Amusement Park Simulations

Indian Creek High School

Technology Education Program

Instructor - Mr. Travis East

New - Reflections from Students about the Project

Directions - Complete as many of the simulations on the Geometer's Sketchpad as you can. Customized rides will be accepted and points will be distributed by difficulty. The grading scale is at the bottom of this page. You have four weeks to accomplish as many rides as you can. Good luck to you.

 

Before you begin working on these simulations, you should probably refresh your memory on the tools needed to complete them. The Instructions Page will walk you through each of the transformations.

 

Click on the name of the ride to view an example Sketch.

Java Applet of Ride

Quicktime Movie of Ride

Transformations used

Number of Points

Ferris Wheel

Ferris Wheel.mov

Rotations and Translations

5 points

Gravitron

Gravitron.mov

Rotations

5 points

Bullet

Bullet.mov

Rotations

5 points

The Banshee

Banshee.mov

Rotations & Translations

10 points

Viking Ship

Viking.mov

Rotations

10 points

Dualing Bullets

Dualing Bullets.mov

Rotations & Reflections

20 points

Double Ferris Wheel

D Ferris Wheel.mov

Rotations, Reflections, & Translations

20 points

The Scrambler

Scrambler.mov

Rotations & Reflections

30 points

Carousel

Carousel.mov

Reflections and Translations

30 points

The Tea Cups

Teacups.mov

Rotations and Reflections

30 Points

Customized Ride

N/A

Can have any of the transformations

Based Upon Difficulty

Highlights

N/A

Highlights from 2001

Each worth 30 points

Grading Scale

The instructor reserves the right to give partial credit for work deemed insufficient.

The Instructor may also ask any student to demonstrate the inner workings of the simulation.

Teachers - need a way to convert a grading chart like this one to your own grading scale. Feel free to download and use Austin Mudd's Percent Converter to systematically convert points to a percent.

Letter Grade

Number of Points Needed

A+

300-200

A

199-150

A-

149-100

B+

99-50

B

49-40

B-

39-30

C+

29-20

C

19-15

C-

14-11

D+

10-8

D

7-5

D-

4-1

F

0

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