IMP 2 Assignment Sheet
“Do Bees Build It Best?”
Unit Question:Is the honeycomb the most efficient shape for storing honey? That is, does it create the most storage capacity, per cell, for a fixed amount of wax?
Concepts:Area and volume measurement, trigonometry
The Pythagorean Theorem, Putting it all together
AssignmentAssigned
Day 1Building the Biggest
Homework 1....What to Put It In?...... Thurs, Dec 6
Day 2Nailing Down Area
Hmk 2...... Approximating Area...... Fri, Dec 7
Day 3Hmk 3...... How Many Can You Find?...... Mon, Dec 10
Day 4That’s All There Is!
Hmk 4...... An Area Shortcut?...... Tues, Dec 11
Day 5Hmk 5...... Halving Your Way...... Wed, Dec 12
Day 6Hmk 6...... The Ins and Outs of Area...... Thurs, Dec 13
Introduce POW 8Just Count the Pegs...... Due Dec 19
Day 7Going into the Gallery
Hmk 7...... Forming Formulas...... Fri, Dec 14
Working on POW 8 Just Count the Pegs...... Mon, Dec 17
Day 8Hmk 8...... A Right Triangle Painting...... Tues, Dec 18
POW 8 Due...... Wed, Dec 19
Semester Exams...... Thurs, Fri Dec 20-21
Semester Break
Day 9A Homemade Trig Table
Hmk 9...... More Gallery Measurements...... Wed, Jan 2
Day 10Hmk 10 Shadows and Sailboats...... Thurs, Jan 3
Day 11Tri-Square Rug Games
Hmk 11 ...... How Big Is It?...... Fri, Jan 4
Day 12Any Two Sides Work
Hmk 12...... Impossible Rugs...... Mon, Jan 7
Day 13Hmk 13...... Make the Lines Count...... Tues, Jan 8
Day 14Hmk 14...... The Power of Pythagoras...... Wed, Jan 9
Day 15Assign POW 9 Tessellation Pictures (due Jan 19)
Hmk 15...... Leslie’s Fertile Flowers...... Thurs, Jan 10
Day 16Flowers fro Different Sides
Hmk 16...... Don’t Fence Me In...... Mon, Jan 14
Day 17Rectangles are Boring
Hmk 17...... More Fencing, Bigger Corrals...... Tues, Jan 15
Day 18More Opinions about Corrals
Hmk 18...... Simply Square Roots...... Wed, Jan 16
Day 19Building the Best Fence
Hmk 19...... Falling Bridges...... Thurs, Jan 17
Day 20Hmk 20...... Leslie’s Floral Angles, Trig Worksheet....Tues, Jan 21
Day 21POW 9 due. Develop n-gon area formula. Assign POW 10 Possible Patches (due Day 26)
Hmk 21 ...... Flat Cubes...... Wed, Jan 22
Day 22Flat Boxes
Hmk 22...... Not a Sound...... Thurs, Jan 23
Day 23A Voluminous Task
Hmk 23...... Put Your Fist Into It...... Mon, Jan 28
Day 24The Ins and Outs of Boxes
Hmk 24...... A SculptureGarden...... Tues, Jan 29
Day 25Shedding Light on Prisms
Hmk 25...... Pythagoras and the Box...... Wed, Jan 30
Day 26POW 10 due....
Hmk 26...... Back on the Farm...... Thurs, Jan 31
Day 27Which Holds More
Hmk 27...... Cereal Box Sizes...... Mon, Feb 4
Day 28A-Tessellating We Go
Hmk 28...... A Portfolio of Formulas...... Tues, Feb 5
Day 29Hmk 29...... Do Bees Build It Best Portfolio...... Wed, Feb 6
Day 30Take Home Assessment due...... Thurs, Feb 7
Day 31In Class Assessment. Portfolio due...... Mon, Feb 11
Schedule subject to change.
Each Friday from January to April is devoted to preparing for the State Assessment.
Chacey2007/08