I have an idea floating around that I want to develop, but I can’t quite find an example to start from. I usually can find something to copy and edit, but no such luck this time.
My idea: help students understand powers of i by grouping objects together
Ideally, they could break something like i^5 into 5 objects labeled “i” and then put pairs together that turn into an object labeled -1. They would continue to pair up the “i” objects until there are no more pairs.
It would be awesome if they could drag objects labeled -1 together that would turn into an object labeled 1 after that.
Any suggestions about where to start? Thank you!