Course Outline
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8/27 |
Introduction: Course Philosophy
Course Information
Course Topics: Four General Areas will be Covered (1) Random patterns, (2) Spatial patterns, (3) Numerical Patterns (4) Symmetrical Patterns
Part I: Probability & Statistics and Random Patterns:
LESSON: Chapter 1: Statistics - Descriptive
Homework: Chapter 1: Provided in class
Getting LibreOffice/Calc:
Using Calc Chapter 2 in Textbook and Documents and videos below: http://education.uregina.ca/technology/ecmp355/Tutorials/OOCalcTutorial.pdf HTML: http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/otherspreadsheets/ss/080616_24_calc.htm Video: http://www.skillmotion.com/video/open_office_calc Video: http://www.skillmotion.com/video/open_office_calc_tutorial2
Project: Project 1 Project Due 10/3
Data Collection Files Data Due 9/10 Calc: Project Survey Excel: Project Survey
Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html View Video 1: What is statistics? View Video 2: Picturing Distributions View Video 3: Describing Distributions |
8/29 |
LESSON: Chapter 1: Statistics - Descriptive
Homework: Page 25 , # 1-21 odd
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9/3 |
LABOR DAY NO CLASS |
9/5 |
LESSON: Chapter 2: Spreadsheets to Organize and Display Data (cont.)
Homework: Page 25, # 23--29 odd Page 57, # 1--13 odd |
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9/10 |
LESSON: Chapter 3: Probability
Homework: Page 94, #1--65 every other odd Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html View Video 15: What is Probability?
http://www.lifeisastoryproblem.org/probability/index.html
Project 1 Data Due |
9/12 |
LESSON: Chapter 3: Probability
Homework: Page 98, #69--97 odd
Data for Project 1: Calc Project 1: Excel Project Due 10/3 |
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9/17 |
ROSH HASHANAH NO CLASS
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9/19 |
LESSON: Chapter 3: Probability
Homework: Page 99, # 89--97 odd
Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html View Video 16: Random Variables |
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9/24 |
LESSON: Chapter 4: Probability & Inferential Statistics
Homework: Page 131, #1--33 odd
Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html View Videos 4: Normal Distributions, and 5: Normal Calculations |
9/26 |
YOM KIPPUR NO CLASS |
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10/1 |
LESSON: Chapter 4: Probability & Inferential Statistics
Homework: Review for test
Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html View Videos 4: Normal Distributions, and 5: Normal Calculations |
10/3 |
LESSON: Chapter 4: Probability & Inferential Statistics
Homework: Review for test
Video: http://www.learner.org/resources/series65.html View Videos 4: Normal Distributions, and 5: Normal Calculations
Project 1 Due |
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10/8 |
TEST 1 |
10/10 |
CLASS CANCELLED |
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10/15 |
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10/17 |
Part II: Geometry & Spatial Patterns:
LESSON: Chapter 5: Euclidean Geometry-Towards a Perfect Knowledge
Homework: Chapter 5: Provided in class Project: Project 2 Project Due 11/5 |
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10/22 |
LESSON: Chapter 6: Euclidean Constructions with GEONExT
LESSON: Chapter 7: A "Flaw" in the Perfection, Other Geometries
Homework: Provided in class |
10/24 |
LESSON: Chapter 7: A "Flaw" in the Perfection, Other Geometries
LESSON: Chapter 8: Flatland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatland
Homework: Provided in class |
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10/29 |
CLASS CANCELLED Hurricane Sandy
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10/31 |
CLASS CANCELLED Hurricane Sandy |
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11/5 |
LESSON: Chapter 9: Fractals
http://library.thinkquest.org/26242/full/tutorial/tutorial.html http://www.math.nus.edu.sg/aslaksen/gem-projects/maa/World_of_Fractal.pdf http://www.lifeisastoryproblem.org/worksheets/fractals2.pdf Practice finding dimensions of Fractals: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/fractals/dim.html http://fractals.iut.u-bordeaux1.fr/jpl/dimension_a.html
Homework: Provided in class |
11/7 |
LESSON: Chapter 9: Fractals
Review for Test
Homework: Study for test
Project 2 Due |
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11/12 |
TEST 2 |
11/14 |
Part III: Numerical Patterns & Structures:
LESSON: Chapter 10: Numbers and Number Patterns
What is Number Theory: http://www.learner.org/vod/vod_window.html?pid=1851
Homework: Provided in class
Project: Project 3 Project Due 11/28 |
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11/19 |
LESSON: Chapter 10: Numbers and Number Patterns
LESSON: Chapter 11: Recurrence Relations Special Sequences: Fibonacci http://www.mathacademy.com/pr/prime/articles/fibonac/ http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/11395-writing-the-recursive-definition-of-a-sequence-video.htm Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences: http://www.purplemath.com/modules/series3.htm http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/IntermedCollegeAlgebra/ArithGeo/ArithGeo.html
Homework: Provided in class |
11/21 |
THANKSGIVING BREAK
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11/26 |
LESSON: Chapter 12: Golden Mean
Golden Mean: http://boingboing.net/2010/03/22/dreamlike-animation.html
http://www.vashti.net/mceinc/golden.htm http://www.vashti.net/mceinc/store/ http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/Humanities/TheGoldenMean.html http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/goldslide/jbgoldslide.htm http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/phi2DGeomTrig.htmlLESSON: Chapter 13: Modular Arithmetic
Homework: Provided in class |
11/28 |
Review for Test
Homework: Study for test
Project 3 Due |
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12/3 |
TEST 3 |
12/5 |
Part IV: Symmetrical Patterns
LESSON: Chapter 14: Symmetry
Homework: Provided in class
Project: Project 4 Project Due Last Day of Class |
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12/10 |
LESSON: Chapter 15: Groups
Homework: Provided in class |
12/12 |
LESSON: Chapter 15: Groups
Homework: Provided in class |
| 12/17 |
LESSON: Chapter 15: Groups
Review for Test
Homework: Provided in class |
12/19 |
TEST 4 Project 4 Due |