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Write-up # 1 - The sum, product, quotient, and composite functions of two linear functions
Write-up # 2 - Given the quadratic equation y = ax2 + bx + c: when two values are fixed, and the third value varies, what happens to the graph?
Write-up # 3 - Some different ways to examine ax2 + bx + c = 0
Write-up # 4 - The construction of the nine-point circle and a proof to support the construction
Write-up # 5 - A library of Geometer's SketchPad scripts
Write-up # 6 - Some constructions of parabolas, ellipses, and hyperbolas on Geometer's SketchPad
Write-up # 7 - The construction of some tangent circles and a proof to support the construction
Write-up # 8 - A circumscribed triangle and the relationships among the arcs of the circle, the angles of the triangle, and the angle bisectors of the triangle
Write-up # 9 - A construction and proof of the Simson Line of a pedal triangle, plus some conjectures using the Simson Line
Write-up # 10 - The parametric equations x = acos(t) and y = bsin(t), x = acos(t) + hsin(t) and y = bsin(t) + hcos(t), when a = b, a < b, and a > b
Write-up # 11 - The polar equations r = a + bcos(kq) and r = a + bsin(kq), as a, b, and k vary
Write-up # 12 - An analysis of a set of data, using a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
Essay # 1 - Fractals on The Geometer's Sketchpad
Essay # 2 - Spirals
Essay # 3 - Some "Mean" Trapezoids
Essay # 4 - The Arbelos and the Salinon
Essay # 5 - Constructing Polar Graphs on The Geometer's Sketchpad
Day 1 - Graphs of the Sine and Cosine Functions
Day 2 - Amplitude and Period
Day 3 - Phase Shift and Vertical Shift
Day 4 - Putting It All Together
Day 5 - Graphs of the Tangent and Cotangent Functions
Day 6 - Graphs of the Secant and Cosecant Functions
Day 7 - Graphing by Addition of Ordinates
Day 8 - TEST
Final Project - A presentation of Heron's Formula, including proofs and related topics
Final Project - Symmetry in Architecture
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