MATEMATICS IMMIGRATION PIE

MR. CASALI

MS. DRAPER

DUE DATE: OCTOBER 16, 2015

DIRECTIONS:

You will be working on a math immigration pie project during the week of October 13, with the finished project due October 16th.

We will explain all your options and, the rubrics will be used for grading your graphs and poster.

THE PIE:

  • You will complete of the pie
  • You must complete the pumpkin and pecan portions of the pie
  • You may choose from cherry, chocolate, fig and apple to complete your ‘Mathematics Immigration Pie’.

THE PIE PIECES

  • Pumpkin:
  • Translation on the world map
  • You will find sector of where your journey began. You will make a translation rule to move to Buffalo NY from your sector of origin.

  • Pecan
  • Distance
  • Find the distance from where your journey began to Buffalo NY by using Google Maps. This will give the flight time in hours and minutes.
  • Use Google to find the distance from your starting point to Buffalo NY. This will give you the distance in kilometers.

  • Convert the kilometers to miles by using this conversion rate
  • Using the data collected from everyone in the class, we will construct a histogram.

  • Cherry
  • Using the data from the 684 students attending I-Prep last year, convert percent of ‘Languages’ to number of students. For example; 50% is equal to 342 students, which is half of the total number of the 684 students. Make a frequency histogram and a table using this data.
  • The same will be done using the ‘Race & Ethnicity Groups’. Make a frequency histogram and a table using this data.
  • Fig
  • Analyze the data charts ‘Immigration to Buffalo Metro: Top Five Countries of Origin and ‘Buffalo Public Schools LEP/ELL Students’.
  • Using this data predict the number of LEP students and the number of languages spoken in the year 2014-2015.
  • Justify the number of students and languages you predicted by explaining your mathematical procedures.
  • Apple
  • Analyze the data from the chart ‘Buffalo Public Schools Top 10 Languages’.
  • Using the data from the table, justify your mathematical procedures you used to answer all the following questions:
  • What conclusions can be drawn about the data? Why?
  • Based on the data, make a prediction about what may happen in the future?
  • What are the similarities and differences you noticed?
  • Chocolate
  • Compare the data table, ‘New York State Refugees: Most Common Nations of Origin: 2003-2013 to the data table ‘New York State Refugees: Most Common Nations of Origin: 2012-2013.
  • Using the data from the two tables, predict what a data table would look like for the year 2013-2014.
  • Justify your prediction by explaining the mathematical procedures used.

Independent Work Steps: