MAT 107: Math and the Environment
Fall Quarter 2004
Unit #2: Graphical Methods
Unit Description: This unit will explore how data can be displayed using various graphical techniques (Chapter 3).
Schedule:(subject to slight revisions)
| Day | Topic(s) | Comments |
| Wednesday | Discussion on pie charts, bar charts, and histograms. Practice making histograms. | Do chapter 3 problems. |
| Thursday | Project #2: Energy graph | Work in groups all period. |
| Friday | Homework Q&A. Project #2: Energy graph |
Work in groups--wrap up project. |
| Monday | Discuss homework problems. | |
| Tuesday | Homework Q&A. Quiz #2 (30 minutes). | HW #2 and Project #2 due at the beginning of class. |
Homework:
Chapter 3. Read all sections except for "scatter plots". Don't worry about directions for the TI-83 (for now). Make all graphs by hand. Do #1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18
Remember: The 10th day of the quarter is the last day to add the class. Also, you must be "paid up" by this day.