End of School Year Projects and Weblinks

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Middle School Hero's Projects

Hero Day Celebration

Class of 2013 Career Day Trip

The month of June has been full of celebrations!  Students used technical drawing & coordinate geometry to create a portrait of their Heros.  We used the coordinate grid to draw an identical image of the hero.  Students shared their projects on our Hero's Day celebration.  

Another celebration was a Career Day Field Trip.  This trip was made possible by Gear Up Chicago.  Students won prizes for team building activities and learned about careers.

Weblinks:

Mr. Martini's Classroom-  Online practice with long division and equations.  Allows you to keep track of your score.  You can also learn step by step long division without using paper and pencil.  

Extreme Math- A 3-D game with Rock Music.  Watch the "Extreme" character perform ski tricks when you get the answers right.  

Mathopolis-  Math Contests with kids from all over the Globe. Earn merits for games won, and correct answers.  

How do you find the side length of a square when you know the area?   Area of a square is side times side.  For example if the area is 25 cm² and 5 x 5 = 25, the side length = 5 cm. 

Square roots are found using the perfect squares.

1² = 1            √1 = 1           Square root of 1 = 1

2² = 4            √4 = 2           Square root of 4 = 2
3² = 9            √9 = 3           Square root of 9 = 3
4² = 16         √16 =4           Square root of 16 = 4

Can you find the square roots for 25, 36, 49, 81, 100, 121, and 144?  What patterns do you notice?

Try the Square Root Game on SoftSchools.com

Interest Earned by Saving and Investing

    

Exponential Growth-  change that happens when a beginning amount grows by a consistent rate over time.

Develop a Savings or Investment Plan

      1. Make a goal for saving or investing money.  

2.   Decide on a beginning amount to put toward your savings or investment goal.

3. Choose an interest rate.  Savings account (.005-.01),  Investment Account (.01-.09)

Website Links: Savings interest rates

                        Investing interest rates

4.  Construct a table to record your data.  Include beginning amount, interest earned, and ending amount

5.   Create a line graph to show changes over time. 

Example Savings Goal

Goal- $2,000 down payment on a used Toyota Prius in 5 years

Beginning Amount $800.00

Interest Rate: 6% (.06)  Mid-Term Bond Mutual Fund

Year       Beginning       Yearly        Interest       Ending 

                 Amount        Savings     Earned         Amount

1              800                 100                 54                      954

2              954                 100                 63                     1117

3              1117               100                 73                      1290

4              1290               100                 83                      1473

5              1473               100                 94                      1667

6    6              1667               100                106                     1882

      7              1882               100                119                     2101