Final for students in Math Skills – Answer each question on your own paper.
1) Choose three of these videos and write at least 2 sentences per video describing the math or science application. (You may choose this video for one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3GanzFA9cM)
http://thefutureschannel.com/#loaded
2) Choose two of the career-related videos listed under "Educator Resources." Choose either the art and science of snow, exercise scientist, civil engineer, innovation, aeronautics, scientific visualization, robotics engineer, exoplanet, digital, or engineering. If you do not see the video when you click, scroll down. Write 2 sentences per video summarizing and describing the how the field uses math.
http://thefutureschannel.com/#loaded
3) Research two Mathematicians. After selecting your mathematician click on "Known For" under their picture on the right hand side. (Some people may not have read about their mathematical contributions. Explain in your owns words who they are and how they contributed to mathematics (write one paragraph)).
https://awesome-table.com/-Kq4eNy0oVl-JUj1pK7I/view
or
4) Regarding two mathematicians listed above, write something you learned about the mathematician as a person.
***You may have used this site for
Username: sandyhigh
Password: pio2000 or use your personal password
*** Using the websites below or directly above to choose a career in which you might be interested. Complete the following questions.
1) Write the title of the career in which you are interested.
2) List degrees and certifications needed for the career.
3) List the math training requirement of the career.
4) Find (or write) and solve 8 topic or problems that apply high school math in your career.
5) Write 5 sentences about how this career matches your personal strengths.
6) Write 5 sentences about what academic skills you will need to continue strengthening for this career.
7) Lists the sites you used for the research above.
** You may use the following sites.
http://weusemath.org/?page_id=800
http://www.careers.org/occupations
https://www.careeronestop.org/toolkit/careers/occupations/occupation-profile.aspx
Math applied in careers:
http://www.khake.com/page56.html
http://www.dreambox.com/blog/7-dream-jobs-that-require-math
http://www.mathsinsider.com/10-seriously-cool-careers-that-need-maths/
https://plus.maths.org/content/CareerII
http://www.mathscareers.org.uk/career-profiles/
Click on List of Occupations
https://www.usa.gov/jobs-careers?source=kids
When the above is finished and shown to an adult you may choose from the following:
Multiple Topics:
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0
(choose any from the list)
Algebra
http://www.math-play.com/Absolute-Value-Equations/Absolute-Value-Equations.html
http://www.coolmath.com/algebra
https://algebra4children.com/math/algebra-game/
https://algebra4children.com/math/solve-percentage-of-numbers-problem/
https://www.hoodamath.com/games/slopeinterceptsurround.html
https://www.hoodamath.com/games/targetsoe.html
https://www.quia.com/rr/4096.html
http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mejhm/index.html?l=0&ID1=AB.MATH.JR.PATT&ID2=AB.MATH.JR.PATT.ALG&lesson=html/object_interactives/algebra/use_it.html
Geometry
https://algebra4children.com/math/geometry-game/
https://www.hoodamath.com/games/transformationgolf2.html
https://www.hoodamath.com/games/transformationgolf.html