Course Math 5147: Basic Trigonometry with the TI-83+/84+ Graphing Calculator

Quarter Graduate Credits: 3

Dates:  To be arranged with instructor.

Location:  Distance Learning Course

Fees:  $395 Tuition ($410 starting Fall 2011)

Graduate Credit Fee (optional): $165

Special Fee:  $40  (includes TI-83/84 textbook, USPS priority mailing, handling, and free Online Course Workbook)

Registration: Register anytime and take up to 3 months to complete the course from time of registration. 

Click on the following link Registration

Questions:  Send email to eknowlton@adventures-in-education.com or call 630-377-5035

Description: Learn new and creative ways to effectively teach basic trigonometry concepts using the TI-83+/TI-84+ graphing calculator. Engage in real world and hands-on activities that can immediately be used in the Trigonometry classroom. Methods align with the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM 2000). The content will explore topics such as angle measures, solutions of right and oblique triangles, trig and circular functions, their graphs and inverses, trig identities and equations, polar graphs, linear and angular velocity, complex numbers, data analysis and modeling.

Offered cooperatively by Portland State University and Adventures In Education, Inc.

Materials Needed: 

1. Text:  TI-83Plus, TI-83Plus Silver and TI-84Plus Graphing Calculator: How To Best Use It (provided with materials)

2. Course Workbook (provided with materials)

3. TI-83+, TI-84+ or TI-83+ Silver Graphing Calculator (not provided with materials)

Instructor:  Elisabeth Knowlton, PhD

Contact Instructor:  eknowlton@adventures-in-education.com 

                                   or call 630-377-5035