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 |
Read §1.1 & §1.2 §1.1 #1 - 8, 29, 30 §1.2 #20, 24, 29 - 32 Materials : Pattern Blocks, Color Tiles & Linking Cubes |
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| Wednesday 3/30 |
Read §1.1 & §1.2 Email Assignment (by midnight) |
§2.2
Terms to know 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 |
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| Two | Monday 4/4 |
Read §2.1 & §2.2 Origami Box follow up questions HW for quiz |
10 minute HW Quiz 1: §1.1 & §1.2 §2.2: Overlapping Squares §2.2: Symmetry §2.2: Paper Folding |
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 |
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| Three | Monday 4/11 |
Angle review & polygons on geoboards write up HW for quiz Article paper |
Hamersly Library 108 10 minute HW Quiz 2: §2.2.1 & §2.2.2 Article 1 GSP Computer Projects |
Complete GSP Projects Read §2.4 |
| Wednesday 4/13 |
Quilt print outs Read §2.4 |
Article 2 §2.4: 3-D shapes §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 |
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| 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 |
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Vocabulary Quiz: §2.4 Article 4 §2.5: Dimensional Analysis with Applied question |
§2.5: #2 - 14 even, 30 Read §3.1 Email Laurie Burton with two or three choices for your final project team |
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| 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 |
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 |
| Wednesday 4/27 |
§1.1 - §2.5 Exam 1 |
(with your team) |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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) Read §3.3 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Wednesday 5/25 |
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§3.1 - §3.5 Exam 2 |
Work on final project with your team Final Project assessment rubric |
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| 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 |
Work on final project with your team |
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| Finals | Monday 6/6 |
Final Projects email by 10 a.m. | 394 FINAL PROJECT TEAM PRESENTATIONS Regular classroom |
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