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Make no bones about it, the math students at Catawba Valley Community College have created some spooktacular mathterpieces on the Desmos graphing calculator. Who knew graphing functions could be so fang-tastically fun!

Luke Walsh, mathematics instructor at CVCC, has compiled his students halloween art into a coloring book for his son’s kindergarten class - and of corpse you are welcome to use it with your students too.

Download the coloring book PDF here

Click here to view a gallery of the graphs

Witch is your favorite? Here’s a sample of his students’ work:

Graph link: www.desmos.com/calculator/jbmiokbsl9

Graph link: www.desmos.com/calculator/ws2dgq7ktq

Graph link: www.desmos.com/calculator/we8zwoltde

Graph link: www.desmos.com/calculator/ia6fdz6orv

A recording of our webinar with the Global Math Department is now online. Check it out for tips and tricks on using Desmos in your classroom:

www.bigmarker.com/globalmathdept/oct23

(we recommend using Firefox)

A big thanks to Megan at the Global Math Department, who made this webinar possible. We really enjoyed meeting new teachers and answering some great questions about the calculator. If you’re a math teacher looking for a fun place to continue your professional development, definitely check out Global Math Department. Follow them on Twitter with #GlobalMath and @mgolding.

Curious about Desmos and how you can use the calculator in your classroom? Join us for a live demonstration during the Global Math Department’s weekly webinar series.

Date: Tuesday, October 23

Time: 8pm Central Time

Webinar link:
https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M0EDJYE0WJH3HRGY2EXINXTNSD-33S3
This is a webex meeting which requires a Java applet to be installed. We recommend you attend tonight with a Firefox browser. Chrome didn’t want to play nice with Webex. Installation will take you approx 10 minutes.

Twitter Hashtag: #globalmath

During the webinar we’ll share our screen and give you a live play-by-play of how to navigate the calculator, adjust the settings, and how to easily input different types of expressions that graph instantaneously. Be prepared to learn some some cool tricks that can enhance the way you use the calculator in your classroom (creating sliders, highlighting points of interest, using projector mode). We’ll also be talking about saving and sharing graphs, plus a few nifty developments we have in the pipeline.

Even if you’re a seasoned Desmos user, we encourage you to join us, as we’ll be giving a sneak peak of updates coming around the corner. Have your questions ready and we’ll see you tomorrow evening!

-Team Desmos

P.S. Be sure to check out Global Math Department’s website for a full list of past and upcoming webinars: globalmathdepartment.com/