Interactive Web Pages without Pain Using Java Sketchpad

  1. What is Java Sketchpad?
  2. Java Sketchpad is a java applet that allows you to put interactive Geometer's Sketchpad sketches on a web page. It comes with a converter that saves sketches as HTML pages. See the Java Sketchpad Center: Information, source code and converter to download.

  3. Examples
  4. Look at the demos at the Java Sketchpad Center.

    (Pages from my course in geometry for middle school teachers:)

    A puzzle proof of the Pythagorean Theorem . Shamelessly copied from Key Curriculum Press.
    Leonardo da Vinci's proof of the Pythagorean Theorem . Also copied from Key Curriculum Press.
    Introduction to vectors and translations ..
    Triangle congruence theorems .
    Area formulas: parallelogram; triangle; triangle.
    Symmetry: reflection symmetry; rotation symmetry; translation symmetry.
    Kaleidoscopes: two mirrors; three mirrors; four mirrors.

    Slightly ridiculous stuff

    Addition puzzle
    Slide rules for: adding positive whole numbers; adding fractions; adding integers; multiplying.

  5. Tutorial
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