Texas Instruments TI-73 - Manual (Page 40)

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Activity 7
The Dolphin
Students use ordered pairs to reproduce a picture of a
dolphin on the TI-73 screen, and then set up an
appropriate viewing window.
Geometry
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plotting ordered pairs
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connecting line graphs (xyLine)
Materials
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dolphin picture overlayed on a grid
(provided)
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transparency of provided dolphin
picture
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grid paper
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TI-73 ³
Setup
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On the grid paper, demonstrate how to draw the x- and
y-
axes.
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Have students draw and label the x- and y-axes on
their papers. Ask: What do we call the intersection of
the x- and y
-axes? (the origin)
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Have students label the origin on their graphs. (0,0)
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Review how to graph points on the coordinate grid.
Begin at the origin. Ask: How do I graph (2,5), (5,2),
(-2,5), (5,-2), (2,-5), (-5,2), (-5,-2)?