Dynamic Visualization Is the Heart of the Program
With Sketchpad, students can construct an object and then explore its mathematical properties by dragging the object with the mouse. All mathematical relationships are preserved, allowing students to examine an entire set of similar cases in a matter of seconds, leading them by natural course to generalizations. Sketchpadencourages a process of discovery in which students first visualize and analyze a problem and then make conjectures before attempting a proof.
Sketchpadgives you the tools to do the following:
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Accomplish Euclidean constructions with the drawing tools in the Toolbox and with commands in the Construct menu. |
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Go beyond Euclidean constructions using commands in the Transform menu to construct translations, reflections, rotations, dilations, and iterations by fixed, computed, and dynamic quantities. |
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Enter the realm of analytic geometry using the Graph menu to plot functions and work in rectangular or polar coordinate systems. |
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Calculate and plot derivatives of functions; see derivatives both graphically and symbolically. |
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Create animations that trace out sine waves and explore other trigonometric identities. |
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Encapsulate complex constructions in single steps with user-designed Custom Tools. |
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Sketchpad? Is Versatile and Easy to Use
Sketchpad is designed with an intuitive interface for ease of use, so your students will be focused on the activity, not the navigation. And Sketchpadworks well in a variety of classroom settings?with an overhead projector, with one or two classroom computers, or in a computer lab. Students can work on independent explorations, and they can solve assigned problems collaboratively or alone. Teachers use Sketchpadto create worksheets, exams, and reports by exporting Sketchpadfigures and measurements to spreadsheets, word processors, other drawing programs, and the Web.
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New Version 4 - Dynamic Mathematics Is Now More Powerful than Ever Before!
The following are new in Sketchpadversion 4:
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Capability to define, combine, evaluate, graph, and differentiate functions makes Sketchpadthe perfect tool for algebra and calculus as well as for geometry. New extension materials make this easier. |
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Animation features are more powerful, more flexible, and easier to use. |
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Multi-page Sketchbooks make it easy to assemble related activities and package them with activity-specific tools, create electronic portfolios and presentations, develop curriculum, and design activities. |
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Split/Merge and editing of calculations and functions allow easy modification of sketches. |
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Styled text enhances professional appearance; mathematical text increases authenticity. |
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User can integrate Web-based resources into Sketchpadactivities and publish ?live? Dynamic Geometry® activities on the Web. |
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Fully supports Windows® and Macintosh® on the same CD-ROM. |
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Easy-to-create Custom Tools extend Sketchpad?s mathematics. |
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Enhanced graphics allow full colour objects, text, and background for striking visual effect. |
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Use of parametric colour adds an ?extra dimension? in any visualization, ranging from simple mathematical finger-painting activities at the early grades to surface plots at the higher grades. |
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Easier user interface gets beginners immediately up to speed. |
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Selecting multiple objects is easier than ever. |
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All of your Sketchpadskills are upwardly transferable to GSP4. |
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Upgrading couldn't be easier - if you're sure from the above, simply order. If you want to assess Sketchpad4, just
download a free trial.
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Resources: A Comprehensive Support System
Extensive Sketchpadsupport resources ensure that you and your students will move easily from basics to the more advanced program features.
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Useful Documentation:Sketchpadhas built-in online help and comes with an easy-to-follow Learning Guide, Reference Manual, and Quick Reference Guide. |
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SketchpadResource Center Web Site: www.keypress.com/sketchpad/ provides product information; technical support; an Online Activity Guide that links to a wide variety of Web resources for using Sketchpadin and out of the classroom; an extensive bibliography; and informative, downloadable reference materials about Sketchpadand Dynamic Geometry. |
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Professional Development Packages: QED can arrange for a trainer for a group of new Sketchpad users for a very low cost per user. |
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SketchpadStudent Edition: With this new, full-featured Student Edition, your students will bring dynamic mathematics home to reinforce their class work and pursue their own mathematics explorations. Students at site-licensed schools may purchase the Student Edition through their school for only £29.95. The Student Edition is available to individual customers through Key Curriculum Press for just £39.95. |
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Many thousands of resources are available for download on Sketchpad, often free. In the UK, the extensive use of the software has led to resources becoming available from the ATM and MA and for regular courses on using dynamic geometry in KS3, KS4 and A-Level. Use Google to search. |
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Ordering and Downloads
System Requirements
Windows Pentium®-based system or equivalent
Windows 95 or NT 4 or later
16MB RAM
CD-ROM drive
Macintosh
Power Mac??based system
Mac OS 8.6 or later
16MB RAM
CD-ROM drive
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With a scope that spans the mathematics curriculum from middle school to college, The Geometer’s Sketchpad® brings a powerful dimension to the study of mathematics. Sketchpad is a dynamic construction and exploration tool that enables students to explore and understand mathematics in ways that are simply not possible with traditional tools—or with other mathematics software programs. Now widely used and accepted in the curriculum in the UK, Eire, Portugal and a growing number of other European states, Sketchpad and its vast pool of available resources are an investment that you simply won't regret.
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