This learning activity, ‘Follow That Thread’, explains how to make curve pictures by drawing lines on shapes and threading wool or string on cards. The lines create the envelopes of conic sections: ellipses, parabolas, circles, and hyperbolas. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.
In this learning activity, ‘Tumble Time’, students can make cardboard shapes to help them visualise the movement of the shapes and focus on the path, or locus, of a particular point. An answer sheet is provided and includes teaching notes with suggestions for supporting learning and further exploration.