Another blog to answer!!!!1 for ACT incentive:

When I worked on ACT prep Test Three - I chose problems for you to review with me>

Problem 1: Oops - at first I got an answer of 0.31 - but there wasn't one in the selection from A-E. What did I do wrong?

Problem 2: Oops - at first I got 85 - what numbers did I add to find the perimeter?  What is difference between perimeter and area - we oftentimes forget the easy things when under test taking atmosphere.  Also what does "adjacent sides" mean?

Problem 10: What is the difference between Graph F and Graph J.

Put your answers on your blog as a new post!  Sherrie

Hello Math Girls

Although I think I put a special post in each of your blogs, I am sending this post here in my blog to make sure you all get the specifics about completing the ACT Practice Test Three:

Here's the checklist: for an ACT incentive! On your cover sheet: write

1. Start date for taking Test 3

2. Circle problem you got to in 60 minutes

3. Put date on when you finished.

Then

4. Blog:

a. one to two problems you found difficult

b. one to two problems you helped another student with

c. vocabulary in the test you struggled with

d. prediction on how you think you did 

e. two problems you described your thinking process in finding a solution.

Sherrie

Article

http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/milwaukee-teen-pregnancy-rate-drops-50-in-7-years-after-city-efforts-b99126584z1-228951391.html

teen pregnancy

http://www.cdc.gov/teenpregnancy/about/index.htm

Wordle

Girls Academy

Statistics Wordle

www.wordle.net

Statistics Wordle
 

www.wordle.net

Alverno Wordle

Good evening - here is a quick sample of a Wordle.  Directions to do a wordle are below:

Step One: would be to go to blogger.com. Select "New post."

You have already done Step One.

Step Two: Look for icon "LINK" to the upper right and click on this icon.

Step Three: When requested - enter the link www.wordle.net

Step Four: A text box will appear.  Type in the words we have used in this class so far - here is a list of words you could use and o\you can use other words regarding math that you would like:

prime~numbers, data, data~set, circle~graph, statistics, mean, median, mode, research~question, sample

NOTE: place a comma between each word or phrase.  IF  YOU ARE PUTTING TWO or MORE WORDS TOGETHER,  you have to use the symbol "tilda".  It is on your keyboard - upper left side to the left of 1 - use the shift key.

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Step Five: Select the RANDOMIZE box - and see what happens! Also at the top of the Wordle look at what else you can do: font, layout and color

Step Six: Once satisfied with your Wordle, select the Create key at the bottom.

A "picture" such as above will appear.

Step Seven: Select "SAVE AS PNG" to DESKTOP on the computer.

Step Eight: Copy and paste your Worlde into a New Post.

Sample Word it outs!

Word it Out Sample

On this Friday and Nest Friday, we have two quite different activities in our Reading the World Math Class.  We are going to put to work the ideas/concepts/vocabulary/statistical problems we have worked on throughout the last five classes.  Above is a sample of a Word It Out - composite of vocabulary found in a statistical study on teens and smartphones!

You will be creating one of these for a research study that you will design tomorrow and in our next class.  The product will be a poster which will include your "Word It Out", a title of your proposed study, a description of the study, an hypothesis, sample data, and a graph.  We will be posting the posters around our classrooms.  All Math Girls will then do a Gallery Walk commenting on and giving feedback on the research study and the presentation style you used.

We will make the posters colorful and inviting to look at!

Directions will be on the computers for how to complete a Word It Out!

We will also have internet sites for you to access to get brief information on a possible research study.  Some examples which you might start to consider could be:

1. Cell phone usage among teens
2. Teen pregnancy decreasing in Milwaukee
3. Women and the political race for president - importance of women voting
4. College bound girls and studying math
5. Teens and Drugs in the 21st century
6. Girls and Drugs in the 21st Century
7. Teen emotional health - depression
8.  Gun control and the second amendment
9. Medical studies: breast cancer, weight loss bypass surgery,
10. Article in the Milwaukee Journal which describes a research study.
11.  Others that you might suggest

After our visit to the Access Center this Friday, we will practice Word It Out by creating one using vocabulary from our class.  Then you will choose your groups (4 to a group) and try a few of the internet cites on research studies.  We will have a list of these created for you to review.  Once you have chosen a study, and saved the file, and sent it to your personal email, time permitting you will create a Word It Out from one paragraph or more from the article.

Don't worry - we have directions and helps for all these tasks.  We hope this will be a fun way to finish up the next two weeks - up to our Thanksgiving break!!!!!.

November 6, 2015
Hello Math Girls!

We have an announcement to make re our next class - November 13.  We will be going on a Field trip to the College Access Center on Morgan.  You will leave by bus from Alverno and return about one hour later - therefore we will have class for only about one hour back here at Alverno.

We are going to start today with some ideas for a Gallery Walk.  A Gallery Walk will be made up of the colorful posters you will design next week and complete the week after!  Part of our celebration of working with you through five consecutive classes!!!!! (remember - incentives are given for attending all!) will be your sharing your insights into mathematics.

For this weeks blog, you will go to the following link:

https://www.google.com/search?q=Histograms+and+Box+and+Whisker+Plots+Algebra%2C+Mrs.+Slack-+Joles+1)+Using&oq=Histograms+and+Box+and+Whisker+Plots+Algebra%2C+Mrs.+Slack-+Joles+1)+Using&aqs=chrome..69i57.264849j0j1&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8

The first entry will be:

Worksheet #2 on Histograms and Box and Whisker Plots.jnt 

www.enetlearning.org/.../Worksheet-2-on-Histograms-and-Box-and-Whi...

Chapter 16 Worksheet #2 and Notes on Histograms and Box and Whisker Plots Algebra, Mrs. Slack-. Joles. 1) Using the data below, complete the frequency 

Open this document.

Do problems 1 and 2 (data tables)

Choose two of the problems: one for an histogram (Nos. 3 or 4)

Make an attempt at Problem 9

OR the Challenge Problem 10-14!

Post your answers on your blog.  Use graph paper in your folder to show your work.

Next week's blog - start to think about a problem (real-world) that you could use to develop a data table and a graph!  We will research data in class.  Come prepared with your topic!

Sherrie

Determining the Mean Average Temperature of Alaska

“40 Below”

Almost to the point of cliche, Fairbanksans use “40 below” to refer to anything that feels “really freaking cold.” -40 degrees F, for whatever reason, is the dominant metaphor for all conversations about being truly cold in Fairbanks, and across Alaska. It’s the community paradigm for that depth of chill realized on the coldest of winter days. Though it’s unclear how this particular temperature became so indispensable (boasting its own climbing gear company), it’s definitely one of the most frequently used phrases in local discourse. You’ll hear it a few times a week, at least - all year round.

ALASKA IS COLD! 

 Determining the mean, mode, and median of a set of data is a common problem you will encounter on the ACT test.  In this blog, you will view the average temperatures for Fairbanks, Alaska. You are to:
1. Determine the mean low temperature for a year OR determine the mean record low temperature.
2. Determine the mode of the average low.
3. Determine the median of the Record Low.

Month       Av.  Low         Record  Low            

January		-19°F		-60 F (1969)
February		-7°F		-52°F (1999)
March		2°F		-41°F (1971)
April		19°F		-24°F (1986)
May		35°F		3° F (1964)
June		48°F		27°F (2006)
July		50°F		32°F (1971)
August		45°F		24°F (1987)
September		34°F		5°F (1992)
October		19°F		-27°F (1975)
November		-2°F		-45°F (1990)
December		-8°F		- 66° F (1961)

After you have finished your calculations, write a summary of how you calculated or found the mean, median and mode. Post this on your blog.

We have just finished a study on discrimination in the workplace. Were women discriminated against? Was the study realistic? Well - those are questions that might have various answers which is sometimes part of our being able to analyse statistical studies - sometimes on the ACT you will have to read a passage and determine if the research cited is accurately presented.

Discrimination among women has been related to "the glass ceiling." To get thought the "glass ceiling," this brief excerpt lists six strategies for women to use to break through a glass ceiling:

To get ahead and reach the leadership level you want, you need to champion and market yourself. That means proactively managing every step of your career. If you can't seem to break through a glass ceiling, you might have to work harder than others.

We can't all be exactly the type of upper management person our company wants. What we can do is develop the skills that the company values. Arm yourself with a development plan as well as the help of your boss, a strong network, and, hopefully, a mentor. You can then build and showcase the skills that will help you climb the corporate ladder. Push yourself beyond your comfort zone, and you may find new zones of opportunity.

Mind Tools: Essential Skills for an Excellent Career

1. On your blog t, list the six skills suggested by the author as possibilities to  break that glass ceiling.

2, What do you think might be the best skill for you to develop?

Hello on a Friday night....

Last class - we learned about MY STYLE -  you told us about  yourself - and then we created a chart of the whole class.  You will get those results in your folders when we move to another class.

Today while in the computer class: write

Three to five sentences - what I like about math; and if you want - what I really struggle with. Then during the week -  look at what your style was - and what the class style was - blog us a response - to what is your style in math.

Sherrie

Our second class

This is our second class.  Today we continuing our statistical study - using a case study on discrimination.  The blogger prompt for today is:

Does the data you viewed today lead you to a conclusion: „

Hypothesize: discrimination or not?

Greetings to Students in the Reading the World

Hello Alverno Math Girls! Hope you are looking forward to the exciting world of mathematics as we 'travel' through statistics and probability! Congratulations for being part of this world! Sherrie