Post date: Dec 3, 2012 3:18:38 AM
Today we started our mini math seminar. In small groups, you are tackling a real-life problem that's in the news now. We can use our knowledge of exponential growth and decay to gain insight into the death of Yassar Arafat.
Here are the marked slides from class.
Here again is the recent article from CNN.
Here are the instructions and the prep you did over the weekend, including the sheet we did today for our mini-seminar preparation.
You will be assessed in the format outlined in this document: 50 points for preparation and 50 points for group work collaboration on Monday and Tuesday. If you did not have the prep for today, you were not allowed to participate in the mini-seminar.
Group work on Monday and Tuesday will be assessed via the TBLS Math Collaboration Rubric.
Tomorrow we are continuing our problem solving in small groups and answering some further questions about the case of Yassar Arafat's death, further invoking our knowledge of exponential functions.
Happy December!