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