A parametric heart ... with love

2023-11-20 09:44:31

A parametric heart ... with love

This post is being updated and will be posted before February 6th, 2025. Adventurer members can still access the old files by clicking the solutions & supporting materials. 

ExcelParametricHeart

Valentine's Day is a good excuse to explore parametric equations. First students figure the coordinates of this figure using trigonometric unit triangles. Then they simplify and accelerate this task with either a graphing calculator or with online software like Desmos or GraphSketch.com.

For Adventurer members we have an editable Word docx, an Excel sheet, and tips/solutions.



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