Surface Area & Volume Screencasting Project
This project will ask you to work with your group to work on the one of three screencast lessons: Perimeter, Surface Area, or Volume. You will work with your group to create a video screencast explaining the given topic that will be used to teach your peers.
Have you ever wondered how bridges stay up? How do such frail-looking
frameworks stretch through the air without falling? How can they withstand
the twisting forces of hurricane winds and the rumbling weight of trucks and
trains? Part of the answer lies in the natural strength of triangles.
In your project for this chapter, you will explore how engineers use triangles
to construct safe, strong, stable structures.You then will have a chance to
apply these ideas as you design and build your own bridge with toothpicks or
craft sticks.You will see how a simple shape often can be the strongest one.
If you think kites are mere child’s play, think again. From ancient China to
modern times, geometric arrangements of fabric and rods have helped
people rescue sailors, vanquish enemies, predict the weather, invent the
airplane, study wind power, and entertain themselves with displays of
aerodynamic artistry.
In your project for this chapter, you will turn a sheet of paper and a couple
of staples into a fully functioning kite.You will explore how weight and form
determine whether a kite sinks or soars. Finally, you will design, build, and fly
your own kite.You will see how geometry can make a kite light and strong—
spelling the difference between flight and failure.
Chapter 8: Measure for Measure
How do we know how far away the sun is without stretching a tape measure across millions of miles? How do we know the mass of an electron when we can’t even see one? Since ancient times, people have found ways to measure indirectly what they could not measure directly. In your project for this chapter, you will construct an instrument similar to those used by ancient astronomers and travelers.You will use your device to measure heights you cannot easily reach.You will see how mathematics can extend your power to measure things far beyond your physical grasp.
End-Of-Course Project: ScreenCasting
Hello Students, at the end of this lesson... is something you’ve heard all year, but now... It’s your turn! Your task is to work in a group of no more than four people (< 4) to create a screencast that will teach next year’s class how to do something from the Algebra 2 book that you will next year be learning from. The style can be all your own, and does not necessarily have to mimic mine at all. Here is some of the criteria that you will be responsible for addressing:
Groups of < 4 people
Should be from the blue Algebra 2 book on the sections containing Conics, which include Parabolas, Hyperbolas, Ellipses, & Circles (No section can be repeated by any other group so see your teacher immediately once you have decided)
Due: May 18th by 11:59 pm via www.dropittome.com/salamanca
Contain at least four examples. Specifically 1-2 examples for each definition or postulate discussed
Contains all relevant definitions and formulas including the equation for your respective conic, the foci, vertex, etc.
You may use outside resources such as WolframAlpha & KhanAcademy
Must contain three you try problems
Must contain three daily assessment problems
At the end of this project you will be able to answer any quiz on your chosen section with 100% accuracy. You should also have a new found appreciation for the amount of work that is put into each screencast that is produced.