Education Technology


Happy New Year

Activity Overview

Students are challenged to recreate the countdown clock, fireworks and song. 

Key Steps

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    Have your students work out the angles turned by the second and minute hand for the final 60 seconds of the year. Use those angles and the draw line command to create the countdown clock. 

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    Students use transformations of functions and the Pt-On( tool to draw a fireworks display. 

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    Students write code to use the TI-Innovator Hub to play a song to welcome the new year.