{"id":1299,"date":"2022-04-02T22:03:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-03T05:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/?p=1299"},"modified":"2022-04-02T22:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-03T05:03:07","slug":"graphing-linear-equations-project-a-graphic-design-desmos-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/2022\/04\/02\/graphing-linear-equations-project-a-graphic-design-desmos-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphing Linear Equations Project: A Graphic Design Desmos Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve done some version of the animal\/pet house Desmos project<\/a> for a couple of years; it’s always a hit. This year I was inspired to put a bit of a spin on it after learning about Diarra Bousso, a fashion designer (and math teacher!) who uses equations to create her patterns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did this project after students learned about the slope-intercept form and how to write equations for vertical and horizontal lines. It’s a fantastic example of “real-world math.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launch:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Show students this video of Diarra Bousso discussing how she uses math to create her designs and how her method of production is more sustainable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2. Tell students that they get to create their own graphic designs using equations like Diarra Bousso! (I WISH we had the funds to actually print their designs on tee-shirts. Next year I will try to make it happen.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project basics:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Each student sketches their design on paper on a coordinate plane. Their design must have at least 2 horizontal lines, 2 vertical lines, 3 slanted lines with positive slopes and 3 slanted lines with different slopes. (Most use way more!)<\/li>
  2. I asked the kids to label each of their lines with the equation. (I noticed some teachers only ask kids to label the slopes, which could work well too.)<\/li>
  3. Kids use the desmos graphing calculator<\/a> to re-create their designs digitally. In the process they learn about restricting the domain and range and (if you have time for it) shading using inequalities. I posted this handout with directions<\/a> on google classroom, but had to show most of them as well. <\/li>
  4. Kids write a reflection about what they needed to know\/learn to complete this project.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Here are some results from this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Here are some other great videos about Diarra Bousso, in case you are interested in learning more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Forbes: How Fashion Saved This High School Math Teacher’s Life<\/a> – How Diara Bousso went from working on Wall Street to becoming a math teacher and fashion designer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Politcal Calculations: Fashionable Ma<\/a>ths<\/a> : She discusses her designs, including using combinatorics to create more swimsuit options. Shows many women in bathing suits…so may not be best to show in school.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I’ve done some version of the animal\/pet house Desmos project for a couple of years; it’s always a hit. This year I was inspired to put a bit of a spin on it after learning about Diarra Bousso, a fashion designer (and math teacher!) who uses equations to create her patterns. I did this project […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"A linear equation project featuring real world math, graphic design, and desmos. For 8th grade math students to practice graphing linear equations in slope intercept form.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,12,1],"tags":[21,175,176,173,171,172,169,174,55,170],"class_list":["post-1299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-8th-grade-math","category-algebra","category-projects","category-uncategorized","tag-8th-grade","tag-8th-grade-linear-equations-project","tag-algebra-linear-equations-project","tag-desmos-project","tag-fashion-design-math-project","tag-graphic-design-desmos-project","tag-linear-equations-project","tag-linear-relationships-project","tag-project","tag-real-world-math-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hailstonesequence.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screen-Shot-2022-04-02-at-9.17.15-PM-e1648961876610.png?fit=400%2C294&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1307,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1299\/revisions\/1307"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hailstonesequence.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}