Mathematical Modeling: Desmos

The following tutorial allows students to 3D print mathematical graphs using the free-online graphing calculator Desmos.

Desmos can be found at https://www.desmos.com/calculator

Desmos is a great learning tool because it is free to use and will work on any device that your students have access to. There is a even a iPAD app as well as a chrome extension for those students with Chrome Books.

Note: Desmos works well for graphing and printing 2-Dimensional graphs, but for 3-Dimensional mathematical representations read through Henry Segermans paper titled 3D printing for mathematical visualisation which can be found at: http://www.ms.unimelb.edu.au/~segerman/papers/3d_printed_visualisation.pdf