MTH 111 Math as a Human Pursuit Semester 121  (Fall 2012) Instructor: Karen E. Donnelly  · Her Homepage · Her Schedule · Course Syllabus

Assignment Calendar

Final Project Guidelines and Schedule Power Points from Final Projects · Hannah, Taylor, Joe: Jump for Joy · Jeana, Frehiwet, Conner: Graph Matching · Dawson, Dayton, Drew: Force of Wind · Ka, Gina, Chloe: Warm and Cold Temperature Mixing · CJ, John, Lauren: Acceleration of Cars

Tentative Test Schedule

Test 1:  Wed. September 12^th Review Guide Partial Answer Key

Test 2:  Monday October 8^th Review Guide Partial Answer Key Equation Sheet that You Will Be Given

Test 3:  Monday November 12^th Review Guide Partial Answer Key

Test 4:  Take Home Due during Final Exam Week (due Mon. Dec. 19th by 4:00 p.m.) Part I given out in class Part II

Class Notes,  Power Point Slides, Worksheets

Chapter 2	Unit 2a Power Point Unit 2b Power Point	Unit 2a Handouts Unit 2b Handouts
Chapter 3	Unit 3a Power Point	Unit 3a Handouts
	Unit 3b Power Point	Unit 3b Handouts
	Unit 3c Power Point	Unit 3c Handouts
Chapter 9	Unit 9a Power Point	Unit 9a Handouts
	Unit 9b Power Point	Unit 9b Handouts
	Unit 9c Power Point	Unit 9c Handouts
Chapter 8	Unit 8a Power Point	Unit 8a Handouts
	Unit 8b Power Point	Unit 8b Handouts
	Unit 8c Power Point	Unit 8c Handouts
	Unit 8d Power Point	Unit 8d Handouts
Chapter 4	Unit 4b Power Point	Unit 4b Handouts
	Unit 4c Power Point	Unit 4c Handouts
	Unit 4d Power Point	Unit 4d Handouts
Chapter 6	Unit 6a Power Point	Unit 6a Handouts
	Unit 6b Power Point	Unit 6b Handouts
	Unit 6c Power Point	Unit 6c Handouts
	Unit 6d Power Point	Unit 6d Handouts
Chapter 7	Unit 7a Power Point	Unit 7a Handouts
	Unit 7b Power Point Unit 7c Power Point	Unit 7b Handouts Unit 7c Handouts
Chapter 11	Unit 11a Power Point	Unit 11a Handouts
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Chapter 10	Unit 10a Power Point

Useful Links for this Course

· Companion web site for class text
Gallup Poll http://www.gallup.com

· Cut the Knot

• Shodor Foundation Web Site with Interactive Activities
• Mathematical Archives
• Geometry Center for
• The Math Forum Home Page Computation and Visualization o
• Connected Curriculum Project at Duke
• Top Twenty Calculus Web Sites
• PBS Teacher Source (includes math classroom activities)
• PRISM -- New Site for Middle School Science/Math activities linked to Ind Standards
• Merlot.org classroom activities for higher ed mathematics
• History of Mathematics
• Women Mathematicians-Chronological Index
• Chance Database
• The Mathematics of the Fibonacci series
• The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section
• The Golden Mean
• Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
• Quotes compiled by Mark Woodard
• The Pi Pages
• Repeating Famous Experiments – Hands on activities
• Teachers.net Lesson Plans
• Solar System Scaling
• YouTube Video on Size of the Universe

Libraries and Large Reference Sites

• Library of Congress
• Links to all federal govt agencies and departments.
• Gateway and search for many federal govt sites

Government and Political Sites

• Federal govt statistics.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• National Center for Educational Statistics
• U.S. Government Printing Office
• National Transportation Safety Board
• Center for Disease Control and Prevention
• U.S. National Debt Clock
• Chart of Growth of National Debt
• World Population Clock
• Chart of Growth of Populations
• Exit polls
• U.S. Census Bureau (and Census 2010)

Newspapers and Media

• USA Today
• New York Times
• Washington Post
• Time-Warner (Time Magazines)
• National Public Radio
• CNN
• American Demographics Magazine
• Gallup Poll

Unit Conversion Links

• Unit Conversions Worksheet
• OANDA.com, The Currency Site
• BAC Report -- National Highway and Transportation Safety Association tells how to compute BAL
• Blood Alcohol Content Calculator - The Police Notebook
• BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL (BAL) -- Gives definition of BAL
• Online Conversion - Convert anything to anything else
• FareShare Conversion Tables for Food

Fractal Links

• PBS Nova Site on Hunting The Hidden Dimension
• Chaos in the Classroom Boston University
• More chaos
• Animation of Sierpinksi Triangle
• Java Applet for generating Koch Snowflake: http://www.shodor.org/master/fractal/software/Snowflake.html
• Java Applet for generating the Sierpinski Gasket:  http://www.shodor.org/master/fractal/software/Sierpinski.html
• The Fractal Microscope (Java Applet Interactive exploration of the Mandelbrot Set)
• Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set Part I
  
• Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set Part II
• Mandelbrot Set Explorer
• Mandelbrot-Julia Set Applet
• Mandelbrot and Julia Set Explorer

Music and Fractal Music Links

•  Play a virtual keyboard
• Explanation of Beats

Population Links

• Modeling Population Growth
• Population Clock http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
• National Debt Clock http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Logic and Set Theory Links

• Venn Diagrams and Probability
•  From Professor McFarland's , U. of Wisconsin -- Whitewater Finite Mathematics Course on line notes:
• Venn Diagram Self-Test with active javascript images
• PCs and Macs Venn Diagram
• County and Western Songs Venn Diagrams

Putting Numbers in Perspective Links

· Size of the Universe Video

Probability Links

· Calculator fo Streaks in Coin Tossing

· Wolfram Simulation of Coin Tossing

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Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers Links

• The Mathematics of the Fibonacci series
• The Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden section

· The Golden Number