Monday
October 22nd: Select partners and dates
by this class period.
Wednesday
October 31st: Preliminary topic description emailed
(Worth 10 assignment points)
Lesson
Plan due at least five days before
presentation date. (Worth 20% of grade)
Meet with me one week before presentation date.
Within
one day after your presentation also email PowerPoint.
Presentation Dates
|
December
3rd (Lesson Plan due
November 28th) |
|
|
December
7th (Lesson Plan due
December 3rd) |
Work
with a group of 3. Prepare a classroom demonstration and activity on a
mathematical modeling topic using the data acquisition equipment and Logger Pro
that is of interest to you.
Email
to me by a Wednesday October 31st a preliminary description of what you
plan to do.
The presentation is to be well organized and include audio-visuals (Power
Point) as well as hands-on demonstration, experiment and/or activity for
the class. You will also submit a lesson plan. It must be typed neatly with perfect spelling
and grammar and meet all requirements (See Lesson Plan Format above.) The
mathematics should be clearly and correctly explained, and well formatted. (Use
the equation editor.)
Each
presentation should take half of the class period. A presentation
lasting less than 20 minutes will receive a grade reduction of 1 % for each
minute short -- i.e. if only 15 minutes -- -5%, if only 10 minutes -- -
10%. (To make sure that this doesn't happen to you -- have a
supplemental exercise or activity that you can use if you are finishing
early.) The presentation should be highly interactive with activities,
questions, and exercises as appropriate for class participation.
How do
you find a project topic? Look on-line at Vernier.com. Search
the Internet -- there is an amazing amount of
activities and lesson plans you can use for models. There are many links
on the web page for our class. You can borrow some lab manuals from the
department for the Logger Pro activities. (However you should do something
creative -- do not just do the exact lab from a
manual). If you need suggestions, see me.
MTH111
Math as a Human Pursuit Final Project Grade Sheet
Name
________________________
Lesson
Plan (20 pts)
______ / 4 pts. Topic and reference selection
Appropriate topic, good references, appropriate number
of references cited
______/
8 pts.
Organization
Lesson plan well-organized, coherent order.
______ / 20 pts. Content
Important points covered. Each section
of lesson plan meets specifications.
Materials
list, handouts included.
______/
8 pts.
Writing style.
Good style, grammar -- spelling, and punctuation.
Comments:
Class Presentation (80 pts)
_____ / 15 pts.
Good visual aid (Power Point and if appropriate others).
Coherent
order, well formatted, good content.
Used
appropriately to enhance presentation.
_____/
10 pts.
Outline, organization.
Clearly well-prepared.
Presentation
outlined to class, coherent order used.
_____/
40 pts.
Content of classroom presentation.
Clear explanations, definitions of terms.
Correct
presentation of underlying mathematical concepts.
Appropriate
use of interesting exercises and activities for class.
_____/
15 pts.
Demeanor, delivery.
Spoke clearly and effectively and with confidence. Good demeanor and posture.
Engaged class interactively in the presentation.
Comments.