Assignments, test schedules, and announcements for Dr. BeckmannÕs section of MATH 5030 Spring 2010 University of Georgia

 

Weeks 0 to 4

 

Weeks 5 to 8

 

Weeks 9 to 12

 

Due Friday, April 9: Read section 9.4 to page 497 and do practice problems 1 – 5 in that section. Hand in: Problem 3 on page 509.

 

Week 13:

 

Due Monday, April 12: Read pages 500 – 501 on finding distances by Òsighting.Ó  Hand in: On additional sheets of paper, for each quiz problem that you did not get full score on, redo the problem correctly and provide a brief analysis of what your errors were for additional points on the quiz. Hand in your revisions together with your original quiz paper. For this quiz revision you should not discuss answers with anyone.

 

Due Wednesday, April 14: Read the rest of section 9.4 and do practice problems 6 – 9 in that section.

 

No office hours Thursday due to a trip to Sesame Street.

 

Due Friday, April 16: Read section 8.6 to page 447; read section 11.10 and do the practice problems in section 11.10. Hand in: Problem 10 on page 511, problem 16 a, b on page 513, and problem 1 on page 635.

 

Week 14:

 

Due Monday, April 19: Do, but donÕt hand in, problems 17, 18 a, b on page 639 (section 11.10). When you do these problems take care to distinguish between the radius of the (portion of the) circle that forms the lateral portion of the cone and the height of the cone. These are not the same! (Why not?) Study for the test on Wednesday.

 

Due Wednesday, April 21: TEST on congruence criteria and compass and straightedge constructions as described for the previous quiz on April 7 which includes section 8.5; section 9.4; section 8.6 (excluding the Platonic Solids); and section 11.10 as and also surface areas of prisms, pyramids, cylinders, and cones. Be sure to be able to discuss the distinction between surface area and volume. Be sure to know how to do all the practice problems.

 

No office hours Thursday due to the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in San Diego.

 

Due Friday, April 23: Class will not meet on Friday. Instead, please do the following (either your own or with a group of classmates). Do lessons 2.1, 2.2 on pages 22 – 25 of the ÒStretching and ShrinkingÓ Connected Mathematics 2 book. Take a look at lesson 2.3 on pages 25 - 27 (you do not have to do lesson 2.3). Do the reflections on page 37. Then write (1) a comment on what mathematical idea(s) you would need to attend to or highlight if you taught the lessons, and (2) a comment or two on what might be interesting or what might be challenging if you taught these lessons. All notes and comments may be hand written. Hand the notes and comments in on Monday. Scans of the full set of pages for the lessons are posted on e-Learning Commons (or will be shortly). Here is graph paper you can use.

 

Week 15:

 

Due Monday, April 26: Hand in: Your notes and comments from FridayÕs lesson (these may be handwritten).

 

Due Wednesday, April 28: Read section 11.11, pages 640 – 641 and do the practice problems in that section.  Hand in: Please redo problem 2b and one other problem (your choice) of the test for additional points. Write your revisions on a new piece of paper and hand in with your original test. You may handwrite. Be sure to redo the problems completely and to explain your reasoning in detail. Do not discuss the problems with anyone.

 

Due Thursday, April 29: (Friday schedule) Last day of class. We will review. Bring questions and thoughts on which topics youÕd most like to review to class.

 

Friday, April 30: Reading day

 

Final exam: Monday, May 3, noon – 3 pm. The final exam will cover the course material from the entire semester.