Assignments for MATH
3242
Spring
2010
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Date |
Assignment |
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Wed,
Jan 6 |
Carefully
read the syllabus—pay attention to the linked pages. Read
pages 498-506 (stop at “Back to the Greeks”).
Reflect on the activities presented and bring any questions of comments
about your reading to class Monday. Put
a copy of the Georgia Performance Standards for Mathematics for Grades K-5 in
your binder so that you will always have a copy for class. If you need to print a copy, you can find
the Standards at http://www.georgiastandards.org/ Check
out these 2 websites for excellent resources: ·
Georgia
Mathematics Frameworks at http://www.georgiastandards.org/mathframework.aspx --this site
consists of the units that are used to teach the Georgia Performance
Standards ·
NCTM
Illuminations at http://illuminations.nctm.org/ --this site
contains SO many excellent lessons and activities for teaching mathematics Membership
in the Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (GCTM) is free for students
who have never taught. If you are not
a member go to http://www.gctm.org, fill out the
application, and submit it electronically. Your Geometry Autobiography should be submitted through Vista as an attachment by Monday, Jan 11, 5:00 PM.
Each journal entry is due by noon each Monday beginning
Monday, January 18 and continuing through Monday, April 26. You will have at least 14 entries (none due
for week following Spring Break). |
| Mon, Jan 11 | Finish reading section 8.1--pages 506-517. Work problem 3 on page 518. Click here for a handout of the PPT slides dealing with why you should study geometry. The Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences published “The Mathematical Education of Teachers.” Chapter 3 of this document gives recommendations for elementary teacher preparation. Click here to access Chapter 3. |
| Wed, Jan 13 | Here is the link to the information on the Fibonacci sequence: Homework for Wed: Page 518/ 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
| Wed, Jan 20 | Do problem 8 on page 519. Be sure to review parts of lines, parallel and perpendicular lines, etc. |
| Wed, Jan 27 | Review how to use a protractor. Use "Get the Turtle to the Pond" to practice using angles to create turns. This website can be found at http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L396 |
| Mon, Feb 1 | Turtle Geometry Assignment This assignment gives you practice with Turtle Geometry on the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) website. The Banana Hunt and Turtle Geometry assignment can be found here. The assignment is due as an attached document through Vista by Monday, Feb 8 at 12:30 PM. The assignment is worth 10 points--1 point for being on time, 2 pts for technical writing, 7 pts determined by the degree to which you have answered the questions and conveyed your investigation of the websites. HW--page 519/ 8f, 8g, 9, 11(b-e) |
| Wed, Feb 3 | The Banana Hunt and Turtle Geometry assignment is due Monday at 12:30 through Vista. Here is the template for the Alpha-Shapes--there are 26 shapes. MATH 3242B: you will need to finish the Alpha Shape activity that was begun in class. |
| Mon, Feb 8 | Test 1 will be Wed. |
| Mon, Feb 15 | Revisit the definitions of the special quadrilaterals (pages 539-540). Investigate the following problem and be prepared to explain how you thought about it: Pentomino assignment for Monday. |
| Wed, Feb 17 | Pentomino assigment--Find all the different shapes that can be made with 5 congruent squares. Each square must share at least one complete side with another square, and when two squares touch, they must touch along a complete side. Record these shapes (called penominoes) on the Polyomino Paper. Read carefully the information on pages 522-523 about the van Hiele levels of geometric thinking. On which van Hiele level do you believe you are? Do these problems on pages 555-557/ 6, 10, 12, 15, 16,21 |
| Mon, Feb 22 | Pentominoes; Pentomino Table; Pentomino Activities Read page 650 (beginning of section 10.1) to review the process of measuring. Remember: We found that all 12 pentominoes had the same area; however, the P pentomino had a perimeter of 10 whereas the other 11 pieces had a perimeter of 12 (using the length of the side of a square as the unit of length). Thus, we concluded that 2 shapes can have the same area but have different perimeters---A BIG IDEA!!!! |
| Wed, Feb 24 | Relating the Kinds of Quadrilaterals (handout from class) Quiz Wednesday over triangles and quadrilaterals. |
| Mon, Mar 1 | Quiz Wednesday over triangles and quadrilaterals. HW: Investigate the problem "Sum of the Interior Angles of a Polygon". Mosaic Puzzle It is a good idea to run the mosaic on card stock; then laminate and cut it out. Complete this for Monday. Read the article,"Geometry Must Be Vital." It is in the Readings folder of Vista. This is the article on which you are to write a paper. I will post the guidelines for the paper by tomorrow.
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| Wed, Mar 3 | Questions for the "Geometry Must Be Vital" reading.
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| Mon, Mar 8 | Do the problem, How Many Dots?, for homework.
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| Wed, Mar 10 | Choose the correct assignment, depending on whether or not you were in class on Wed, March 10. If you were present, choose Assignment A. If you were absent, choose Assignment B. Assignment A: If you were in class on Wed, March 10, then your assignment is: Assignment B: If you missed class on Wed, March 10, then your assignment is:
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| Mon, Mar 15 | Exploring Circumference--work these 5 problems for Wednesday. We will discuss these in class. Go to the website http://www.mathsnet.net/geometry/solid/index.html Recall: Two shapes can have the same perimeter but different areas (as illustrated by the area of the garden problem). When the unit of measure gets larger, the number of units gets smaller. |
| Wed, March 17 | With a single cut, divide each of the Crazy Cakes into 2 pieces of the same size--the 2 pieces do not have to be congruent. Be sure you can justify that the two pieces represent the same amount of cake. Information about drawings on dot paper: The NCTM Illuminations site has an excellent lesson, Using Cubes and Isometric Drawings, that deals with isometric drawings and views of buildings. You can find it at Test 2 Concept Sheet Test 2 is Wednesday, March 24. |
| Mon, Mar 22 | Directions for Geometry in Our World project Test 2 is Wednesday, March 24. |
| Mon, Mar 29 | The case studies for you to read have been placed in the Readings folder on Vista. The document is titled: "Case Studies on Shape". There are questions on the last page for you to consider--you do not have to write up formal responses to turn in. Read pages 559-566 in the textbook. |
| Wed, Mar 31 | The task from NCTM Illuminations is Geometric Solids and Their Properties at http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U122 You should explore Lessons 1 and 2. The directions for this task are very clear (you hold down the shift key to paint a face, a vertex, or an edge). Measurement activities:
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| Mon, April 12 | Handout on Measurement Process |
| Wed, April 14 | Homework on English and Metric Systems of Measurement |
| Mon, April 19 | Homework: Find the area of each geoboard figure on this handout--click here. Information about geoboard activities: Here is another good website for activities with geoboards: http://mathforum.org/trscavo/geoboards/ Information about the "Geometry in our World" project:
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| Wed, April 21 | Problems that deal with symmetry: Pages 630-632 /1-5, 8, 10, 12-14 Information about cross sections: Name that candy bar (based on its cross section) http://www.thinkingfountain.org/c/crosssection/namethatbar.html An interactive activity for the cross sections of a cube can be found at http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/learningmath/geometry/session9/part_c/index.html The following 2 websites are good reviews of 3-D shapes. http://online.math.uh.edu/MiddleSchool/Modules/Module_3_Measurement/Content/Solids,Nets,andCrossSections-TEXT.pdf |
| Mon, April 26 |