Patterns in Painted Cubes

Working in groups, students built a cube using a variety of smaller cubes with differing numbers of painted sides. Once the cube was built, students recorded data about the painted cube in a data table. Moving to the next larger cube, students recorded more information about the number of cubes with different numbers of sides painted on their table. This process was repeated until students discovered a pattern in the table.

Tonight's Homework: Finish the Painted Cubes worksheet you started in class today.

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Tonight's Homework:

Graduation Video Problem Posed

We went over the answers to the Math CD problem in class this morning, and then moved on to a problem about producing a graduation video. Students had about 30 minutes to work on the problem, and many were able to nearly finish or finish the work in class today.

Tonight's Homework: Finish the Graduation Video problem if you did not finish it in class today. There is no new homework to complete for Tuesday. Enjoy the long weekend.

Math Geeks Rule!

Students completed the climate survey in class today. Afterwards, students worked on a problem related to creating and selling music CD's. The problem had students investigate costs, revenue and profit.

Tonight's Homework: Complete the Rock Band problem that you started in class today. Be sure to make a graph with three different colored lines and a key.

District Track Meet Turns Class into Work Period

Since about half of the class was attending the district track meet today, those who did show up were given a day to work on the final part of the Barbie Bungee Jumping project.

Tonight's Homework: Complete both sides of the worksheet you received in class today.

Barbie Videos and Analysis

The first part of the period was spent viewing many of the videos that were taken during yesterday's Barbie Bungee Jumping activity. Afterwards, we started analyzing our results. Students received a worksheet to help them with the analysis portion of this unit.

Tonight's Homework: Complete the worksheet you received in class today if you are attending the district track meet on Wednesday. If you'll be at school on Wednesday, you will have class time to work on this. The worksheet is due on Thursday, and will not be accepted after that day for credit. Be sure to include complete and thoughtful answers, using math-related evidence whenever possible.

Barbies (and Kens) Take the Plunge!

Today, we spent time testing the predictions of the bungee jumping research groups. To my surprise, all groups met the challenge of providing their dolls with a safe ride. Some groups had more thrilling rides than others, but all in all, students did a good job determining the number of rubber bands needed to provide thrilling rides.

Tonight's Homework: Complete the analysis of your doll's bungee jump. Discuss successes, challenges and sources of errors in your determination of the number of rubber bands needed to provide your doll with a safe AND thrilling ride. No late credit will be granted.