Session 1 (08/31; 09/01): The Mathematics Learning Cube; Concrete-to-Abstract Continuum
Number Systems & Their Properties; Example Using Ratios; Decimal Squares Example
Session 2 (09/02; 09/03): Bring your spiral-bound activity book and decimal squares from the Manipulative Kit.
Activity Set 6.1 in spiral bound activity book. (1a,b,c; 4a; 6c; 7; 8)
Activity Set 6.2 in spiral bound activity book. (2a; 3c; 4a; 6c; 7a; 8b)
Activity Set 6.3 in spiral bound activity book (1, 2a, d, f make sketches, 3)
Finish the activities on your own before the next class session.
Session 3 (09/08; 09/09): Bring spiral-bound activity book and base ten number pieces from the Manipulative Kit.
Worksheet for In-class Activity ; Activity Set 6.3 (7a,b,c; 8a,d; 9a,b)
Session 4 (09/10; 09/14): Decimal Representations for Rational Numbers
Session 5 (09/15; 09/16): Irrational Numbers; Pythagorean Theorem
Activity Set 6.4 (1a,b,c,e,h; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7); Use geoboard patterns handout.
Finish the activities on your own before the next class session.
Session 6 (09/17; 09/21): Creature Cards & Concept Learning; Examples & Non-Examples;
Some geometric concepts and associated vocabulary.
Session 7 (09/22; 09/23): Convex Polygons; Bring spiral-bound activity book.
Activity Set 9.1 (2; 3 (Show only 2 ways.); 4 (Do only enough ways to show an
example of each type of quadrilateral named at the end of the exercise.); 5-8 all);
Angles Inscribed in a Circle; Finish the activities on your own before the next class session
Session 8 (09/24; 09/28): Bring spiral-bound activity book and the pattern blocks and polygons for tessellations
from the Manipulative Kit; Activity Set 9.2 (1, 2, 4); Degree Measures of Polygons' Angles
Finish the activities on your own before the next class session.
Session 9 (09/29; 09/30): Other Angle Properties of Polygons;
Session 10 (10/01; 10/05): Review, Questions, & Answers; Diagonals of Polygons
Session 11 (10/06; 10/07): Test #1 (See the study guide on the assignment page.)
Session 12 (10/08; 10/12): Polyhedra; Use Material Cards 29 and 30 to construct models of polyhedra;
Bring those completely constructed models to class on Thursday, October 8 (Section 004)
or Monday, October 12 (section 002); Activity Set 9.3: 1, 3, 4.
Exploring Geometric Solids; Link to an On-Line Activity
Session 13 (10/13; 10/14): (Bring spiral-bound activity book, text, and pattern blocks);
Line & Rotational Symmetry; Math Activity 9.4 on page 623 in Text (1-3);
Activity Set 9.4 Symmetry (1a,b; 2a,b);
Session 15 (10/15; 10/19): Activity Set 10.1; (Bring spiral-bound activity book.);
Circle Measures; Sample Circle Measures
Session 16 (10/20; 10/21): Measurement and Area; Activity Set 10.2(1a, 2a, 3-7 all); (Bring spiral-bound activity book.)
Session 17 (10/22; 10/26): Review of Length and Area Problems
Session 18 (10/27; 10/28): Test #2 (Covers Sections 9.1-9.4, and 10.1-10.2)
Session 19 (10/29; 11/02): Bring models for prism, pyramid, and cylinder you constructed using the patterns on
Material Card 36. Activity Set 10.3 (2, 3)
Session 20 (11/03; 11/04): Activity Set 1.2; Working with Number Patterns; Arithmetic & Geometric Sequences
Session 21 (11/05; 11/09): More on Sequences, Difference Equations, & Functional Equations
Session 22 (11/10; 11/11): Figurate Numbers; Expressing & Representing Functional Relationships
Session 23 (11/12; 11/16): Three Types of Functions (Linear/Arithmetic, Exponential/Geometric, Quadratic)
Session 24 (11/17; 11/18): Predicting Shoe Sizes; Finding Equations for Lines; Trend Lines
Session 25 (11/19; 11/23): Example of CO2 Levels; Bungee Jump Data; Finding "Good Linear Fits" to Data
Session 26 (11/30; 12/01): Another Curve Fitting Example; Some Review Exercises
Session 27 (12/02; 12/03): Review
Test #3 Monday, December 7 for Section 002; Tuesday, December 8 for Section 004
Session 29 (12/09; 12/10): More on Fitting Models to Data
Session 30 Final Exam - Monday, Dec. 14 at 8:00 am for Section 004 and Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 4:15 pm for Section 002