Unit 3 Reflection
Q1: What content/skills have been most interesting to you?
I have found that when we use math to make art or images, I can understand it a lot easier. Using volume and area has given me a new understanding of how surface area, volume and area are now a lot simpler to me and I can us them effectively in my education.
Q2: How have you grown mathematically?
I have grown in many ways, but I think the most important way is that I have learned how to use these functions. I heave learned them to the point of, that i can start to do my on work and I can stop constantly asking for help or bugging my peers.
I have found that when we use math to make art or images, I can understand it a lot easier. Using volume and area has given me a new understanding of how surface area, volume and area are now a lot simpler to me and I can us them effectively in my education.
Q2: How have you grown mathematically?
I have grown in many ways, but I think the most important way is that I have learned how to use these functions. I heave learned them to the point of, that i can start to do my on work and I can stop constantly asking for help or bugging my peers.
Desmose Project Reflection
Unit 2 Reflection
Q1: What has been the work you are most proud of in this unit?
My proudest piece of work was, Quiz 2 Similarities and Proportions. I got a 33.5 out of 35.
Q2: What skills are you developing in geometry/math?
I have developed a couple different skills, but I think the most important is how important it is to get work done. Because when I am in math if I miss out on a lesson or I slack off, I can fail whatever work that is for this lesson because I don't understand it. Math has taught me to really take hold of my education.
Q3: Choose one topic: similarity (ratios) or trigonometry.
Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that studies relationships involving lengths and areas of triangles. Trigonometry is used a lot in the real world, it is used by lots of engineers and astronomers.
My proudest piece of work was, Quiz 2 Similarities and Proportions. I got a 33.5 out of 35.
Q2: What skills are you developing in geometry/math?
I have developed a couple different skills, but I think the most important is how important it is to get work done. Because when I am in math if I miss out on a lesson or I slack off, I can fail whatever work that is for this lesson because I don't understand it. Math has taught me to really take hold of my education.
Q3: Choose one topic: similarity (ratios) or trigonometry.
Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that studies relationships involving lengths and areas of triangles. Trigonometry is used a lot in the real world, it is used by lots of engineers and astronomers.
POW Reflection
Knight Switch Problem
This problem has helped me grow mathematically because it has given me a new way to think about logic. This problem has bettered my learning because I see myself as a visual learner and this was very simple for someone like me. I believe this was also good for me because I could relate to the project because I enjoy chess.
This problem has helped me grow mathematically because it has given me a new way to think about logic. This problem has bettered my learning because I see myself as a visual learner and this was very simple for someone like me. I believe this was also good for me because I could relate to the project because I enjoy chess.
Ideal Soda Can Problem
This problem was difficult but suitable for my level, it really was a test of my academic strengths in math. I also enjoyed this problem very much because it relates to real life situations. If we really think about it we could change the world with math. More than it already has.
This problem was difficult but suitable for my level, it really was a test of my academic strengths in math. I also enjoyed this problem very much because it relates to real life situations. If we really think about it we could change the world with math. More than it already has.
Tessellation Project
Written Statement:
When making my tessellation outline, to me it looked like a kitchen knife, so after drawing in my knifes the centers was still blank. I work in a kitchen and one of the cooks loves to stoke the fires on the grill and it looks really cool so that is where my inspiration came from.
When first making the outline or the pattern, we first had to make a square then on two of the sides we would cut out a shape, and tape it to its opposite side. From there it is just a puzzle you put together and color.
I feel that the Tessellations are Art but use a math style. I believe the math is being used to create the art. I'm not going to try and say that because i'm coloring and tracing and drawing because that not what makes Art, Art. Art is something emotional, it's not something you can just explain.
"I saw a high wall and as I had a premonition of an enigma." -MC Escher
" For me it remains an open question whether [this work]
pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art." —M.C. Escher
http://platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/
When making my tessellation outline, to me it looked like a kitchen knife, so after drawing in my knifes the centers was still blank. I work in a kitchen and one of the cooks loves to stoke the fires on the grill and it looks really cool so that is where my inspiration came from.
When first making the outline or the pattern, we first had to make a square then on two of the sides we would cut out a shape, and tape it to its opposite side. From there it is just a puzzle you put together and color.
I feel that the Tessellations are Art but use a math style. I believe the math is being used to create the art. I'm not going to try and say that because i'm coloring and tracing and drawing because that not what makes Art, Art. Art is something emotional, it's not something you can just explain.
"I saw a high wall and as I had a premonition of an enigma." -MC Escher
" For me it remains an open question whether [this work]
pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art." —M.C. Escher
http://platonicrealms.com/minitexts/Mathematical-Art-Of-M-C-Escher/
Snail Trail Lab
What did you notice about the “snails” and their graffiti trails?
They are symmetrical and every other trail is rotationally symmetrical. Each trail is congruent.
What type of symmetry does your design exhibit if you ignore the color?
It is a rotational symmetry.
They are symmetrical and every other trail is rotationally symmetrical. Each trail is congruent.
What type of symmetry does your design exhibit if you ignore the color?
It is a rotational symmetry.
Burning Tent Lab
Question 1: Once you have a minimal path, what appears to be true about the incoming angle and the outgoing angle? A: They both have the same angle.
Question 2: Why is the path from points Camper to TentFire' the shortest path? Briefly explain. (Think about the shortest distance between two points.): Because it is a strait line, there is no stopping or turning.
Question 3: Where should the point River be located in relation to segment Camper to TentFire' and line AB so that the sum of the distances is minimized? The point River should be where the segment TentFire' intersects with line AB.