Math 206 Page

Jim Olsen's Math 206 students, Fall 2012

Announcements

• Optional Review for the Final Exam - Tuesday, Dec. 11, 12:00-1:00 pm., in Morgan 208.
• Office hours will be held finals week on Mon., Tues., and Wed. from 9-10 a.m.
• Optional Review for Exam III - Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2-3:30 pm., in Morgan 308.
• Math 206 Quizlet flashcards.
• Basic Training - do you need to brush up/practice your basic facts? (Practice games on page 5.)
• Extra Credit retake test for Exam II. (Optional) Get this from Dr. O. Due Nov. 15.
• Optional Review for Exam II - Friday, Oct. 26, 2-3 pm. MG 318.
• Extra Credit Opportunity - (up to 10 pts) Make 10 or 15 flashcards on Quizlet as follows.
  • You need to sign up for your topic with Dr. Olsen. The purpose is to create flashcards that will help you and your classmates practice the concepts and skills so that you/they can do better on exams.
  • If you are doing mental math flashcards, you will sign up for 5 mental math strategies. You will write three problems for each strategy (15 flashcards). You will have a minimum of 5 applied problems in the real world (e.g., If a car gets 30 mpg, how far can it go on 20 gallons?) and at most 5 arithmetic only problems (e.g., 30x20 = ___). It is recommended that you have 5 problems in a math context (e.g., solve x/30 = 20).
  • If you are doing flashcards on a section of the book, you will write 10 flashcards.
  • It is strongly recommended that you drop by Dr. Olsen's office after the first draft of your flashcards are written to discuss and correct them. (If there are errors in your flashcards, you will not get the full 10 points of extra credit.)
  • There will be a Quizlet Workshop on Wednesday, Oct. 24 from 2-2:30 p.m. MG 318.
  • You can also learn Quizlet by viewing the videos at my Quizlet Page.
  • When you are done with the flashcards use Quizlet to email Dr. Olsen. Dr. Olsen will grade them and email you with the numbe of extra credit points you earned. (Make sure you get such an email from Dr. O. If not, contact him, because the email system may have failed.)
  • Last day to turn in (email) the flashcards is Nov. 16.
• Fun cartoon about tagging animals--click here.
• Note: If you are using the "coupon" to turn in homework late and you need an extension on the MyMathLab homework, you need to contact me so I can extend it for you. Talk to me in person as soon as possible so I can make the extension in MyMathLab.
• See the TAP and CCSSM links below (for the POW write-up).
• Extra Credit Opportunity - (5 pts) Build a rectangular pyramid out of coffee stirrers and fuzzy sticks. We will have an (optional) building session/party Friday Sept. 14* (room MG 204 - our classroom). *This is a change: due to a death in the family, I will be gone Friday, Sept 7, in the afternoon. Alternatively, the directions (handout-which has recently been updated) and a how-to video can be found at Volume and Surface Area Webpage. The last day to turn in a pyramid is Nov. 7.
• Check out the Getting Into Solids (pyramids and prisms) materials in MERO (MG 209). Drop in and explore these models for pyramids and prisms.
• Note on 13-3 Homework: B1 should be moved to On Paper. (Therefore, the On Paper assignment is #A3, 4; B1, 2, 6, and the Combo is just A10.)
• We will be using MyMathLab. This is an electronic (web-based) textbook. Much of the homework will be done and turned in online using MyMathLab.
• Math Help Centers - hours and locations.
• More Help Centers/Tutoring available in Malpass Library and in Memorial Hall.
• Welcome to the class!

TAP and CCSSM Links

• Test framework for the Illinois Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP) (basic skills test). (see also)
• Common Core State Standards for Mathematics (CCSSM) (see also my page)

Textbook Note

The MyMathLab version of the book is required. Students may purchase the physical book (in any form-I believe the bookstore will sell a regular book bundled with a MyMathLab code and will also sell a 3-ring binder version of the book bundled with a MyMathLab code) as an option. The book we are using is Problem Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers by Billstein, 10th edition, 2010. Publisher: Pearson.

Worked Examples

• Standard deviation, quartiles, and box plot.
• Three Videos on Translation, Rotation, and Dilation.
• Transmographer 2 - Translations, Reflections, and Rotations.
• Construct a line parallel to a given line through a given point which is not on the line.
• Angle Between the Hands on the Clock – I
• Angle Between the Hands on the Clock – II
• Counting Problems - Permutations and Combinations.
• Tree Diagram problems.

Exam Preparation Tips

Click here>>for Study Plan Tips

Online Games, Practice, and Exploration Tools

Properties of Quadrilaterals

• Diagonals to Quadrilaterals applet from NCTM

Volume and Surface Area

• Surface Area and Volume

Transformation Applets

• Transformations - Composition – Explore the effect of applying two of the following: translation, rotation, and reflection.
• Transmographer 2 - Translate, reflect, or rotate point in the coordinate plane.
• Dilation Applet - This transformation changes size.

Geoboard applet

• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_172_g_2_t_3.html?open=activities

Angles applet

• http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Angles/

Platonic Solids

• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_128_g_3_t_3.html?open=instructions

Reference Sheet

• Nice reference sheet of math rules and formulas.
• Quadrilaterals SMARTBoard Notebook (have to have SMART Notebook software to view this)

Boxplot Site

• Boxplots - nice site on boxplots. Quizzes included.

Converting Units

• Nice applet at the NLVM.

Mental math and estimation

• Basic Training - do you need to brush up/practice your basic facts? (Practice games on page 5.)
• Here are three videos* on mastering the basic facts (e.g., 1×1 through 9×9)
  • 1. Overview of Fact Mastery (3.7 MB; 4 min. 17 sec.)
  • 2. Multiplication Games (6.5 MB; 4 min. 54 sec.)
    • Multiplication.com
  • 3. More Practice sites (4.1 MB; 4 min. 20 sec.)
    • aaamath.com
    • www.mathsisfun.com
• Estimator Quiz
• Estimator Four (two person game)

- many games and resources to choose from--organized by grade level.

Online Arithmetic Practice - Use the Right Hand Side to enter you answers online and have them checked. New questions when you Refresh.

• Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Decimal (+,-,×,÷)
• Fractions, Order Of Operations.
• Basic Algebra - solving basic equations. (Left-side. Write down your answers and then check against the answers provided.)

"Reken Test" - great new program for practicing mental math. See video turn up speakers and view full screen:

•  1. Reken Test Introduction (2.8 MB; 4 min. 34 sec.)

General Practice Site

Online Mathematics Practice Worksheets/Quizzes and Review Resources

Videos are .wmv files and should play automatically in Real Player, Windows Media Player, or similar player.