Introduction |
| Anchor Video |
| Concept Map |
| Project Calendar |
| Lesson Plans |
| Letter to Parents |
| Assessments |
| Resources |
| Modifications |
| Grant |
Needed
Resources:
- 25 TI-83 Graphing Calculators
- Graph Paper Pack (20 sheets each)
- Package of 100 3x5 index cards
- Consulting Fee for Longevity
Expert
- School bus trip to City Hall
- Poster Board, assorted colors,
48-pack
Available
Resources:
- Access to computer labs
- Internet access
- Rental of TI-Navigator Network
System
- Actuarial Expert
- 25 Textbooks (Algebra II, Larson
et. al., 2003)
- Netlogo Software installed on
all TI-83s and the main computer
- TI-NetLogo system (including the
computer, 8 hubs, cables, etc.)
- doc-cam or other way of
displaying websites to the entire class
- one main computer to use in
front of class
Web resources:
-
http://www.otherwise.com/population/logistic.html
- logistic population curve
applet with fish (taking into account the
carrying capacity)
-
http://www.answers.com/topic/logistic-function
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/popclockworld.html
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LogisticEquation.html
http://www.math.com/tables/general/interest.htm
- compound interest
- http://www.math.csusb.edu/faculty/stanton/m262/regress/regress.html
- students plot points, and the applet calculates the
regression equation and the residual plot simultaneously
- http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/reg_by_eye/index.html
- students predict what the regression line looks like