Dr. Sarah's Tentative Calendar for WRC 1010101

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  • Syllabus and Grading Policies
  • What is Due When?

    DUE Date
    hw due by class time, additional activities TBA

    What is Mathematics?

    10 Dec from 2-4:30 final project on What is Mathematics during our assigned T/H class time at finals


    26 Nov - Tues hw due:
    ▢ read through the final project
    ▢ bring first two exams
    class: final project and exam corrections

    Consumer Statistics and Probability

    25 Nov - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn partial sample exam 3
    ▢ complete any items that remain open in this module
    class: exam 3 on Consumer Statistics and Probability

    21 Nov - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn review practice stats & prob
    ▢ ASULearn debrief review statistics and probability
    class: statistics review and upcoming activities, t-shirt Thur
    19 Nov - Tues hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn turn in Monday's lab as a PDF: handwrite case studies
    ▢ ASULearn study guide for exam 3
    class: case studies 4 and review from T/Th questions
    18 Nov - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn case studies practice
    lab: case studies lab, news.gallup.com

    14 Nov - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM policy decisions
    pp. 776-788 deciding personal and public policy
    ▢ ASULearn glossary/wiki for consumer statistics and probability
    class: case studies 3, analyzing probability and chance in medical testing on the T/Th Questions handout, t-shirt Thur
    12 Nov - Tues hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn amazing stats or internet askew (pp. 663-664 15 or 18)
    ▢ turn in Monday's lab as a PDF: handwrite inferences hand in
    class: case studies 2
    11 Nov - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM inferences
    pp. 659-661 Extrapolating to Nonsense
    pp. 712-722 Making Inferences from Data
    pp. 740-745 Measuring Relationships-Correlation
    ▢ ASULearn inferences practice
    lab: inferences lab,   Gapminder Tools

    7 Nov - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM collecting, interpreting, and summarizing data
    pp. 645-650 Meaning from Data
    pp. 655-657 Stumbling Through a Minefield of Data
    pp. 674-678 Getting Your Data to Shape Up
    pp. 53-56 and p. 61 Numerical Patterns in Nature
    ▢ ASULearn data analysis practice
    class: case studies 1, 1969 Vietnam draft [2:39-5:00], draft data. Discuss egg bungee on Monday (dropper, protector, data reader, recorder, and volunteer judges), egg splat with 21 rubber bands, amazing stats or internet askew for Tuesday. t-shirt Thur
    5 Nov - Tues hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn turn in Monday's lab as a PDF: handwrite probability hand in
    ▢ bring measuring tape
    class: finish prior activities, inferences intro, hand length and forearm, sleep data
    4 Nov - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn probability practice
    lab: probability lab,   Birthday simulation,   World Bank population estimates and projections,   WorldBank_Population.xlsx,   fill down helper video,   highlighter helper video

    31 Oct - Thur hw due:
    ▢ read THoM probability
    pp. 570-584 Predicting the Future in an Uncertain World
    pp. 591-596 Random Thoughts: Are Coincidences as Truly Amazing as They First Appear?
    pp. 626-631 Drizzling, Defending, and Doctoring Probability in Our World and Lives
    class: finish Tuesday's activities, data analysis intro, ASULearn random number data, countries data t-shirt Thur
    29 Oct - Tues hw due:
    ASULearn quantifying ourselves and nature
    ASULearn comparing and ranking countries
    class: probability, ASU probability, NC counties.
    28 Oct - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn birthday survey
    ▢ bring measuring tape
    lab: ASULearn quantifying ourselves and nature and ASULearn comparing and ranking countries

    Geometry of the Earth and Universe

    24 Oct - Thur hw due:
    ▢ finish reading THoM universes
    pp. 270-275 Discovering Symmetry and Interconnections among the Platonic solids
    pp. 297-298 The Shape of Our Universe
    pp. 309 The Fourth Dimension
    pp. 311 Are Safes Safe Across Dimensions?
    pp. 313-315 Visualizing Cubes
    pp. 315-317 Does the Fourth Dimension REALLY Exist?
    class: geometry of the universe, 1, 2, 3, 4, Jeff Weeks & density experiments, 5, t-shirt Thur
    22 Oct - Tues hw due:
    ▢ begin reading THoM universe under Thursday's due date
    class: living in a 2D world, geometry of the earth,   Pythagorean theorem with string
    21 Oct - Mon hw due:
    ▢ read THoM earth
    pp. 289-291 How Straight Lines Can Bend in Non-Euclidean Geometries
    pp. 294-295 Triangles on a Sphere
    lab: handwrite earth & expected value

    17 Oct - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM 2D universes
    pp. 292-293 Distances in a Different World
    pp. 295-296 Geometry on a Saddle
    pp. 307-308 Making a Point, Getting in Line, Home on the Plane
    pp. 310 Understanding Through Analogy
    pp. 332-333 What is a Torus and Holy Doughnuts
    pp. 349-350 The Klein Bottle
    ▢ ASULearn Klein bottle tic-tac-toe interactive video
    class: review, living in a 2D world, handwrite 2D universes, folding a cube, Torus Games

    26 Sep - Thur hw due:
    ▢ earth and universe research
    class: measuring, representing, and applying 2D universes, t-shirt Thur
    24 Sep - Tues hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn review, finish and turn in geom intro lab
    class: 2D cartoons and Escher perspectives, handout
    23 Sep - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM geom intro
    ▢ ASULearn geom intro practice
    lab: geometry intro lab, folding a parallel

    19 Sep - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn Mathematics: The Most Misunderstood Subject
    class: geo intro, video notes, t-shirt Thur, geometry T/Th Questions

    Personal Finance and Beyond Algebra

    17 Sep - Tues hw due:
    ▢ prepare for exam and complete any still open items
    ▢ partial sample exam
    class: exam 1 on Personal Finance and Beyond Algebra
    16 Sep - Mon hw due:
    ▢ debrief review problems
    lab: car decisions

    12 Sep - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn review practice
    class: exam study, review from T/Th questions,
    handout geometry packet: T/Th Questions, and labs for this next module
    t-shirt Thur
    10 Sep - Tues hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn review, finish and turn in home decisions lab
    ▢ ASULearn glossary/wiki
    class: loan 3, credit, themes, car price and rate for car decisions lab Monday
    9 Sep - Mon hw due:
    ▢ loan practice
    lab: home decisions, condocarlabsols.xlsx

    5 Sep - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn study guide for exam 1
    ▢ ASULearn reflection on personal finance & beyond algebra
    class: loan 2, payday loans, t-shirt Thur
    3 Sep - Tues hw due:
    ▢ read THoM pp. 799-806 loans
    class: loan 1, Excel file

    29 Aug - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn lump and periodic practice
    class: decisions, Excel file, visualization, lottery article, t-shirt Thur
    27 Aug - Tues hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn review, finish and turn in Monday's lab as a PDF: handwrite Benjamin Franklin's financial legacy
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM pp. 797-799
    ▢ ASULearn periodic payment lottery interactive video
    class: lab review, periodic payments, lump & periodic
    26 Aug - Mon hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn read THoM pp. 793-796
    ▢ ASULearn research real-life rates
    ▢ ASULearn read Benjamin Franklin's Financial Legacy-3 News Article Readings
    ▢ ASULearn read syllabus
    lab: Benjamin Franklin's financial legacy, benf1.xls

    22 Aug - Thur hw due:
    ▢ ASULearn lump sum practice
    ▢ ASULearn submit handwritten PDF collated
    ▢ add ASULearn profile picture (name/Edit profile)
    ▢ add Zoom profile picture (appstate.zoom.us/Login/Profile/Change) and update to the latest version
    class: earnings, t-shirt Thur
    20 Aug - Tues hw due:
    ▢ obtain a stand alone scientific calculator (with a yx, xy, or ^ key on it) to bring to all classes and labs. It will also be useful if you bring a phone, computer or tablet that can access webpages for Tues and Thur polling.
    ▢ ASULearn What is mathematics?
    ▢ ASULearn 1010 intro video slides
    ▢ ASULearn percent practice
    class: lump sum earnings
    19 Aug - Mon handouts: What is Due When?, engage 1010, and finance and beyond algebra packet: T/Th Questions and labs for this module
    lab: intro