A MatheMatical Model Of Me!
In this project our main objective was to take a picture (could be of anything) and then transform it on an application called Geogebra. Geogebra is an app where you can graph anything you want. In Geogebra we had to use different views (EX: Spreadsheet View, Algebra View Graphics View). We used them to add points and create our images. I chose to do a portrait photo of myself for the project and then graph my portrait on Geogebra. Our final product would then have to be the final draft of your Geogebra picture on a display. Below I will take you through the steps of this project and the struggles and challenges I had with this project.
This is the original image that I chose to transform. The reason I chose this image is because I though I could showcase and represent my best work with it. At the time it also gave me a little bit of a challenge to accomplish. I didn't exactly have faith in myself to finish it. But I stayed strong.
This is the draft on paper when I graphed it. I basically had to trace the image with straight lines on graph paper. A challenge that came with this was trying to make all of the lines on exact points without any decimals. The decimals would make it harder to plug into Geogebra.
This is the finished version of my portrait on Geogebra. As you can see it seems to be very dull and not so exciting. This part of the project seemed pretty straight forward, easy and successful. We had to make sure that when we arranged our graph in the beginning all the grid squares would be perfect and equal so our images wouldn't be demented looking. That was probably the most challenging part.
The final draft of my portrait was traced onto a tennis racket. I chose to represent my portrait with something that I love doing. Tennis is something that I really enjoy. The tennis racket that I transformed is one of my first rackets. A challenge I had with this was actually making the trace before I painted it. I made an outline on the racket and it was hard because I didn't understand how to make the image visible. I later discovered that standing far away and keeping the racket infront of a white background produces the best look.
Overall working with a new program in this project went great. I learned a lot about producing great quality and beautiful work. The program Geogebra helped me understand graphs a lot better. It helped adapt to a different style of learning math. I feel like choosing a picture of my face gave me a challenge, trying to figure out where all the lines could fit. I also tried to make a really creative final product. The project was exciting and I wish we do more stuff like this.