Mathematics Education Courses

Summer 2007
 

 

Math 1420 - Tentative Course Schedule

Date

Assignment Due

Reading

In Class

 Notices

July 9

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Syllabus, Relating Decimals and Fractions

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July 10

Linking Decimal Operations to base 10 blocks.

Decimal Maze (Rules: You must start at #1 with 100 points and end at #12. You can only cross each path 1 time (you burn your bridges). You can only move horizontally or down in the maze, not back up. Try to get as many points as possible.

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Decimal Number Sense

Decimal Operations

Polygons

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July 11

 

More Decimal Sense

Decimal Number Sense

SM 19.1 Ex: Use dot paper for all drawings. 6, 7, 9-11

 

 

SM 19.1

More Polygons

Quadrilateral Definitions

Ridgid Motion

Transformations

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 12

SM 19.1 Ex: Use dot paper for all drawings. 1-3,5abc

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

Diagonals of Polygons

Rotational & Line Symmetry

 Pattern Blocks

(Toothpick Answer - click below)

Answers for 20.1

 July 13

SM 20.2 Ex: 1-4, 7, 9-12

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

Nets for Cubes

Library of Virtual Manipulatives

NCTM Illuminations

July 16

SM 22.1 Ex: Make drawings on graph paper. 2-4, 13, 26.
SM 22.2 Ex: 3, 4ad
 
Nets for Cubes
 
Find other nets that would make a cube.
SM 18.1 and 18.2


Prisms

Pyramids

Euler

Nets
Spatial Visualization (4 pages from your packet)

Graph Paper

July 17

 

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

Spatial Visualization 2

Homework Review #1

SM 18.3 Review for Exam 1

Cross Multiply?

Answers to Spatial Visualization problems

July 18

. . EXAM 1 .

July 19

SM 25.1 Ex: 1-3, 5-7 SM 25.1

Decimals and the Metric System (pdf)

Measurement

Protractor Web Tool

July 20

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

Activity 8 - Metric Models and Projects

SM 26.1

Perimeter, Circumference (This is a Sketchpad file).

Area of Polygons: Parallelograms, Triangles and Trapezoids (These are Sketchpad files).

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July 23

SM 29.1 Ex: 3, 4, 6, 8, 16, 17, 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

Area of Circles

Volume

Surface Area

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July 24

 

SM 29.1 Ex: 20

SM 28.1 Ex: 1-3, 4, 7-10, 11a, 12, 14, 17

SM 30.1

Pythagorean Theorem (These are Sketchpad files).

Sketch 1 Sketch 2

Surface Area

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July 25

SM 30.1 Ex: 1-4, 7, 13, 14

Calculate the PERIMETERS of Figures A - L on the handout.

. Volume of Prisms, Pyramids, Cylinders and Cones Answers for Area and Perimeter Handout.
 July 26

SM 29.1 Ex: 31, 32

SM 30.1 Ex: 9,19,20ab

Homework Review #2

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Review for Exam 2

Parachute Problem

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July 27

. . EXAM 2 .

July 30

Representations of Parachute Data with your choice of "best" parachute .

Spreadsheet of parachute data

Student Representations of Parachute Data

Students and Basketball Players

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July 31

Making the Data

Drop Off

D 2.1 Ex: 8-10, 16 (page 53)

 D 2.1

Grade Data Box Plot

Outliers

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August 1

D 2.2 Ex: 3-5, 11 (page 68)

D 2.3 Ex: 10-12, 14, 16

 D 2.2

Standard Deviation

Cubes Activity

Data from Class

Analyzing Car graph

Migraine Problem

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August 2

Batteries Handout (Sorted Data)

D 2.3 Ex: 6, 8

Migraine Box Plots

 D 2.3

Chance Events

Intro to Probability

(mms website -click on milk chocolate)

Is Rock, Paper, Scissors a fair game?

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August 3

Migraines Histograms

U1 Ex: 2-3

U2 Ex: 1-8

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.
U1 and U2

Spinner Problem

Online Spinner

Assigning Probability

More Probability.

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August 6

U2 Ex: 9, 12-13, 15-19

U4 Ex: 6-8, 10

 U4 and U6

Still More Probability

The money is in the bag. (pdf)

Newspaper Route

Expected Value

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August 7

U6 Ex: 1-6

Homework Review #3

. Review for Exam 3 .
August 8 . . EXAM 3 .
August 9 . . Review for Final .
August 10 . . FINAL EXAM .