| | THE SINE FUNCTION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | THE SINE FUNCTION Ronald G. Sienkiewicz Prosser Vocational High School Chicago, IL 60639 1-312-637-5556 Objectives: To familiarize the students with the concept of the sine function by defining, by graphing, by computer generating, by using a "shop created" flboard sine wave generator, and by presenting examples of natural phenomena which result in sine wave motion. |
 | | Writing an equation on the chalkboard and asking the students to predict its graph, I was able to quickly and efficiently run through several variations of the sine function without the tediousness of using the chalkboard. |
 | | The significant idea here, being that this type of motion (the movement of a pendulum and the motion of a mass at the end of a spring-natural phenomena) will always be mathematically expressed in terms of sines and cosines. |
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