Creating a ‘Function Domino’ Game In this activity you are going to practice exporting function graphs to the clipboard and inserting them into a word processing document in order to create cards for a game. Make sure you know how to enter different types of ‘Function Domino’ functions before you begin with this activity. Preparations Open a new GeoGebra window. Switch to Perspectives Algebra & Graphics. – Construction Steps for GeoGebra Enter an arbitrary function. 1 Examples: or e(x) = exp(x) f(x) = sin(x) Move the function graph into the upper left corner of the Graphics 2 View. Reduce the size of the GeoGebra window so it only shows the 3 desired part of the Graphics View. Export the Graphics View to the clipboard. 4 Hint: Menu File Export Graphics View to Clipboard. – – Construction Steps for MS Word 1 Open a new word processing document (e.g. MS Word). Create a table with 2 columns and several rows. 2 Hint: Menu Insert – Table… Highlight the entire table (all cells) and open the Table Properties dialog. 3 Hint: right-click Table – Properties… 4 Click on tab Row and specify the row height as 2 inches. 5 Click on tab Column and set the preferred width of the columns to 2 inches. 6 Click on tab Cell and set the vertical alignment to Center. 7 Click the OK button. Place the cursor in one of the table cells. Insert the function graph picture 8 from the clipboard.
Creating a ‘Function Domino’ Game In this activity you are going to practice exporting function graphs to the clipboard and inserting them into a word processing document in order to create cards for a ‘Function Domino’ game. Make sure you know how to enter different types of functions before you begin with this activity. Preparations Open a new GeoGebra window. Switch to Perspectives – Algebra & Graphics. Construction Steps for GeoGebra 1 Enter an arbitrary function. Examples: e(x) = exp(x) or f(x) = sin(x) 2 Move the function graph into the upper left corner of the Graphics View. 3 Reduce the size of the GeoGebra window so it only shows the desired part of the Graphics View. 4 Export the Graphics View to the clipboard. Hint: Menu File – Export – Graphics View to Clipboard. Construction Steps for MS Word 1 Open a new word processing document (e.g. MS Word). 2 Create a table with 2 columns and several rows. Hint: Menu Insert – Table… 3 Highlight the entire table (all cells) and open the Table Properties dialog. Hint: right-click – Table Properties… 4 Click on tab Row and specify the row height as 2 inches. 5 Click on tab Column and set the preferred width of the columns to 2 inches. 6 Click on tab Cell and set the vertical alignment to Center. 7 Click the OK button. 8 Place the cursor in one of the table cells. Insert the function graph picture from the clipboard.
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