Math 3610

Dr. Sarah's Math 3610 Web Page - Fall 2002

Class highlights Includes a day to day overview and activities that were completed in class or lab.

Campus Pipeline To access WebCT (bulletin board, online tests and grades)

DUE Date	WORK DUE at the beginning of class or lab unless otherwise noted! For homework, prepare to turn in work that follows the guidelines.
Dec 12 - Thur	Final project PowerPoint file (yourfirstname.ppt) will be due as an attachment onto the WebCT bulletin board by 2:30 pm. Final Project Presentations from 3-5:30 guidelines for oral presentaions guidelines for PowerPoint Second Professional Development Report due Extra credit crochet model of the hyperbolic plane due (for me to keep). Go to the website Construction of Hyperbolic Planes and scroll down to 2. How to Crochet the Hyperbolic Plane for directions. Conics by Fabien Dass Surfaces by Mitchell Johnston Packing Problems by Amanda Brewer Hearing the Shape of a Drum by Jenky Sprinkle Geometry and Bicycles by Barrett Jones Symmetry by Ryan Nichols Tesselations by Jessica Clark Fractals by Nathan Crowder Topology by Jeniffer Cross Geometry and DNA by Eleanor Nichols Mapping the Brain by John Yates
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Dec 6 - Fri	Test 4
Dec 4 - Wed	Hyperbolic Soccer Ball Construction
Nov 26 - Tues	DUE by 5pm. You will create a list of numerous useful book references and web reference addresses for your final project topic. In addition, after each reference, you will summarize (in your own words) what is contained within it.
Nov 18 - Mon	Sketchpad test Study Guide
Nov 15 - Fri	Read Project 4 Solutions Read Sibley p. 124-125 Buy a light colored ball which is approximately 6 inches to a foot in diameter that you won't mind writing on with permanent marker during class. Be sure that this ball is round and is not an inflatable ball since these don't work well. In addition, if you have masking tape, then bring that to class.
Nov 11 - Mon	Read Perry p. 247-248 and p. 255, and Sibley p. 97-99
Nov 8 - Fri	Project 4 due at the beginning of class
Oct 30 - Wed	Professional Development Activity 1 Report DUE at 5pm (see the Grades section of the syllabus for details).
Oct 23 - Wed	Test 2 Study Guide Project 3 Solutions
Oct 16 - Wed	Project 3 DUE at the beginning of class- Prepare to turn in and/or present work that follows the Project Guidelines, the Sample Proofs and the Proof Checklist.
Oct 11 - Fri	Read Sibley p. 35-38. Come up with models for project 3 problem 1 so that they resemble: # board feet/10 = k diameter^(power) ie, you want to obtain the number in the power for each model. Use the assumptions and show work to obtain your models.
Oct 9 - Wed	Read Wile E solutions
Oct 7 - Mon	Read Mathematics Methods and Modeling for Today's Mathematics Classroom p. 200-204, 209-213
Oct 4 - Fri	Wile E Coyote and Axioms Final Draft DUE at 5pm. You must also turn in your graded first draft (worth 20% of the grade) and the graded checklist with my comments on them.
Sep 30 - Mon	Reasoning and Proof Standards Assignment DUE at 5pm.
Sep 23 - Mon	Wile E Coyote and Axioms Report DUE at 5pm.
Sep 18 - Wed	Test 1 on material up through Project 2. Test 1 study guide Project 2 Solutions
Sep 16 - Mon	Read Sibley p.24 - 31.
Sep 13 - Fri	Project 2 DUE at 5pm. Prepare to turn in and/or present work that follows the Project Guidelines, the Sample Proofs and the Proof Checklist. See hints on the WebCT bulletin board and see Minesweeper Proofs.
Sep 11 - Wed	Read through Minesweeper Proofs Read through Project 1 Solutions and make sure that you are prepared to present them in the future.
Sep 9 - Mon	Read Sibley p. 9-11 and p. 14-16. For example 1 on p. 10, fill in the details (the "Explain why" and "similarly" parts) and then memorize this so that you are prepared to present it without notes in the future. Memorize the construction of an equilateral triangle so that you are prepared to present it without notes in the future.
Sep 6 - Fri	Read Sibley Appendix A p. 287 - 292. Make sure that you understand all of the statements. Pictures may help. Begin working on Project 2
Sept 4 - Wed	Sometime after Friday's class, follow Lab 1 Directions in order to enter WebCT and look at the hints for Project 1. Project 1 DUE Prepare to turn in and/or present work that follows the guidelines. Perry 1.3 3 Sibley 1.1 3, 10, 13ab (For 13a, turn in your cylinder and cone along with your project.)
Aug 30 - Fri	Go to http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/class/3610 Read the syllabus. Read Dr. Sarah's project guidelines. Obtain the 2 rental texts from the bookstore: The Geometric Viewpoint: A Survey of Geometries by Thomas Q. Sibley and Geometry: Axiomatic Developments with Problem Solving by Earl Perry Read Perry p. 1-5 and Sibley p. 2-5. Begin Project 1.