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The wind in your sails (9860)

This is a replacement unit to facilitate the teaching and learning of right-angle triangle trigonometry. The students begin by ‘learning’ how to sail a boat and then engage with various aspects of sailing and as a result learn about the fundamental trigonometric ratios. The unit comes with pre-made 9860 Geometry files that enable the students to sail virtual boats, collect data on their sailing and through this learn about trigonometric ratios. The unit includes traditional learning and problems as well as some not so traditional learning.

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Optimisation (9860)

When studying quadratic functions/calculus, do too many of your students find ‘optimisation questions’ hard? Have you ever wondered why? The booklet you can download here is the unit of work that supports the ideas presented in a number of workshops during 2011 and 2012 that outlined why students find the ideas hard. Basically, traditional teaching-and-doing approaches fail to focus on what is really happening: the measurement on one dimension and the subsequent calculation of other dimensions. Also, algebraic simplification turns out to be the devil – the patterns in the symbols are lost and so generalisation is not ‘seen’! The approach in the booklet supports the idea of each student developing a calculation and then comparing and contrasting to it other’s calculations – it is in this that the symbolic patterns appear and the generalisation literally reveals itself.

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CG131 Calculating the value of a derivative

This short video shows how to determine a derivative value, i.e. the value of a derivative function for a given x value, using the Run.Mat app of a CASIO fx-CG series graphics calculator. CG20 AU and CG50 AU versions presented.

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CG141 Defining and calculating with matrices

This short video shows how to define and calculate with matrices using the Run-Matrix app of a CASIO fx-CG series graphics calculator. CG20 AU and CG50 AU versions presented.

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Using a 9860 in the SACE Maths Methods examination.

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Do you know all there is to know about using your graphics calculator in the SACE Mathematical Methods examination? – specifically the CASIO fx-9860G AU PLUS

As this suggests, this document outlines the functionality of the 9860 that is likely to be of use within the SACE Mathematical Methods examination. Featuring exam-style questions, screen shots and key strokes, it is comprehensive and detailed; easy to read and a handy reference.

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Using a 9860 in the SACE Maths Studies examination.

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Do you know all there is to know about using your graphics calculator in the SACE Mathematical Studies examination? – specifically the CASIO fx-9860G AU PLUS

As this suggests, this document outlines the functionality of the 9860 that is likely to be of use within the SACE Mathematical Studies examination. Featuring exam-style questions, screen shots and key strokes, it is comprehensive and detailed; easy to read and a handy reference.

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Generating random numbers using the 2nd edition fx-82/100AU PLUS

This short video shows how to generate random numbers, using a Casio 2nd edition fx-82/100AU PLUS. The generation of uniformly distributed pseudo random integers is used to investigate a probabilistic scenario, the outcome of summing three four-sided dice repeatedly.

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