I had actually done this activity last year as just a regular Desmos file paired with a worksheet that asked them questions about the graphs. First is the straight up polar way, and the second is the parametric way. Further examples: r=acos 2 θ, r=a(1-cosθ) r=ae-kθ Alternatively, try this Polar Grapher; use the slider to change the angle and you will see how the curve is traced out. See more ideas about graphing, graphing calculator, math. Then, enter a cool name for your graph and hit “Save”. Here you find some pretty amazing curves that are formed from some pretty simple function equations. You can watch the graph appear as you enter in the data and it draws the equations instantly. Oct 6, 2014 - Explore Katie Gifford's board "Desmos", followed by 140 people on Pinterest. Let me show an example. Click on “Untitled Graph”, located on the top left corner. It turns out that the polar way is solid for most things, but it loses refinement at times. First, set your calculator into polar mode through the mode button. 0 0. Desmos creates graphs from equations. All good! Disclaimer : I have googled and found this answer. Wow. They really loved it. If we graphed , we should get a flower with 57 petals. Introduction to Polar Graphs. We had just covered polar equations in precalculus. Try this example showing r=acoskθ. The formula for a logarithmic spiral using polar coordinates is: r = ae θ cot b. where. Everything is copied and pasted at one location! Of course, I can only discover so many of them, but this is a page of really cool graphs that I have found. Graphing Polar Equations with Desmos (online graphing calculator) and Padlet (online bulletin board) This was easy. [1] So there are two ways to graph polar in desmos. r is the distance from the origin (or "pole") a is a constant. It is possible to see how polar curves are traced out by using a slider in the domain on the Desmos graphing calculator. So the coordinates of a point on the curve in polar coordinates is given by (r, θ). it has 17 really cool polar graphs and shows you what settings to use on your calculator to graph them and get them to look right. It didn’t take too long to create an activity builder based off of it. θ is the angle (in radians) from the horizontal axis. They explored well beyond what we covered in class. Anonymous. 2.1.1 Remark: Now that your graph is saved, if you wanted to rename/duplicate the graph, simply click on the graph… Now the name you just entered should have replaced “Untitled Graph”. The trick to drawing these polar curves is to use radian measures for the input variables and put the results into a polar graph. 3. As you probably know, there are a ridiculously huge amount of cool graphs out there. Okiee Dokiee. A polar graph uses angles in … It should say (POL) After that, press Y= and type 3sinθ Press the graph button and voila. While this is nothing new, what’s really cool about Desmos is that as you’re writing equations through the Desmos Whiteboard, the interactive calculator actually graphs the equations at the same time. 5 years ago. I then told each student they should make a cool design using 10 or less equations. Really Cool Graphs.