| Part
III: Overview of MathMol Tutorials
Part I -Geometry
Part II- Mathematical Relationships
We live in
a 3-Dimensional World yet our textbooks and much of our math curricula
still seemed fixed on 2-Dimensions.
Try
this!
Take a look
at the image below. "Do not rotate the image". Below
you see a graph showing the x-y axis. Only quadrant 1 (+x,+y)
is shown.
1) Click on
the cube box. What figure appears? Where is the cube? Since we
are viewing the x,y axis the third dimension or +z-axis comes
out of the plane of the screen and is not visible. Now click on
the the x-y-z box to show the z-axis.
3) Click view
2 (in the view pulldown), the 3-Dimensional grid now appears showing
the cube. Try rotating the object within the screen to gain different
perspectives of show how the cube fits into a 3-D grid.
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To
rotate object hold left mouse button down and slide cursor
arrow over object |
At the end of this textbook are several
tutorials which explore in greater depth the use of Java Mage
to explore 2-D and 3-D Geometry.
Go
to Carbon 3 Ways...
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