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Friday, January 29, 2010

7v3 Volume HW

Complete your volume poster for Wednesday 3rd Feb. Include:

- The volume of your cuboid including calculations
- An explanation of what volume is
- An explanation of why the formula is Volume = length x width x height

The cuboid measures 6cm by 5cm by 2cm.

Use the following MyMaths link to help you:

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/tasks/library/loadLesson.asp?title=volume/volumeCuboid

Saturday, January 23, 2010

7v3 Formulae HW

Hand the following HW in on Friday 29th January.

There is a formula used to turn °F into °C. Find it and research how to use it.

At what temperature in °F does water freeze? Use your formula to calculate this and show your workings.

At what temperature in °F does water boil? Use your formula to calculate this and show your workings.

In January 2010,
Altnaharra in Scotland recorded temperatures of -22.3°C. How cold is this in °F? Use your formula to calculate this.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

7p3 HW

Hand the following HW in Thursday 21st January.

There is a formula used to turn °F into °C. Find it and research how to use it.

At what temperature in °F does water freeze? Use your formula to calculate this.

At what temperature in °F does water boil? Use your formula to calculate this.

In January 2010, Altnaharra in Scotland recorded temperatures of -22.3°C. How cold is this in °F? Use your formula to calculate this.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

8p2 HW

Using Excel, produce a bar chart and a pie chart for the data you collected in class. Include an explanation of how you used Excel to construct the two charts. Print out and bring to class on Thursday 14th Jan, or e-mail your work to me.

Monday, January 4, 2010

8v1 HW

Bring some newspaper articles to the lesson on Wednesday 6th Jan. Follow the link below to view the task to help you decide what type and how many articles you should bring in.

Have a look at the "Newspaper Readability" PowerPoint at http://sites.google.com/site/mrandersonsteachingresources/handling-data/averages-and-range

Friday, December 11, 2009

8v1 HW

Write a report on your reaction times data. Who has quicker reactions, boys or girls? Include averages, charts and graphs.

How did you collect and record your data? Why did you record it this way?
Which values did you use and why?
What were the mean, median and mode? Show your calculations.
What else did you do to analyse your data? Did you use any charts or graphs?
What do your results tell you?

Reports to be handed in on Friday 18th Dec or e-mailed to me by Friday.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

8p2 HW

Bring some newspaper articles to the lesson on Tuesday 15th Dec. Follow the link below to view the task to help you decide what type and how many articles you should bring in.

Have a look at the "Newspaper Readability" PowerPoint at http://sites.google.com/site/mrandersonsteachingresources/handling-data/averages-and-range

7p3 MyMaths HW

Two MyMaths tasks to be completed for Thursday 17th Dec.

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/gold/probability/probSimpleOH.html

http://www.mymaths.co.uk/gold/probability/listoutcomesOH.html

Friday, December 4, 2009

7v3 HW

Complete your "Dodgy Dice" write up and hand in on Friday 11th Dec. Include:
• your experimental data,
• your net,
• an explanation of how you constructed your dice,
• the probabilities for each score on your dice,
• stick your dice to the poster,
• distill what you have learned about calculating probabilities from experimental data.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

7p3 Maths HW

Complete your "Dodgy Dice" write up and hand in on Wednesday 9th Dec. Include:
• your experimental data,
• your net,
• an explanation of how you constructed your dice,
• the probabilities for each score on your dice,
• stick your dice to the poster,
• distill what you have learned about calculating probabilities from experimental data.

Tuesday, December 1, 2009