LEARNING MATH CONCEPTS IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT USING PHOTOGRAPHY AND GEOGEBRA

This paper shares how using GeoGebra software and photography, teachers can provide better understanding for student learning. Teaching mathematics through pictures and photography, using real world pictures to point out and teach the mathematics is a novelty. This paper shares how photographs are inserted into GeoGebra software and explores various objectives related to the new Common Core Math Standards. Topics of shape recognition, spatial sense through ratio/proportion and measurement, and functions explore the math that surrounds us in the real world while covering many of the new standards. Photographs of architecture that are inserted into GeoGebra can be dissected to observe different and similar shapes. By using photographs in the GeoGebra environment, the classroom will discuss mathematical definitions and explore numerical relationships as emphasized in the Common Core Math Standards. Since GeoGebra is available as a free download, many school districts are adopting this software in their classrooms.

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