DUE Date
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WORK DUE at the beginning of class or lab
unless otherwise noted.
Turn in work that meets the criterion in
Presenting Homework and Projects
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means that the assignment will receive a
numerical grade.
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| 17 Dec - Wed |
****Final Project**** from 12-2:30.
Breaking Boards with your Bare Hands - the Math: Beth and Danger
Crime Scenes and Math: Coyia and Kate
DaVinci: Leigh Ann
Design in Nature: Anna B and Halie
Dyscalculia: Anna D and Tracy
Egyptian Mathematics: Jenna and Jessica
How To Make a Movie Blockbuster! Alex N.
History of Zero: Jessie
History of Pi: Melissa
Math and Cheerleading: Alex K.
Math and Gambling: Meghan
Mathematics and Medicine: Kerri
Math in Music: Kat and Meggie
Math of Snowboarding: Emily
Math and the Study of Viruses: Qaitlin
Statistics of the Civil War: Ben and Tim
Teaching Math Using Music: Anna S and Alisha
TouchMath: Lindsay
Water Stress in Africa: Tyler
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| 9 Dec - Tues |
Prepare to present your
Final Project Abstract orally in class.
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| 8 Dec - Mon |
Bring your stock market info with you to lab and your calculator.
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| 4 Dec - Thur |
Use class time to go to the library or Dr. Sarah's office.
At least one of your references for the final project must be a book
from one of these two places. I will be in my office during class.
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| 2 Dec - Tues |
****Project 6: Personal
Reflection****
Bring Project 5 with you to class. Prepare to share something from both
Project 5 and Project 6.
Bring your finance and stats tests to class.
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| 1 Dec - Mon |
Bring your stock market info with you to lab.
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| 25 Nov - Tues |
****Test 3****
study guide
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| 24 Nov - Mon |
Bring your statistics labs with you.
Continue reviewing for the test.
See the ASULearn forum posting about the option of taking the test at the
end of lab.
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| 23 Nov - Sun |
Nic will hold a review session in room 108 beginning at 3pm.
Extra credit of +1 on your test if you attend. From Nic "There is a
possibility that security will forget to unlock the front doors, so if
you could tell your students to knock on the window if they can't get in."
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| 20 Nov - Thur |
****Project 5:
Critiques of Recent Media and Designing Experiements
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Examine the study guide
and take a try of the ASULearn Material Review
Questions for Test 3 and write down any questions that you have.
Our test review session in class will last as long as you have questions or
comments.
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| 18 Nov - Tues |
ASULearn message me or write down (to turn in)
an analysis and critique (informal bullet points are fine) of
the information in these recent news
articles on the impact of young voters
by referring to specific content and page numbers in both books from
our homework readings on Tues Nov 4 and Thurs Nov 13 (see the assigned
readings below).
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| 17 Nov - Mon |
Use the lab time to go to the Current Periodicals section on the lower
level of the library. At least one of your articles for Project 5 must be
from here.
Begin working on homework for Tuesday.
Begin working on Project 5 due Thursday.
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| 13 Nov - Thur |
ASULearn message me or
write down (to turn in) something you found interesting, had a question on,
or disagreed with from each of the following 5 sections (informal bullet
points are fine)
in Heart of Mathematics
1) p. 57 "a look back"
2) p. 571-572 and p. 576-580
3) p. 585-587 and "a look back" on p. 600
4) p. 613-615 and p. 620-623
5) p. 645-658
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| 11 Nov - Tues |
Review the lab from Monday and prepare to share from the
"leave for discussion" portions. Bring your lab with you to class.
Begin working on the readings for Thursday
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| 10 Nov - Mon |
Bring the
stock market data from last
Monday to lab.
Read the linear regression reading for lab
If you didn't finish up the worksheet from class, be sure to do so,
along with How Do You Know Chapter 3 Section 4 #15 parts b) and c)
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| 6 Nov - Thur |
Read about boxplots in How Do You Know and use
the following lo, q1, median, q3, and hi
to sketch three boxplots on the same graph.
Then answer p. 169 Chapter 3 Section 3 # 25 part b:
ABC [13.5, 14.4, 16.6, 17.2, 20.2]
CBS [13.1, 15.5, 16.35, 17.3, 21.9]
NBC [13.1, 13.6, 14.5, 15.0, 17.6]
Bring How Do You Know to class
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| 4 Nov - Tues |
Come to class prepared to discuss How Do You Know
p. 166 section Chapter 3 Section 3 #6 on measures of center
Skim section Chapter 3 Section 1, p. 121 - 130
of How Do You Know and write down something
to share with the class.
Skim Chapter 3 Section 3, p. 156 - 163 of
How Do You Know and write down any questions
you have.
Bring your lab to class.
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| 3 Nov - Mon |
These are needed in lab:
Stock Market homework.
You will need to print 1 graph in lab - be sure that you have money on
your card.
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| 30 Oct - Thur |
****Test 2****
study guide
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| 28 Oct - Tues |
Bring How Do You Know to class.
Take a try of the ASULearn Material Review Questions for Test 2 and write down any questions that you have. Our test review session in class will last as long as you have questions or comments.
Look at the
Test 2 study guide
and write down any questions that you have.
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| 27 Oct - Mon |
Complete ASULearn Car Loan Practice Problem. Keep track of your answers and calculations on a sheet of paper to turn in - (if you scroll over an answer box after you submit it, you will receive feedback and hints, and you can resubmit the correct answers online).
Read p. 36-37 in How Do You Know? and bring your workbook to
lab.
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| 23 Oct - Thur |
****Project 4: Ben Franklin's Legacy****
Ben Franklin's Will - News
Article Web Readings
Ben Franklin's Will - Project 4
Self-Evaluation Checklist for
the Ben Franklin Report
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| 21 Oct - Tues |
Skim p. 24-27 in How Do You Know?
Search the web for information about the currency or money that exists
in the US and also how much personal or consumer debt or loans there are.
How about for the entire world? How about for North Carolina?
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| 20 Oct - Mon |
How Do You Know? p. 21 Exercise Set 1.2 numbers 8 and 10.
Collect information that you receive in
the mail, search on the web
and/or go to a bank
to find recent interest rates on...
savings,
checking accounts,
cds (certificate of deposit),
credit card rates,
student loan rates,
house loan (mortgage) rates,
and car loan rates.
Summarize your findings and be sure to include the source of each rate.
Begin working on project 4 and bring your ideas and questions to lab.
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| 14 Oct - Tues |
Jane and Joan
Begin working on homework for next week.
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| 13 Oct - Mon |
Read Ben Franklin's Will - Web Reading
for Lab
How Do You Know? p. 21 Exercise Set 1.2 numbers 1 and 2.
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| 9 Oct - Thur |
Carefully read How Do You Know? p. 11-13
(the answer to You Try It 2.3 is on page 275)
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| 7 Oct - Tues |
Practice Problems (to turn in)
How Do You Know? page 6 in section 1.1 # 1, 13, 16, 17, 20.
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| 6 Oct - Mon |
Bring How Do You Know? and your calculator to all labs and classes
during the Personal Finance segment.
Begin working on homework for Tuesday.
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| 29 Sept - 2 Oct |
****Project 3: What is a
Mathematician?
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Prepare to Present Your Digital Presentation on Monday:
Leonardo Pisano Fibonacci (1170-1250) by Kate, Jessica, and Meghan
Leonardo Da Vinci (1452-1519) by Anna D, Anna S, and Tracy
Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) by Alex K and Mason
Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543) by Ben and Tim
Prepare to Present Your Digital Presentation on Tuesday:
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) by Andrew and Jenna
Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) by Anna B. and Halie
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910) by Alex N., Emily, and Leigh Ann
David Blackwell (1919 - ) by Coyia and Kerri
Prepare to Present Your Digital Presentation on Thursday:
Stephen Hawking (1942 - ) by Beth, Danger, and Qaitlin
David X Cohen (1966 - ) by Cat, Kevin, and Meggie
Danica McKellar (1975 - ) by Jessie and Lindsay
Terrance Tao (1975 - ) by Alisha, Leah, Melissa, and Tyler
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| 25 Sep - Thur |
If you have a laptop, bring it to class.
Preliminary bullet points writeup for mathematician project
(1 per group). Create bullet points for,
Influences, Support, Barriers
and Diversity Issues, and Mathematical Style, and highlight related
quotations, as in points 10-16 in the
presentation checklist.
Look for my ASULearn message to you that contains references to your
mathematician.
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| 23 Sep - Tues |
Search the web to find a short quote about what mathematics is, and
bring the quote and the person's name to class - prepare to present it
in class and tell us why you chose that quotation.
You will regularly need your calculator in class and lab
for the rest ofthe semester. You may leave your geometry notes at home,
but do pull the Jeff Weeks worksheet
into your notes for this segment.
Your group and mathematician for
Project 3 must be approved on
ASULearn by the end
of the day (only 1 mathematician per group - first-come-first-served on
ASULearn). Everyone must work in a group of 2-4 people on this assignment.
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| 22 Sep - Mon |
Read the following about
creative inquiry
Work on homework for Tuesday.
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| 18 Sep - Thur |
****Test 1**** study guide
The ASULearn Material Review Quiz will no longer be available after the
test.
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| 16 Sep - Tues |
Continue reviewing for test 1 via the study guide and the ASULearn
Material Review Quiz. Message me or write down (to turn in) at least
one related question or comment.
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| 15 Sep - Mon |
Read through the following readings
and message me on ASULearn or write down (to turn in) two items that
you found interesting, disagreed with, had a question on, or wished
had been done:
Heart of Mathematics p. 307-319.
News Articles
Begin reviewing for Test 1 via the
study guide. The ASULearn Material
Review Quiz will be available by Monday at the end of lab.
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| 11 Sep - Thur |
Read through the following readings
and message me on ASULearn or write down (to turn in) two items that
you found interesting, disagreed with, had a question on, or wished
had been done:
Heart of Mathematics p. 289-299.
Shape
of the Universe
Jeff Weeks Interview
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| 9 Sep - Tues |
****Project 2:
Earth and Universe****
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Bring a 10-12 inch diameter child's ball - these are usually found in bins
in stores and cost a couple of dollars. Be sure that this ball is smooth,
can bounce, and that you won't mind writing on it during class.
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| 8 Sep - Mon |
Read through the 2D Universes Readings
and message me on ASULearn or write down (to turn in) two items that
you found interesting, disagreed with, had a question on, or wished
had been done.
Continue working on project 2.
Obtain your child's ball for Tuesday.
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| 4 Sept - Thur |
Obtain a scientific calculator (with a
yx, xy, or ^ key on it),
a 3-ring binder notebook, and a hole puncher.
Obtain 2 books from the bookstore:
purchase the How Do You Know? workbook
and obtain the hardcover rental Heart of Math book by showing
your class schedule.
Begin working on Project 2
and write down any questions you have.
If you have a laptop with a wireless connection, bring it to class.
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| 2 Sept - Tues |
****Project 1**** due by 5:45 pm
Come to class prepared to discuss the
Round Earth web readings
If you have a laptop with a wireless connection, bring it to class.
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| 28 Aug - Thur |
Search google for
Dr. Sarah, click on her page, and click on the MAT 1010 link and then the
Syllabus link.
Come prepared to share something you read and write down any
questions you have - the university considers this a legally
binding contract.
Come to class prepared to discuss the
Perspective Drawing
web reading.
If you have a laptop with a wireless connection, bring it to class.
Begin working on Project 1.
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