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Vector: HyperDoc

Vectors are so misunderstood by students... until now (hopefully)!  I have created a HyperDoc that introduces vectors through Vector, from Despicable Me.  Students watch a short video clip of Vector explaining why his name is Vector.  It's super cute and informative!  Of course, this activity gets a little more challenging!

 After the intro (Part 1), students are taken to an EdPuzzle video where they must answer a few questions, even though the instructions explicitly say to put answers in the HyperDoc, if you plan on using this activity, you may want to reiterate that point, or create a new EdPuzzle for your classroom.  This video was a good idea, but I have over 30 students in one room and only a handful of students had earbuds; so it got a little loud.

 Part 3 has students going to a Calculus 2 website that uses dot products in three dimensions on top of some other cool (in a math geeky way) stuff.  It's a challenge but very doable.  Plus, they can see how the college kids roll!

 And then we go to the Illuminations website to get a view at how boats are affected by vectors, aka current and wind speed. Students were asked to play the game and use the computer's Snipping Tool to take a picture of their boat on the island.  It was fairly easy, but a good learning experience.

 AHHHHH... Desmos! Part 5 takes the students to a Desmos activity that I straight stole from Google.  I did a little editing to lighten the load from the original, but it was a good change of pace.  I did create a class code so that I could check that all students completed this task. 

 Finally, my favorite part: word problems!  Students were asked to work out their solutions to these tasks on their paper or whiteboard, take a photo, and then upload it to their HyperDoc.  That's it.  They shared it with me when done.

 Link to student copy

 Link to solutions

 ~ssb

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  1. AnonymousJanuary 24, 2023 at 8:55 AM

    This looks very interesting; however, the links do not work.

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