I am reading “Teaching Mathematics Through Problem-Solving” by Akihiko Takahashi and there are some great lessons in it. I am curious about adapting some of these lessons to Desmos. One would require pattern blocks that are rotatable. Anyone have ideas on how to implement that? Polypad has a nice im…

Maybe some of this thread: [image] Rigid transformation and rotation of polygon in graph Questions I would like to create a polygon in a graph and have students be able to move the polygon and rotate it. I know how to do it if the polygon is a .jpg but not a polygon that …

It’s going to be lot of those! Like 30.

If you’re going to have a lot of pieces they probably need to be images or it’s liable to get slow and clunky.

E.g. screen 2 of this [image] Manipulative screens • Activity Builder by Desmos With thanks to ideas from Jay Chow and others

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Daniel_Grubbs June 20, 2021, 12:37am 2

Maybe some of this thread:

Topic		Replies	Views
Rigid transformation and rotation of polygon in graph Questions	17	4027	June 16, 2021
Use a slider to add blocks for students to visualize a patter Questions	2	432	December 24, 2023
Rotate a polygon around any point Questions	1	838	February 27, 2021
Duplicating shapes Questions	5	1969	February 23, 2021
Rotation action button Questions	8	654	October 2, 2023

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