Ms. Coombs Math 2, Period 1: Clown--The Two Together
Play the movie of Clown taking a walk. You may pause the movie and then use the left and right arrow keys to move Clown little bits at a time. Use a printout of the coordinate system at the end of this page as you practice doing these activities. Read all steps before beginning! (Note: You may want to use your fairy-dust graphs from the earlier activities.)
Track Clown's total distance along the horizontal axis using your right index finger. Do this all by itself. Go to Step 2 only after you are comfortable doing this.
Track Clown's distance from the start along the vertical axis using your left index finger. Do this all by itself. Go to Step 3 only after you are comfortable doing this.
Do steps 1 and 2 together. Keep your left finger along the vertical axis and your right finger along the horizontal axis. You and your partners may need to talk about a strategy for Step 3. Go to Step 4 only after you are comfortable doing this.
Do steps 1 and 2 together. Keep your left finger directlyabove your right finger.
Pretend that you've dipped your distance finger in pixie dust. Do step 4 again.
Now use your pencil to show the pixie dust trail your finger left behind.
Pick three particles of pixie dust. What do each of these particles represent?
Press the || button to pause/restart Clown. Then use left- and right-arrows to move a little at a time.
While Clown is paused, you can grab and move the "progress ball" to move Clown quickly through the animation.