Mathematics Education Courses Summer 2006 Math 1420 - Tentative Course Schedule
Date Assignment Due Reading In Class Notices July 10
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. Syllabus, Relating Decimals and Fractions
. July 11
Linking Decimal Operations to base 10 blocks.
More Decimal Sense
Decimal Maze
. Scientific Notation
Polygons
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July 12
Scientific Notation
SM 19.1 Ex: Use dot paper for all drawings. 1-3,5abc; 6, 7, 9-11
SM 19.1
More Polygons
Ridgid Motion
You can print dot paper here or for isometric dot paper click here.
Or here (just scroll down to dot or isometric dot paper).
July 13
SM 19.2 Ex: 3, 4 (Make drawings on dot paper.)
SM 19.3 Ex: 6-9
SM 20.1 Ex: 1, 2, 4
SM 19.2, 19.3
SM 20.1
Sum of Interior Angles
Rotational & Line Symmetry
(Toothpick Answer - click below)
July 14
SM 20.2 Ex: 1-4, 7, 9-12
Percent Number Sense: 1-7 in your packet.
SM 22.1 Ex: 15, 17-19.
Assemble Polyhedra A-M (Bring to class).
SM 20.2
SM 22.1
SM 22.2
Similarity (pictures)
More Similarity (rectangles) (Triangles)
SM 18, Polyhedra
. July 17
SM 22.1 Ex: Make drawings on graph paper. 2-4, 13, 23, 24, 26.
SM 22.2 Ex: 3, 4ad
SM 18.1 Ex: 4, 5abc
SM 18.2 Ex: 1-5, 7-10
SM 18.3 Ex: 1, 2, 4a-c,f,g, 5, 7
SM 18.1, 18.2 and 18.3
Nets
Spatial Visualization (4 pages from your packet)Graph Paper July 18
Answers to Review #1:
. Review for Exam 1 Answers to Spatial Visualization problems
July 19
. . EXAM 1 . July 20
SM 25.1 Ex: 1-3, 5-7 SM 25.1 Decimals and the Metric System
Measurement
Perimeter, Angles,
Circumference
. July 21
SM 25.1 Ex: 9-13, 14 (For 14, assume the ruler used measures to the nearest eighth of an inch.), 17-19
SM 26.1 Ex: 1-5, 6a-d,h-j. List 10 possibilities for 7a, Do 7bc, 12, 14-16, 19-20, 22, 25a-c,e,f
SM 29.1 Ex: 3, 4, 6
Activity 8 - Metric Models and Projects
SM 26.1 Area of Polygons
Area of Circles
. July 24
SM 29.1 Ex: 8, 16, 17, 20, 26
SM 27.1 Ex: Use shapes on p. 219 for #1. Do 3, 4ab, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 28
Calculate each of the AREAS of Figures A - L on the handout two different ways.
SM 27.1
SM 28.1 and 29.1
Volume
Surface Area
Pythagorean Theorem
. July 25
SM 28.1 Ex: 1-3, 4, 7-10, 11a, 12, 14, 17
SM 30.1 Ex: 1-4, 7, 13, 14
SM 30.1 Volume of Prisms, Pyramids, Cylinders and Cones
Surface Area
. July 26
SM 29.1 Ex: 31, 32
SM 30.1 Ex: 9,19,20ab
Calculate the PERIMETERS of Figures A - L on the handout.
. Parachute Problem Answers for Area and Perimeter Handout. July 27
Answers to Review #2:
. Review for Exam 2 . July 28
. . EXAM 2 . July 31
Representations of Parachute Data with your choice of "best" parachute . Spreadsheet of parachute data
Students and Basketball Players
. August 1
Making the Data
Drop Off
D 2.1 Ex: 8-10, 16 (page 53)
D 2.1 Grade Data Box Plots
Outliers
. August 2
D 2.2 Ex: 3-5, 11 (page 68) D 2.2 Standard Deviation
Cubes Activity
. August 3
Batteries Handout
D 2.3 Ex: 6, 8,10-12, 14-16
D 2.3 Ex: 6
Migraine Problem
. August 4
Migraine Box Plots
Migraines Histograms
D 2.3 Chance Events
Intro to Probability
(mms website -click on milk chocolate)
Is Rock, Paper, Scissors a fair game?
. August 7
U1 Ex: 2-3
Three Player Rock-Paper-Scissors
- A wins if all match
- B wins if exactly 2 match
- C wins if no matches
- First predict, then determine probablilities for each.
- U2 Ex: 1-8
U1 and U2 Spinner Problem
Assigning Probability
More Probability
The money is in the bag.
. August 8
U2 Ex: 9, 12-13, 15-19
U4 Ex: 6-8, 10
U4 and U6 Still More Probability
Newspaper Route
Expected Value
. August 9
U6 Ex: 1-6
. Review for Exam 3 . August 10
No Class - I will be out of town for a conference. . Review for Exam 3 on your own or meet in the classroom in groups. . August 11
. . EXAM 3 .