This manipulative provides opportunities to:
Explore a graphical reperesntation of sine, cosine, or tangent while simultaneously viewing a dynamic color-coded graph of the unit circle and a table of related values
Switch units between degrees or radians
Add features to the graphs, including special angles, labels, and a background grid
PhET also provides translated versions of the simulation in multiple languages, teacher created activities, and with a free account you can access their teaching resources.
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Simulation by PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder, licensed under CC-BY-4.0 (https://phet.colorado.edu)
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