Functions Review: Deck.Toys

Deck.Toys is so amazing- we love this tool!

For this review on functions in precalculus, we utilized many of the features that Deck.Toys has to offer. We thought the theme for "around the house" would be interesting to the students- so we went with everyone's nightmare: your mom is making you clean the house before you can take your nap. We uploaded a photo of a floor plan and jumped right in! Each room has a different adventure and the students had a blast- and of course, taught us some things along the way. For instance, did you know that they could challenge each other in certain tasks? Pretty sweet.

The review itself contains tasks dealing with rational, polynomials, composite, and piecewise functions. To begin, students must complete a Desmos card sort. We actually found this PDF online and used it to create the card sort. That's cool, right 😕 We actually used Desmos' Dashboard to ensure all groups correctly matched cards before allowing them to move forward. And then, it was on!

Our Deck.Toy included a maze, memory game, slides with locks, and lines (matching vocabulary). One of the best parts about this digital learning tool is the ease of creating the different tasks. If you have vocabulary sets, I highly suggest using them- this is where you can create the fun stuff that is Deck.Toys.

Please check out our deck and have fun- we guarantee your students will!

~RJ and SSB

Comments

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