Years 9–10

Desmos for Years 9–10 Mathematics

23 self-paced tutorials using Desmos mapped to the Australian Curriculum.

23video demos

8cpd hours

1certificate

About this course

Desmos for Years 9–10 Mathematics offers 8 hours of practical, curriculum-aligned professional development for teachers in Australia.

I am a teacher myself. I want this course to be useful and worth your time. So, I have sorted through the Achievement Standards, Content Descriptions and Elaborations of the Australian Curriculum (v9) for you and identified realistic opportunities for you to employ the Desmos Studio tools for teaching and learning.

As you make your way though, you will watch reasonably short videos of me creating and building with Desmos in real-time. I don't skip steps and I explain as I go. This "start from nothing" approach will develop your understanding of and your proficiency with the tools. In other words, I'm not just giving you a whole bunch of pre-made Desmos graphs and activities that you don't understand.

AITSL alignment

Standard 2.6

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) — Use effective teaching strategies to integrate ICT into learning and teaching programs to make selected content relevant and meaningful.

Standard 3.4

Select and use resources — Select and/or create and use a range of resources, including ICT, to engage students in their learning.

Sample content

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Course contents

Number and Algebra9 topics

Recognising irrational numbers (Year 9)
Calculating distance, gradient and midpoint (Year 9)
Modelling change in applied contexts (Year 9)
Graphing quadratic functions (Year 9)
Varying parameters of relations (Year 9)
Solving exponential equations (Year 10)
Modelling growth and decay (Year 10)
Making and testing conjectures (Year 10)
Solving simultaneous equations (Year 10)

Measurement and Space7 topics

Applying measurement formulas (Year 9)
Using scale in two dimensions (Year 9)
Applying transformations (Year 9)
Using logarithmic scales (Year 10)
Solving trigonometry problems (Year 10)
Solving spatial problems (Year 10)
Drawing network diagrams (Year 10)

Statistics and Probability7 topics

Representing univariate data sets (Year 9)
Analysing data representations (Year 9)
Questioning data representations (Year 9)
Using Venn diagrams to represent sets (Year 9)
Representing bivariate data sets (Year 10)
Comparing data with boxplots (Year 10)
Conducting probability simulations (Year 10)