General

A compact index of projects, applets, and writing.

A long-running catalog of public-ready creations: current projects, interactive math sketches, and older writing brought forward with enough context to browse.

Projects

Modern creations

Prototypes and ideas, most are still in progress!

Oakland Athletics elephant logo in green and gold.

2026 / Baseball data explorer

Oakland A's Roster Eras

An interactive history of Oakland Athletics roster eras from 1968 through 2024, tracing player continuity, season results, and the cores that defined each period.

Baseball historyRoster dataData visualization
KidLinks relationship map connecting children, friends, and parents.

2026 / Parent network prototype

KidLinks

A lightweight relationship map for keeping track of a child's friends and the parents or guardians connected to them. Read the portfolio writeup.

Parent utilityRelationship mappingProduct prototype
Math problems floating onto a spacious printable PDF worksheet.

2026 / Worksheet utility

WriteSpacer

A browser tool that turns dense worksheet images into printable pages with generous room for students to show their mathematical work.

Classroom utilityPrintable worksheetsMath practice
Dot works through an algebra equation in a notebook while chatting with a student tutor.

2026 / Learning design case study

Algebuds: Student Tutors Chatbot

An Algebra 1 prototype that flips the tutoring roles: students explain their thinking to a constrained chatbot and learn by watching it apply their ideas.

Learning designAlgebra 1Recursive feedback
Historical U.S. congressional district cartograms built from hexagonal tiles.

2026 / Interactive map archive

Historical Hex Congressional Districts

An interactive cartogram spanning all 119 U.S. Congresses, with each congressional district represented as a five-hex tile.

Congressional districtsHistorical mapsData visualization
Illustrated playroom background from V's Play Studio.

2026 / iPad play app

V's Play Studio

A touch-first play studio with original characters for making temporary stickers, mixing foods, and building board games.

Kids appiPad SafariMini-apps
Project

2026 / Playable puzzle game

N's Logic Puzzler

A mobile-friendly logic-grid puzzle collection with X/O deduction marks, coins, unlocks, and quick beginner puzzles.

Logic gridsMobile gameDeduction

Math applets

Interactive math sketches

Eight featured applets from a much larger catalog of GeoGebra constructions and interactive sketches.

GeoGebra preview for Cones from a Circle.

2019 / GeoGebra applet / Two Cones / By Scott Farrar

Cones from a Circle

Cut and fold a circle into cone models and compare how radius, arc length, and height move together.

GeometryHigh school.ggb
GeoGebra preview for Factorable Quadratics with colored lattice points and a parabola.

2018 / GeoGebra applet / GeoGebra / By Scott Farrar

Factorable Quadratics

Drag the coefficient point and watch how a monic quadratic's graph, factorability, and integer roots line up.

Algebra and functionsHigh school.ggb
GeoGebra preview for Lines In ACircle.

2018 / GeoGebra applet / GeoGebra Doodads / By Scott Farrar

Lines in a Circle

Animate lines rotating through a circle and watch the paths and envelopes they create.

GeometryHigh school.ggb
GeoGebra preview for Swing Hyp Down.

2018 / GeoGebra applet / swingHypDown / By Scott Farrar

Swing Hyp Down

Use a swinging right-triangle animation to connect a changing hypotenuse with geometric motion.

GeometryHigh school.ggb
GeoGebra preview for Incenter Spirographs.

2017 / GeoGebra applet / GeoGebra Doodads / By Scott Farrar

Incenter Spirograph

Animate a triangle and trace its incenter into a family of geometric, spirograph-like curves.

GeometryHigh school.ggb
GeoGebra preview for Completing the Square.

2016 / GeoGebra applet / complete the square / By Scott Farrar

Completing the Square

Drag through a visual model of completing the square and watch the algebraic structure take shape.

Algebra and functionsHigh school.ggb
GeoGebra preview for Distances to Vertices.

Dec 5, 2013 / GeoGebra applet / Color continuum Triangle Centers / By Scott Farrar

Distances to Vertices

Move a point around a triangle and study how its distances to the vertices change together.

GeometryMiddle school.ggb
GeoGebra scatterplot comparing rectangle area and perimeter values.

Nov 9, 2013 / GeoGebra applet / Asilomar 2013

Area vs. Perimeter

Investigate which area and perimeter combinations are possible for rectangles, adapted from a Malcolm Swan prompt.

GeometryMiddle school.ggb
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Complete math applet catalog

And many more

Browse all 111 published applets by domain, audience, and interaction.

GeoGebraInteractive mathArchive
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Talks

Presentations

Conference pages with slides, applets, handouts, and related ideas.

Original dark Keynote cover showing Scott Farrar holding a geometric model.

2018 / Explorable Explanations Hack-a-thon / San Francisco, California

Exploring High School Math with GeoGebra and Desmos

A fast-moving collection of high school mathematics explorations built for an explorable-explanations gathering in San Francisco.

TalkMath education4 applets
An animated circle rolling along a purple number line to illustrate radian measure.

January 2017 / South Bay mathematics presentation / California

GeoGebra: From Construction to Abstraction

A presentation about using dynamic construction as a path toward more abstract mathematical relationships.

TalkMath education4 applets
A Euclidean geometry construction with a semicircle, intersecting lines, and labeled angles.

December 7, 2013 / California Mathematics Council North Conference at Asilomar / Pacific Grove, California

If a picture is worth 1000 words, what is GeoGebra worth?

A collection of dynamic mathematics demonstrations built around the claim that interaction can communicate more than a static diagram.

TalkMath education9 applets
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Writing

Archive posts

A compact index of older posts, with expanded versions on the writing page.

Archive media for Evaluative Listening and Khan Academy

Mar 4, 2016 / WordPress Archive / Media: recovered

Evaluative Listening and Khan Academy

Archive note: this post is preserved as evidence of Scott's product, technology, and math education thinking. The original text is preserved with modern media fallbacks.

Archive
Writing

Dec 13, 2015 / WordPress Archive / Media: partial

2015 CMC North Asilomar Wrapup - Part 1

Archive note: this post is part of the early interactive mathematics and GeoGebra thread in Scott's writing. The original text is preserved; recovered media is linked or displayed where possible.

geogebraacademicprofessional
Writing

Sep 28, 2015 / WordPress Archive / Media: recovered

Dandy Candies and OEIS

Archive note: this older WordPress post is preserved with its original wording. Media has been recovered where available and otherwise marked for a later pass.

professionalmathproblem solving
Writing

Jul 28, 2015 / WordPress Archive / Media: partial

If Triangle Proofs are the aspirin, what is the headache?

Archive note: this post is part of the early interactive mathematics and GeoGebra thread in Scott's writing. The original text is preserved; recovered media is linked or displayed where possible.

professionalgeometrycontinuummath
Writing

Nov 11, 2014 / WordPress Archive / Media: placeholder

The effects of User Interface design on testing

Archive note: this post is preserved as evidence of Scott's product, technology, and math education thinking. The original text is preserved with modern media fallbacks.

professionaltechtesting
Archive media for Geogebra Doodads

Apr 27, 2013 / WordPress Archive / Media: recovered

Geogebra Doodads

Archive note: this post is part of the early interactive mathematics and GeoGebra thread in Scott's writing. The original text is preserved; recovered media is linked or displayed where possible.

geogebrageometrygeogebra
Writing

Sep 5, 2011 / WordPress Archive / Media: recovered

WCYDWT: Displaced Water

Archive note: this older WordPress post is preserved with its original wording. Media has been recovered where available and otherwise marked for a later pass.

professionalwcydwtalgebra
Archive media for WCYDWT: Escalator

Jun 7, 2010 / WordPress Archive / Media: recovered

WCYDWT: Escalator

Archive note: this older WordPress post is preserved with its original wording. Media has been recovered where available and otherwise marked for a later pass.

professionalmathalgebra
Textbook right triangle application prompt about calculating the correct size of a bandana for a dog

Dec 1, 2009 / WordPress Archive / Media: recovered

Nice motivator, Holt.

Archive note: this brief post is an early snapshot of Scott's writing about textbook motivators and the limits of surface-level real-world framing. The original text is preserved.

professionalgeometrymath
Writing

Oct 31, 2009 / WordPress Archive / Media: partial

Triangles by side

Archive note: this post is part of the early interactive mathematics and GeoGebra thread in Scott's writing. The original text is preserved; recovered media is linked or displayed where possible.

professionalgeogebrageometry
Writing

Oct 13, 2009 / WordPress Archive / Media: placeholder

Circumcenters and Epicenters

Archive note: this post is part of the early interactive mathematics and GeoGebra thread in Scott's writing. The original text is preserved; recovered media is linked or displayed where possible.

professionalgeogebrageogebra
Writing

Oct 10, 2009 / WordPress Archive / Media: placeholder

Introductory Geogebra Lesson

Archive note: this post is part of the early interactive mathematics and GeoGebra thread in Scott's writing. The original text is preserved; recovered media is linked or displayed where possible.

professionalgeogebraLesson Study
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