Great Equation Race
MATH REFLECTION
Name: Priscilla Chang
Date: November
Unit of Study: Linear Equations
Project/Activity Name: The Great Equation Race 2012
Basic Description:
This was a fun project on linear equations. We were "going on a world-wide trip," collecting some interesting facts for every place that we visited, marking our routes in the maps, and solving a set of problems each class so that we could get a "ticket," or a sticker, to solve questions for another destination city. I liked this project because I had a chance to talk more with my desk partner (we weren't close friends), and it wasn't a boring project. I had a lot of fun researching about some facts about the destination cities, solving the destination city questions, and solving the linear equation problems. The linear equation problems weren't hard word problems or complex ones, so it was pretty easy for me :)
3 things you learned:
Three things that I learned was being able to solve problems without making calculation errors or ridiculous mistakes, working more efficiently to complete the day's work, and some unique facts or cultures of each destination city by solving the questions on the top.
2 things that were difficult:
One thing that was difficult was the challenge problems. My partner and I were only able to complete one challenge sheet, with only three correct answers out of five problems :( I think they were, or seemed, more challenging because the problems were worded in a complex and confusing way. Another thing that was difficult was arriving at every Daily Destination City on time. This was difficult because some days, we had easier problems and more time given to complete the problems for the day, but some days, we didn't. When we were learning a new concept in the morning, we didn't have much time to complete the problems for the day, which meant that we had to catch up to the correct schedule the next day, and therefore work twice as hard and faster the next class day.
Explain at least 1 real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information?
One real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information is for when we are planning a trip to somewhere overseas. If the airlines have a mileage discount or some advantages and disadvantages about a certain option, we might be able to measure the distance to the destination city and see what the best option is. Also, since we practiced a lot of linear equation problems and solved a lot of them, we will be able to not make any mistakes and be confident with solving more linear equation problems.
Name: Priscilla Chang
Date: November
Unit of Study: Linear Equations
Project/Activity Name: The Great Equation Race 2012
Basic Description:
This was a fun project on linear equations. We were "going on a world-wide trip," collecting some interesting facts for every place that we visited, marking our routes in the maps, and solving a set of problems each class so that we could get a "ticket," or a sticker, to solve questions for another destination city. I liked this project because I had a chance to talk more with my desk partner (we weren't close friends), and it wasn't a boring project. I had a lot of fun researching about some facts about the destination cities, solving the destination city questions, and solving the linear equation problems. The linear equation problems weren't hard word problems or complex ones, so it was pretty easy for me :)
3 things you learned:
Three things that I learned was being able to solve problems without making calculation errors or ridiculous mistakes, working more efficiently to complete the day's work, and some unique facts or cultures of each destination city by solving the questions on the top.
2 things that were difficult:
One thing that was difficult was the challenge problems. My partner and I were only able to complete one challenge sheet, with only three correct answers out of five problems :( I think they were, or seemed, more challenging because the problems were worded in a complex and confusing way. Another thing that was difficult was arriving at every Daily Destination City on time. This was difficult because some days, we had easier problems and more time given to complete the problems for the day, but some days, we didn't. When we were learning a new concept in the morning, we didn't have much time to complete the problems for the day, which meant that we had to catch up to the correct schedule the next day, and therefore work twice as hard and faster the next class day.
Explain at least 1 real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information?
One real life reason why it would be helpful to know this information is for when we are planning a trip to somewhere overseas. If the airlines have a mileage discount or some advantages and disadvantages about a certain option, we might be able to measure the distance to the destination city and see what the best option is. Also, since we practiced a lot of linear equation problems and solved a lot of them, we will be able to not make any mistakes and be confident with solving more linear equation problems.