Tennille Wilkens EDTC 670.9041 Spring 2015

Integrative Capstone Course: EDTC 670_9041

Spring Semester 2015

Tennille Wilkens

Instructional Material

1. Sequences

Description: In this flipchart, students use the visual and interactive tools in Activstudio to recognize, extend,

or create a pattern or sequence between sets of numbers and/or linear patterns.  Students

apply their understanding of concepts and procedures from algebraic sense to processes that

use repeated addition (linear) or repeated multiplication (exponential). 

2. Three Times the Fun

Description Using this flipchart, students will further develop their understanding of multiplication of whole

numbers and develop the ability to apply it in problem solving.

3. Mathematics: Why do I need to know Math?

4. Math puzzles for students.

5. Math’s History. View timeline.

6. Domino Effect

Tennille Wilkens EDTC 670.9041 Spring 2015

How much does Domino's charge for pizza? Students use linear functions — slope, y-intercept, and equations — to explore how much the famous pizzas really cost.

7. XBOX Xponential

How have video game console speeds changed over time? Students write an exponential function based on the Atari 2600 and Moore's Law, and see whether the model was correct for subsequent video game consoles.

8. On Your Mark

Do taller sprinters have an unfair advantage? Students use proportions to find out what would happen if Olympic races were organized by height.

9. Three Shots

In basketball, should you ever foul at the buzzer? Students use probabilities to determine when the defense should foul...and when they should not.

Tennille Wilkens EDTC 670.9041 Spring 2015

10. New-Tritional Info

How long does it take to burn off food from McDonald's? Students use unit rates and proportional reasoning to determine how long they'd have to exercise to burn off different McDonald's menu items.

11. Fall of Javert

Could Inspector Javert have survived the fall? Students use quadratic models to determine how high the bridge was in Les Misérables, and how fast Javert was traveling when he hit the water.

12. You're So Fined

Tennille Wilkens EDTC 670.9041 Spring 2015

How long does it take to pay off municipal fines? Students use linear equations and solve linear systems to examine what happens when people are unable to pay small municipal fines. They also discuss what can happen to the most financially vulnerable citizens when cities rely heavily on fines for revenue.

13. Common Cents

How much is money worth? Students apply operations on rational and decimal numbers to calculate how much the U.S. Mint spends on different coins, and discuss whether we really need all these coins.

14. The Sound of Silence

How do noise-canceling headphones work? In this lesson, students use transformations of trigonometric functions to explore how sound waves can interfere with one another, and how noise-canceling headphones use incoming sounds to figure out how to produce that sweet, sweet silence.

Tennille Wilkens EDTC 670.9041 Spring 2015

15. Financial Aid

How much more do graduates earn, and is college worth the cost? Students use systems of linear equations to compare different educational options.