René Descartes (1596 –1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician. Descartes connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry.

ALGEBRA AND GEOMETRY

How does slicing a cone lead to algebra?

Key questions

How is geometry and algebra linked?
What is the geometry of expressions?
What is the geometry of equations?
Can we model both algebraically and geometrically?

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Literacy

stories that set a frame or background
stories that accompany or intertwine
stories that introduce
stories that explain
stories that ask a question
stories that entertain

The Number Devil by Hans Magnus Enzensburger

Introducing...

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conic sections - narrative

the number devil - narrative

Developing...

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Review...

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