Lesson #164 Polar and Cartesian Coordinates

  
Quotes of the Day:
"All of us are slaves to the prejudices of our own dimension."
          -- Thomas Banchoff (in introduction to Flatland) 

"I tell them if they will occupy themselves with the study 
   of mathematics, they will find in it the best remedy 
   against the lusts of the flesh." -- Thomas Mann

Objectives:
The student will review polar equations and Cartesian 
   Coordinates.


1. Collect Homework.

2. Battleship Game

   Distribute rules for the game.  
   Have students play each other (or in groups of 2).

3. Hand out Parabella Sheets for review.

4. Conversions
       


5. Examples:

       

6. Assignment:
   Work sheet on Parabella.
   Work sheet on Polar / Cartesian Conversions.

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