sketchpad: Dynamic Geometry Software for Exploring Mathematics [CD-ROM]

Key Curriculum Press (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1559535288 | ISBN-13: 978-1559535281 | Publication Date: January 1, 2002 | Edition: Version 4.0

The Geometer s Sketchpad Dynamic Geometry Software will illuminate mathematics and advance your students comprehension. You and your students can use this software program to build and investigate mathematical models, objects, figures, diagrams, and graphs. With Sketchpad you can give your students a tangible, visual way to explore and understand core conceptsfrom numbers and operations, algebraic thinking, and geometry and measurement in elementary and middle school to algebra, geometry, trigonometry, precalculus, and calculus in high school and college. Concepts that students frequently find difficult become clear when they see visual representations on the screen and interact with them. It works easily with your LCD projector, classroom computer, or SMART Board. Sketchpad can be used across the mathematics curriculum, so you dont need different software for each class, concept, or grade level that you teach. It can easily generate teaching aids such as worksheets, tests, reports, and presentations. Format: CD-ROM, version 4.0 Grade: 3-college Publisher: Key Curriculum Press ISBN: 9781559535281

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Key Curriculum Press; Version 4.0 edition (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559535288
• ISBN-13: 978-1559535281
• Product Dimensions: 11.4 x 8.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Versatile, but complicated..., February 8, 2007

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Amanda Fox (Carrboro, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Geometer's Sketchpad: Dynamic Geometry Software for Exploring Mathematics (CD-ROM)

I really enjoy using this program - it's a great way to manipulate geometric objects without having to draw shapes over and over. However, it's difficult to draw exact figures - equilateral triangles, regular pentagons, etc. Also, it has advanced capabilities that aren't easy to figure out. If you are using it for basic geometry or to explore basic concepts, it's great. And, if you have an instructor who is experienced with the program, it's easy to learn. I imagine it's wonderful for the advanced applications, it just might take a while to get the hang of it.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Helpful Tool, February 10, 2008

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Mr C (Dayton, OH) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Geometer's Sketchpad: Dynamic Geometry Software for Exploring Mathematics (CD-ROM)

This is a great tool when studying Euclidean Geometry. It works just like a straight edge and compass, except the diagrams can be manipulated afterwards so that one sketch can be used to test multiple cases (acute vs obtuse, for instance) which helps in the observation of geometric properties. The interface is easy to use and quick to learn. On the down side, the program offers very little help, which can be frustrating when you're trying something new. (I have yet to make the Construct Locus function work.)

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Geometry Projects, December 21, 2008

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Ayah David (Jerusalem) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Geometer's Sketchpad: Dynamic Geometry Software for Exploring Mathematics (CD-ROM)

If you love symmetry, you'll love Geometry and The Geometer's Sketchpad. Once you get the hang of using this program, it is the absolute best learning tool for the subject of Geometry. You can construct any segment, line, ray, circle, angle, triangle, rhombus, square, etc., measure angles or arcs, or have the program find bisectors. Many more functions as well. Everything is neatly displayed for printing. Made very tidy-looking projects.