Sebastian had designed a Puerto Rican flag to honor his heritage. Within a few days, graphs were shaping into true artwork. (Outline a set of points, and the Desmos graphing calculator will shade the interior!) Then, after students had mucked about with inequalities for a few days, she introduced the polygon tool as an inefficient way to color in areas.
The next day, she taught them how to create a custom color. She gave them formulas to help create unfamiliar figures, like circles and ellipses. and then breadcrumbed different techniques over the course of the week.
The classroom teacher had given some loose constraints - use at least 8 linear equations, use at least 4 inequalities, use at least 4 horizontal lines, etc. It is a glorious capstone to their K-8 math experience at our school. In the last week of two of school, the 8th graders worked on Desmos art projects.
