I had them print out their Desmos Art, and I made a huge collage of it on my wall in the back of the room. After they finished the project, I turned on the “Reflection” slides so they could fill those out. I used teacher pacing, and restricted the screens to 1 – 5 during the project. By using an Activity Builder, I was also able to include the instructions for the projects and helpful tips for them.
Having them do the project through an Activity Builder helped me manage all of their graphs so I could easily view them and access them for help. To keep all of their art projects in one place, I created a Desmos Activity Builder for the project. I loved how excited they were about creating their art! I have done this with students in Pre-Algebra and up, but you could change the project to make it appropriate for lower grade levels by having them graph only lines, or having them plot points in a Desmos table and connect them. It was a blast for me and a great learning experience for them. They came to me outside of class to learn how to graph certain functions, restrict their graph, and color in their art.
My students loved the art they saw on Desmos, and were excited to create their own pictures. I showed them examples from Staff Pics, Creative Art to motivate them and give them ideas. Last year I had my students create an art picture using Desmos.
