# "Slideable" Graph points

**URL:** <https://cl.desmos.com/t/slideable-graph-points/2909>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [March 13, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/slideable-graph-points/2909 "2021-03-13T02:01:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tanisha\_Horton](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/tanisha_horton/32/1314_2.png) [@Tanisha\_Horton](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Tanisha_Horton)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 2:01am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/slideable-graph-points/2909/1 "2021-03-13T02:01:49Z")

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Hi all! Wondering if someone could help me create a template where students can drag different points on a sine function to change the vertical shift, horizontal shift, amplitude, and period length. My hope is that I can give them an equation and they can drag the points around to create the graph. Any help would be very much appreciated!

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**Author:** ![Alison\_Signorotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b77776/32.png) [@Alison\_Signorotti](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Alison_Signorotti)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/slideable-graph-points/2909/2 "2021-03-13T22:32:42Z")

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Hi there,

[Here is a compilation of slides](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/604d3160a7d8d30d2dc701d1) involving graphing sine and cosine functions. I’d love to take credit for creating all of them; alas, I stole ideas and slides from a variety of places.

Many of these are randomized so they can be repeated in an activity.

I hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![SandiG](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/sandig/32/1895_2.png) [@SandiG](https://cl.desmos.com/u/SandiG)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/slideable-graph-points/2909/3 "2021-03-15T00:21:28Z")

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There’s actually some really great activities made by Desmos for this!

Intro in Radians:

> **[Trigonometric Graphing: Introduction to Amplitude and Vertical Shift •...](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/583f4544575b0ce408f7ae68)**
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> In this activity, students will informally explore range, midline, and amplitude of trigonometric functions. They'll use what they learn about the relationships to write equations of sine and cosine graphs.
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> Inspired by Trigonometric Graphing by Bryn...

Intro in Degrees:

> **[Trigonometric Graphing: Introduction to Amplitude and Vertical Shift (degrees)...](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5e4aac27aa4266109aeb40ed)**
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> In this activity, students will informally explore range, midline, and amplitude of trigonometric functions. They'll use what they learn about the relationships to write equations of sine and cosine graphs (plotted in degrees).
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> Inspired by...

Amp, Vertical Shift + Period:

> **[Graphing the Sine Function using Amplitude, Period, and Vertical Translation...](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/56b3e682b884dbd81be6ed09?collections=5d8cd59885c91b60206c592b)**
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> Students will build a visual understanding of amplitude, period, and phase shift in this introduction to trigonometric graphing. They will use this understanding to find models for given graphs of the sine function.