Embed+a+GeoGebra+applet+in+a+wiki+page

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Suppose a class is involved in investigations to explore the nature of graphs of polynomial functions and the teacher has asked the class to investigate the shape of graphs of cubic functions of the form Some students report that the graphs always look like a big S curve and have one peak and one valley.

One student is not convinced of this, continues to explore examples in GeoGebra, and comes up with a way to show that the above conjecture is not always true. She could report this to her group though the following steps.


 * 1) Create the GeoGebra demonstration (see the embedded version below).
 * 2) Save the GeoGebra file to the computer to ensure that it is available for later revision if need be.
 * 3) Go to **File** > **Export** > **Dynamic Worksheet as Webpage (html) ...**[[image:flat_cubic.png width="349" height="301" align="right"]]
 * 4) In the popup window click **Export as Webpage**, and then click **Advanced**
 * 5) Insert a title and your name (if not already there)
 * 6) In the drop-down menu in the lower right select Clipboard: html
 * 7) Click the **Clipboard** button

The Java code for the GeoGebra applet is now stored on the computer's clipboard and is ready for pasting into a wiki page. The following steps accomplish this task.
 * 1) On the wiki page click **Edit**
 * 2) Move the cursor to the place where the GeoGebra applet is to appear.
 * 3) Type in any explanation that is required.
 * 4) Click on the **Widget** icon[[image:widget.png]]
 * 5) In the popup window select **Other html** [[image:other_html.png]]
 * 6) Put the cursor in the **text box**, **right-click**, and **Paste**
 * 7) The Java/html code will appear in the text box. Click **Save**
 * 8) Click **Save** at the top right of the wiki page edit window to save the page with the new text and embedded GeoGebra applet.

Below is the result.

Hi this is Mary

I don't think that the curve is always a full S-bend. Sometimes it has a horizontal flat section and does not have a peak or valley. In the GeoGebra example below I found values for b and c to give the flat section. There are other pairs. You can find these by dragging the sliders for b and c. media type="custom" key="12894636"

The instructions above are repeated in the video below.

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If you would like to practice embedding a GeoGebra applet click here to go to the @Embedding GeoGebra applets practice page