Boat in the River Current InterActivity - Simulator

Worksheet Materials (Handout & Teacher Pages)

	2-page printable - student handout pdf or doc (opens in new window)
	5-page printable illustrated teacher guide with answers pdf or doc (opens in new window)
	half-page printable review of 2x2 systems student handout pdf (opens in new window)
	2-page printable review of 2x2 systems illustrated teacher guide with answers and step-by-step directions for using GeoGebra pdf (opens in new window)

Materials for Offline Use

Zip for offline use - USA paper: boat_current_USA.zip (includes handouts, teachers pages, html and ggb interactivity - simulator).
Zip for offline use - A4 paper: boat_current_A4.zip (includes handouts, teachers pages, html and ggb interactivity- simulator).
Requires freeware GeoGebra and sunJava player.

Metadata

Global	Wind and River Current Problem Solving
Brief	InterActivity-Simulator for Problems about a Boat in the River Current
Grade	8 (good problem for beginning systems of equations 2x2)
Strand	Algebra 1 AF at Math247 Matrix Algebra Algebra at Math247
Standard	Algebra 1 3.4 ACT EE 28-32
Keywords	linear, equation, system, 2 variables, algebra, dynamic, freeware, applet, offline, online
Comments	Images are terrible - looking for new ones :)
Credits	Zoran Trifunov for idea to create simulator; Jenny Sendova for idea to have students make up questions from simulator. Thanks!
Download	Zip for offline use - USA paper: boat_current_USA.zip Zip for offline use - A4 paper: boat_current_A4.zip
Author	LFS - contact
Type	Freeware - Available for Offline and Online Use - Translatable (html)
Use	Requires sunJava player

InterActivity (see handouts above for directions on using InterActivity)

Click and drag the sliders to set: speed of boat in still water, speed of current and direction of boat.

Then click on the animation buttons:
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