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Semester
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Instructor
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Projects
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Spring
2000
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Tony Petrosino
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Oil
Spills, Mendel Murder Mystery (mathematics), Energy
4 muscles
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Fall
2000
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Gail Dickinson
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Movers
and shakers, It's
not easy being green, Living
with a planet, If
I were an insect, Bat
math, Effects
of construction on a creek ecosystem, What
causes disease?
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Spring
2001
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Tony Petrosino
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Hollywood
Physics: How fast can a car really take a curve?
Math
Models, Virus
Transmission, Why
do I have to get vaccinations? Why
do my muscles burn when I exercise? Chemical
Bonding, Too
much trash? What
makes people different? How
much money does it take to live on my own? Human
Genome Project
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Fall 2001
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Gail Dickinson |
Population, How do cops catch you speeding? More bang for your buck, Mosquitoes: Scourge of humanity! Forensic murder investigation, What's in your food? Can computers think?* Does luck exist?
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Spring 2002
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Gail Dickinson
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Resource Management, Are your friends making you sick? Microorganisms: Invisible invaders or amazing
allies? How to create a successful business,
Financial stability, The elipse: A mathematical model*, Vitamins and minerals, Math phobia, Mathematics of location, How does water quality affect organisms?
Intellectual endeavors |
Fall 2002
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Gail Dickinson
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Designing and buying your dream home, Water quality, Austin population growth, Worm composting, Global warming, Human impacts on the environment, Electric motors, Outbreak! The study of infectious disease*
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Spring
2003
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Gail Dickinson
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Bridges,
Game Theory, World
After 800,000 years, Water
Quality, What
is the state of your state? Math
in Music, Music in Math, Water
as a Solvent, Smart Toys play soccer cup*, Where
can the right triangle take you? Which
system failed or did it? Design
your own computer game.
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| Fall 2003 |
Gail Dickinson |
Could
Bioterrorists use a single disease to wipe out a significant portion
of the US population?, Life
at the Extremes*, Math
In Sports, Build
Your Dream Home, Using
Math to Make Predictions, Detergent
Chemistry, Project
Outbreak, Video
Game Unit, Design
a zoo, Life's
statistics, Fractals,
Barton Springs,
Global Warming,
Optics and Evolution,
Math Modeling,
Where in the World
is Principal Pumpernickel's chair? Secret
codes, Cryptology:
Making the code |
| Spring 2004 |
Gail Dickinson |
Epidemiology,
Reproduction,
Mars Bound,
Monumental
Math*, Baseball
Math, Oil
Spills, Geometry
in Architecture, Diet
for a Cell |
| Fall 2004 |
Gail Dickinson |
*Car
Chemistry, Catapults,
Coral Reefs,
Deforestation,
Ecology,
Evolution,
Gambling, Design
your own gameshow, Go
Fly a Kite, Kites
in Flight, Hydrology,
Math in Architecture, Design
an olympic venue, Design
a rollercoaster, How can
you represent motion, Pollution
in Austin, Solar
Power, Design
a sports stadium |
| Spring 2005 |
Gail Dickinson |
Car
Chemistry, Catapults ,
Chemistry
of Fireworks, World
Population Growth, Train
Chemical Spill, Financial
Independence , Where's
the Chemistry in My Food?, Surviving
After High School, Quantification
of Solute Concentration via Spectrophotometer, Math
in Architecture , What
is the Chemistry in My Favorite Food?, *The
Mathematics of Minimalist Music, Moon
Colony Project, Math
in Architecture, Deep
Impact, Designing
a Park, Project
Titan AE, Functions
Abound, Roller
Coaster Physics, Math
in Maps , Attack
of the Microbes, How
Does Traffic Work?, What
Causes Lake Eutrophication?, Origami
Math |
| Fall 2005 |
Gail Dickinson |
Alternative
Fuels, How
Math Builds a House, Make
a Habitat, Codes,
Spies,
Lies, and Codes, Cryptography,
Hardcore
Hardball, Diet
and Exercise, *Sundial
Project, Mission
to Mars, To
the Moon and Beyond, How
Clean is the Water in Your Town?, Zoo
Project, Functions
in the Real World, Food
Chemistry, How
Does the Human Population Affect Animal Populations?, Sharks |
| Spring 2006 |
Tony Petrosino |
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| Gail Dickinson |
Comparing
your World, What
will the Earth Look Like in 2050?, What
will Life be like in 2050?, *What
Makes me Unique?, A
Summer in the NBA Front Office, The
Size of Things |
| Fall 2006 |
GailDickinson |
Geometry in Nature,
Natural Disasters,
Creating Your Own Rock
Band, Where in
the world is the elephant?, Parabolas
in the Real World, Pollution
in Austin, How
can we prevent chemical pollution and waste?, What
happens to my body when I'm sick?, Baseball
in motion, Animals
in their environment, When
do we run out of gas, and what do we do about it?, Build
Your Dream Home, Population
Growth, What
Effects Would a Big Box Store Have on Your Community?, How
many party balloons does it take to lift a person? |
| Spring 2007 |
Tony Petrosino |
Nutritional
Math, Doggie
Physics, Could you make
an article of clothing using math?, A
new home, Flight
from Austin to Incheon, Saving
our planet, Population
Growth, Life
Interactions w/Ecosystem,Cougar
Quest |
| Gail Dickinson |
Alien
Invasion, Projectile
Motion, *Will
I live to be 110?, Predicting
and Preventing a Dry State in South Central Texas, Acid
Rain What a Pain!, Global
Warming, Statistics,
Rivers, and Bugs, Oh My! |
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