Many patterns and designs linked to mathematics are found in nature and the human body. Certain patterns occur more often than others. Logistic spirals, such as the Golden Mean spiral, are often based on the Fibonacci number sequence. The Fibonacci sequence is often called Nature's Numbers.
Do a search on the Fibonacci sequence. Post a blog on something that you find interesting or unusual. Or perhaps discuss how the Golden Mean spiral relates to the Fibonacci sequence. Or where are these used. Or look around you and see if you can find some examples of Fibonacci sequence or the Golden Mean spiral. Is there anything out there in the real world that you can take a picture of to post here that show the sequence or spiral.
If this is going to be one of your posts, you need to have it done by Oct. 14
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Simplifying radicals
Here is a short video on the first couple of steps of simplifying radicals.
If you want to see more videos on this topic, go to this link and check out some of the ones that appear on the side, under suggestions. There are ones that deal with adding/subtracting, multiplying/dividing and many more.
If you want to see more videos on this topic, go to this link and check out some of the ones that appear on the side, under suggestions. There are ones that deal with adding/subtracting, multiplying/dividing and many more.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Creating Connections
As mentioned in class, you will be expected to submit at least 6 Blogging before a Test and 6 Blogging Prompts. You also have the opportunity to earn extra credit by completing more. Think of this blog as another place for you to demonstrate your understanding of the content covered in class. These 'projects' they will help you make connections between what we are doing in class and the real world. They should also help solidify the material being discussed in class.
Blogging before a Test:
With a test approaching, I’d like to remind you of what I mentioned in class. In order to earn credit here, you must blog before the test.
The kind of post I'd like you to make should have one or more of these characteristics: A reflection on a particular class. A reflective comment on your progress in the course. A comment on something that you've learned that you thought was "cool". A comment about something that you found very hard to understand but now you get it! Describe what made the ‘light bulb’ come on. A comment on something you may still find fuzzy or are unsure about. Have you come across something we discussed in class out there in the "real world" or another class? Describe the connection you made. Your posts do not have to be long. I'm far more interested in the quality of what you write rather than the quantity.
Blogging Prompt
Occasionally I will post a Blogging Prompt. It will be easy to find because I'll always put it under a heading like the one above this paragraph. You will only be given a certain amount of time to respond to it so make sure you are checking this blog regularly. Feel free to create your own Blogging Prompt for the rest of us if you like. If it's a really good one (i.e. has rich possibilities for blogging) it will count as one of your posts. ;-) Here's the first one and this one is MANDATORY.
A big topic in today's education is 21st Century Education and Skills. Do some research and from your readings come up with your own definition of what 21st Century Education is and a list of 21st Century skills. Which skill do you see as most important for you in the next 5 - 10 years as you enter into a career. How can we incorporate these skills into our classroom? Be prepared to have a class discussion on this in about a weeks time.
You have until October 5 to respond to this blog prompt.
Happy Blogging!
Blogging before a Test:
With a test approaching, I’d like to remind you of what I mentioned in class. In order to earn credit here, you must blog before the test.
The kind of post I'd like you to make should have one or more of these characteristics: A reflection on a particular class. A reflective comment on your progress in the course. A comment on something that you've learned that you thought was "cool". A comment about something that you found very hard to understand but now you get it! Describe what made the ‘light bulb’ come on. A comment on something you may still find fuzzy or are unsure about. Have you come across something we discussed in class out there in the "real world" or another class? Describe the connection you made. Your posts do not have to be long. I'm far more interested in the quality of what you write rather than the quantity.
Blogging Prompt
Occasionally I will post a Blogging Prompt. It will be easy to find because I'll always put it under a heading like the one above this paragraph. You will only be given a certain amount of time to respond to it so make sure you are checking this blog regularly. Feel free to create your own Blogging Prompt for the rest of us if you like. If it's a really good one (i.e. has rich possibilities for blogging) it will count as one of your posts. ;-) Here's the first one and this one is MANDATORY.
A big topic in today's education is 21st Century Education and Skills. Do some research and from your readings come up with your own definition of what 21st Century Education is and a list of 21st Century skills. Which skill do you see as most important for you in the next 5 - 10 years as you enter into a career. How can we incorporate these skills into our classroom? Be prepared to have a class discussion on this in about a weeks time.
You have until October 5 to respond to this blog prompt.
Happy Blogging!
Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Internet Guidelines
Before any of you make a post, you need to be sure to read through the following guidelines of good blogging practices. On Darren Kuropatwa's Applied 40S blog, he has a post discussing some guidelines about blogging. His blog post Applied Math 40S (Winter 2009): Digital Ethics
is great and says it all so I figure, why reinvent the wheel. Please visit the post and read what he has to say about the guidelines to blogging. We will be using the guidelines that Darren has highlighted in his post, which he originally got from Bud Hunt. Don't worry about the videos mentioned in the post. The link to them appears to not be working.
is great and says it all so I figure, why reinvent the wheel. Please visit the post and read what he has to say about the guidelines to blogging. We will be using the guidelines that Darren has highlighted in his post, which he originally got from Bud Hunt. Don't worry about the videos mentioned in the post. The link to them appears to not be working.
Welcome
Hi there! You found our blog.
This blog will be a place that I will post information for you and your parents. I will post the course outline and outcomes in the next few days. As a class, you will be responsible for posting the lessons covered each day. If you miss a day, this will be the place to look so you can check out what you missed, although you may still need to obtain a copy of the class notes and/or handouts.
From time to time there will be posts suggesting useful sites that you may find helpful in explaining in more detail some of the concepts we are covering. They may be just different examples to what we covered in class, maybe a different way of explaining it or there might be a neat Java applet to check out. Not sure what is all 'out there' for this course but I am looking forward to doing a little research. If you find a neat applet or a helpful site, feel free to post it here as well.
You will find class lessons here but this is also a place to talk about what is happening in class and to ask questions you didn't get a chance to ask in class. Use the comment feature below each post, and contribute to the conversation. This site will be as good as you make it. Please be sure to read the Internet Guidelines post before posting anything.
This blog will be a place that I will post information for you and your parents. I will post the course outline and outcomes in the next few days. As a class, you will be responsible for posting the lessons covered each day. If you miss a day, this will be the place to look so you can check out what you missed, although you may still need to obtain a copy of the class notes and/or handouts.
From time to time there will be posts suggesting useful sites that you may find helpful in explaining in more detail some of the concepts we are covering. They may be just different examples to what we covered in class, maybe a different way of explaining it or there might be a neat Java applet to check out. Not sure what is all 'out there' for this course but I am looking forward to doing a little research. If you find a neat applet or a helpful site, feel free to post it here as well.
You will find class lessons here but this is also a place to talk about what is happening in class and to ask questions you didn't get a chance to ask in class. Use the comment feature below each post, and contribute to the conversation. This site will be as good as you make it. Please be sure to read the Internet Guidelines post before posting anything.
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