Mathematics
Desmos
A graphing calculator that became a playground, plus free classroom activities students argue about.
- Grade bands
- 6-8 · 9-12
- Price model
- Free
- Platforms
- Web · iOS · Android
- Subject
- Mathematics
What it is
What started as a free graphing calculator grew into one of the finest pedagogical tools ever put on the web. Desmos Classroom activities let students conjecture, sketch, and react to each other in real time while you watch every screen from the teacher view and pause the room with one click.
Notable features
- Live teacher view
- Anonymize mode
- Free forever calculator
A way to use it
Run Marbleslides on a Friday and watch students beg to finish a linear equations task.
Privacy and accounts
Minimal student data, clear education privacy policy. A district staple.
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