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| ID | 446 |
|---|---|
| First Name | Ruth |
| Last Name | Berger |
| Institution | Luther College |
| Speaker Category | faculty |
| Title of Talk | Geometry software: Cinderella |
| Abstract | Cinderella is an easy to use dynamic software program which allows for constructions in Euclidean, Hyperbolic, and Elliptic geometries. Hyperbolic geometry uses the Poincare disk model. The menu selection in Cinderella is similar to Geometer’s Sketchpad. My course focuses on proofs, but almost every week I have an exploratory Cinderella lab, so students can get a feeling for these other geometries and make conjectures. Well known Euclidean results are verified while students get used to the menu items needed in the construction, then they explore the same construction in the other geometries. In this talk sample questions will be presented and several lab activities will be demonstrated. Cinderella can be downloaded for free at Cinderella.de |
| Subject area(s) | Geometry |
| Suitable for undergraduates? | Y |
| Day Preference | FridayStrong |
| Computer Needed? | N |
| Bringing a laptop? | Y |
| Overhead Needed? | N |
| Software requests | Cinderella, downloadable from cinderella.de , as a back up if my PC does not work. |
| Special Needs | I need to hook up my laptop to show the cinderella program and my files. Will you have a VGA cable available to plug into my PC? |
| Date Submitted | 09/25/2016 |
| Year | 2016 |