Math 394 Assignments & Class Activities Page
Spring Term 2011

Week Day Due Class Activities Homework
One Monday
3/28
 

Class Introduction

§1.1 & §1.2 Activities and Problem Solving
Bring textbook

Read §1.1 & §1.2

§1.1 #1 - 8, 29, 30

§1.2 #20, 24, 29 - 32

Materials : Pattern Blocks, Color Tiles & Linking Cubes

Email Assignment

Wednesday
3/30

Read §1.1 & §1.2

Email Assignment (by midnight)

§2.2 Terms to know
Bring textbook

Origami Box Activity

Read §2.1 (skim) & §2.2

Finish write up for: Origami Box

§2.2.1: #1 - 4, 13 - 18

Write a vocabulary list for §2.2

Two Monday
4/4

Read §2.1 & §2.2

Origami Box follow up questions

HW for quiz

Pick up your TCM article

10 minute HW Quiz 1: §1.1 & §1.2

§2.2: Overlapping Squares

§2.2: Symmetry

§2.2: Paper Folding
Bring textbook

Finish write ups for: Overlapping Squares, Symmetry & Paper folding (shapes)

§2.2.2: #19 - 22, 33, 34

Study for §2.2 Vocab Quiz

Read §2.3

Wednesday
4/6

Overlapping squares & symmetry write ups, paper folding shapes

Read §2.3

Pick up cardstock for die cuts

Vocabulary Quiz: §2.2

Chapter 2: Estimation Golf

§2.3: Angle Review

§2.3: Polygons on geoboards

Finish write ups for: Angle review & Polygons on geoboards

§2.3: #5 - 20

Three Monday
4/11

Angle review & polygons on geoboards write up

HW for quiz

Article paper
(email by midnight)

Hamersly Library 108

10 minute HW Quiz 2: §2.2.1 & §2.2.2

Article 1

GSP Computer Projects

Complete GSP Projects

Cut out die cut polygons

Read §2.4

Wednesday
4/13

Quilt print outs

Read §2.4

Article 2

§2.4: 3-D shapes
Bring textbook

§2.4: Cube Views

§2.4: Origami Cube

Finish write ups for: Cube views & Origami cube

§2.4.1: #4, 5, 7 - 14, 29 - 32

Write a vocabulary list for §2.4

Four Monday
4/18

HW for quiz

Die cut elastic polygon shapes

Cube view & origami cube write ups

5 minute HW Quiz 3: §2.3

Article 3

§2.4: Origami Tetrahedron & Octahedron, die cut Dodecahedron, Icosahedron & Soccer Ball

Finish write ups for: Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Dodecahedron & Icosahedron

Finish Comparing Solids worksheet

§2.4.2: #24 - 28

Study for §2.4 Vocab Quiz

Wednesday
4/20

 

Vocabulary Quiz: §2.4

Article 4

§2.5: Dimensional Analysis with Applied question
Bring textbook

§2.5: #2 - 14 even, 30

Read §3.1

Email Laurie Burton with two or three choices for your final project team

Study for Exam 1

Sunday
4/24
Final team choice email due by midnight
Five Monday
4/25

Read §3.1

Tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron & dodecahedron write ups and shapes

HW for quiz

Final Teams posted

15 minute HW Quiz 4: §2.4.1, §2.4.2, comparing solids and §2.5

Grade HW Quiz 4 in class

Article 5

Exam 1 Review

§3.1 Ant, snake or? Activity

Finish Ant, snake, ... write up

Study for Exam 1

Wednesday
4/27
 

§1.1 - §2.5 Exam 1

(with your team)
Review Final Topic List; topics due next Tuesday (check final project directions)

Six Monday
5/2

Ant, snake, ... write up

Articles 6, 7

§3.1 Area and Perimeter: Squares and Triangles with Applied question

Finish §3.1 Area and Perimeter write up

§3.1: #1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 15, 17 - 22, 26, 27, 28, 46, 48

Read §3.2

Tuesday
5/3

Final topic (three per team) choices email due by midnight
Be sure to Cc all team members in your email – email sent without all team members copied will be deleted

Wednesday
5/4

§3.1 Area and perimeter write up

Read §3.2

Article 8

Final Topic assignments posted

§3.2 Area on Geoboards: Parallelograms and Trapezoids

§3.2 Circle Area Problem Solving
Bring textbook

Finish §3.2 Area and Perimeter and Circle Area problems write ups

§3.2: #1, 2, 7 - 14, 21, 23, 38, 43

(with your team)
Find three references for Final Project and email them to Laurie Burton
(see directions)

Read §3.3

Seven Monday
5/9

HW for quiz

§3.2 Area and perimeter and circle problem write up

Read §3.3

5 minute HW Quiz 5: §3.1

Articles 9, 10

Chapter 3 Pythagorean Puzzle

§3.3: Origami Squared Puzzle

Finish §3.3: Origami Squared write up

§3.3: #3, 4, 27, 28, 43, 47, 49

Read §3.4 & §3.5

Wednesday
5/11

Origami squared write up

Read §3.4 & §3.5

Final Project References (via email)

Article 11, 12

§3.4 & §3.5: Surface Area & Volume: Prisms and Cube Figures

§3.4.1: #31, 32

§3.5.1: #1, 2, 55

Bring (big) empty cereal, gift, etc. boxes to class on Wednesday

Sunday
5/15
Final project three references email due by midnight
Eight Monday
5/16

Prisms and cube figures write up

Box for class activity

10 minute HW Quiz 6: §3.2 & §3.3

Article 13

§3.4 & §3.5: Surface Area & Volume: Scaled Boxes

Finish Scaled Boxes write up

§3.4.2: #2, 4, 5, 6, 27, 33

§3.5.2: #3, 4, 6, 20, 28

Wednesday
5/18

Scaled boxes write up

Article 14, 15

§3.4 & §3.5: Surface Area and Volume: Cylinders and Prisms

§3.4 & §3.5: Surface Area of an Orange

Finish Surface Area and Volume turn in table

§3.4.3: #28, 29, 30, 35, 36
§3.5.3: #21 – 25, 37

Nine Extra office hours this week (see changes Tuesday)
Monday
5/23

Surface area and volume turn in table

20 minute HW Quiz 7: §3.4.1, 2 & 3 and §3.5.1, 2 & 3

Grade HW Quiz 7 in class

Articles 16

§4.4 Paperfolding Constructions

Review

Study for Exam 2

Wednesday
5/25

 

§3.1 - §3.5 Exam 2

Work on final project with your team

Final Project assessment rubric

Thursday
5/26
Academic Excellence Showcase
Attend at least one session (any subject, not a poster session).
Pick up a RED (not yellow) attendance ticket (take notes).
Write a 1/2 page description of the AES presentation that you attended
Ten Monday
5/30
Memorial Day Holiday
Extra office hours this week (including Thursday)
Wednesday
6/1

AES write up & ticket

Final Project Work Day
(meet at classroom)

Work on final project with your team

Finals Monday
6/6
Final Projects email by 10 a.m.

394 FINAL PROJECT TEAM PRESENTATIONS

3 - 4:50 p.m.

Regular classroom