November 9/09 Vector Project

Today in class we started off with mental math. Mr. Max told us about our Vector Project that we have to have done by November 27th.

The format: negotiable. possibilities include, but not limited to:- essay style (includes diagrams)- Powerpoint/presentation (not presented) - hand in only- Blogger style blog post (on your own blog)- Spreadsheet (including diagrams and interactivity)- Euklid type diagrams embedded in other software

What is included:Project-type stuff:- Title Page- Table of Contents- References (if any)- Discussion (or something like a discussion)- Conclusion- Diagrams, scaled, neat, organized..etc.

What it is about:- Start with a known Resultant vector...(means that youy have a known start and a known finish)

Topics: all 2-D references, from above(top-down), no limit on creativity

Must Include: 5 specifically appropriate, context-based, scenarios that have as their answer, the resultant vector. i.ie.scenario #1 is......, Scenario #2...,etc. Each scenario has to include a minimum of 2 vectors (magnitude and direction scaled and directed for each)

By this Thursday he would like to see a topic from me.

Nov.3rd/09

Today we had no mental math because it was a day two. He showed us how to do scalar problems. 3 and 8 on Exercise 2. It is due on Thursday and I don't really understand this stuff. Maybe by the end of the week it will be alright.

Nov. 2nd/09 NEW UNIT - Vectors

We started a new unit today called Vectors. Vectors are anything with both magnitude and direction. "How Much" and "Which way" are ways to describe vectors.

Measure Directions:
3 Ways:

1) Degrees Direction of Direction

2) Start Direction Degrees Which Way

3) Bearing/Heading
- measures less than 360 degree angles using N=0 degrees, and clockwise.

--------> = a vector because it is going a certain way.
-------- = not a vector because you don't know which direction it's going in.

Oct. 30th/09

Today we didn't do much in math today, we worked on the picnic table question from the Design and Measurement Portfolio.

October 29th/09

We handed in our mental math sheets today, and i had an average of 65% this time. Mental Math is not my strong point, but I'm sure I'll get better as the year goes on. After that, Mr. Max showed us how to do a question from the design and measurement portfolio. It was a driveway problem on page 6 of 6. He used excel to figure it out and showed us how to do it that way.

October 28th/09

Since I forgot to blog for a few days, I thought I'd summarize what we have been doing. We started working on this booklet called the Design and Measurement Portfolio. It has a bunch of different problem solving questions...just my type of questions! NOT. I really dislike these Design and Measurement questions. This will be something that I will need to study and understand for the exam. I am sure it is easier once I understand how to break it all down and do it by steps. Hopefully by the end of this week I'll be able to do these questions and fully understand how to work it out. 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet.

Oct. 20th/09

Today we had a "spot check" quiz on Sequences/Series and Personal Finance. Both of those units I don't understand, so I found it quite hard. I went to tutoring at 4 today and Mr.Max did help me understand some questions that I didn't get.