FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY PROJECT - APRIL/MAY 2010

Financial Responsibility Project
OK.. its time to be all grown up. Use the links below to find a job. Now here are your rules. You need to pretend you are a high school graduate - about 19 years old - you are looking for a full time job in the Texoma area (Vernon, Wichita Falls, etc. NOT Oklahoma). While most of you plan to go to college and get a degree.. for this assignment, you will not have a degree -- therefore, you will not be able to find a job as a Doctor or Lawyer or even a Teacher. And the salary you should be looking at will be in the $10/hour range. Before you print off your job description and put it in your Finance Folder you need to get your job approved by me. (this will be graded - so don't goof off).
http://www.timesrecordnews.com/hotjobs/
http://www.monster.com/
http://www.careerbuilder.com/
http://www.hotjobs.com/
http://www.salary.com/

Now, I want you to use the links below to look for a place to live. You will not have a whole lot of credit build up yet.. so renting an apartment or a house or even a trailer will work best for you. Later you will be using this information to figure out your monthly budget for utilities, etc. You can find a place and have roommates. Print out the living arrangements and make sure to include the square footage, bedrooms, the monthly rent, deposit fees, application fees, and any other expenses (and put it in your folder)… No, you can not live with your parents.
For this part of the assignment - you can work with groups (roommates). However, you can not have more than 3 roommates. (each roommate has their own room - no sharing BEDS). Another thing to think about.. if you get a job in Vernon.. but your apartment is in Henrietta.. that will be quite a long drive to work each day... and later we will be using this information to calculate how much gas you will spend going to work.. so think about it. (this will be graded)

http://www.rent.com/
http://www.rentals.com/
http://rentals.nationalrelocation.com/

As usual -- all VMS rules apply to the proper use and behavior in the computer lab.Now - get to work!

Objective 3 Vocabulary Assignment - January 5, 2010

Objective 3 – Math Vocabulary (Geometry Words)

Click on the links below each vocabulary word – research the website and then complete your vocabulary worksheets. Make sure you fill in the definition and the example/drawing to help you on your open notes quizzes.

As always, use your best behavior in the computer lab – or you will be required to do this assignment with the book!

1. Transformation:
http://www.math.com/school/glossary/defs/transformation.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/transformation.html

2. Rotation
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/rotation.html
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GT1/reflect.htm

3. Reflection
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/reflection.html
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GT1/reflect.htm

4. Translation
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/translation.html
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/mathb/7B7/transformlesson.htm

5. Dilation (resizing)
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/resizing.html
http://www.regentsprep.org/Regents/math/geometry/GT3/Ldilate2.htm

6. Scale Factor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale_factor
http://dictionary.babylon.com/Scale%20factor

7. Hypotenuse
http://www.mathopenref.com/hypotenuse.html
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/hypotenuse.html

8. Pythagorean Theorem
http://math.about.com/cs/pythagorean/g/pythagdef.htm
http://www.answers.com/topic/pythagorean-theorem

Work on your Pizzaz Puzzle #35 & #36 that was assigned yesterday – it is due tomorrow (YOU MUST SHOW ALL YOUR WORK).

Vocabulary Assignment - Friday, 11/6/09

Objective 5 Vocabulary Assignment - Friday, November 6, 2009

You will be given vocabulary sheets to use for this computer lab assignment. You have 8 words to research with the links provided. You need to find the definitions, make up your own definitions and make a drawing.

All VMS rules apply to this assignment.


Bar Graph
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/bar-graph.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/bar-chart

Box & Whisker Plot
http://www.icoachmath.com/sitemap/box-and-whiskerplot.html
http://www.northstarmath.com/sitemap/Box-and-WhiskerPlot.html

Histogram
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/histogram

Measures of Central Tendency
http://www.icoachmath.com/Sitemap/MeasuresofCentralTendency.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Average

Probability
http://home.avvanta.com/~math/def2.cgi?t=probability
http://www.answers.com/topic/probability

Scatter Plot
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/scatter-plot.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scatter+plot

Stem & Leaf Plot
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/stem-and-leaf-plot.html
http://www.icoachmath.com/sitemap/stem-and-leafplot.html

Venn Diagram
http://www.answers.com/topic/venn-diagram
http://www.yourdictionary.com/venn-diagram

When you are done – you may log onto studyisland.com and go to math practice.

Big Test

Proportions - Objective 2

• Setting up Proportions
• Solving proprotions with cross multiplication
• Identifying Proportional and Non-proportional relationships by looking at a table, equation, sentence, and a graph.

The Test is October 20th. You can practice questions on studyisland.com your login name is firstnamelastname@vms. Password is your last name.

Good Luck!

Objective 2 Vocabulary Assignment - Friday, October 2, 2009

Use the provided vocabulary sheets to research the internet sites provided to look up the below 8 vocabulary words.

1. ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION
http://www.icoachmath.com/Sitemap/AlgebraicExpression.html
http://www.math.com/school/subject2/lessons/S2U1L1DP.html


2. CONSTANT OF PROPORTIONALITY
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/constant+of+proportionality


3. CROSS MULTIPLICATION
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/cross-multiply.html
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cross+multiplication


4. METRIC SYSTEM
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/metric-system.html
http://www.answers.com/topic/metric-system


5. RATIO
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/ratio.html
http://www.mathleague.com/help/ratio/ratio.htm

6. RATE
http://www.icoachmath.com/SiteMap/DictionaryDefinition.aspx?process=sitemap/rate&&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/58042.html
http://mathmrsnee.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/comparing-scaling-vocabulary/


7. UNIT RATE
http://mathmrsnee.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/comparing-scaling-vocabulary/
http://www.aaamath.com/rat-unit-rate.htm


8. SCALE FACTOR
http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/scale.html
http://www.mathwords.com/s/scale_factor.htm


Once you are done with your assignment - you may go to www.studyisland.com to play math games.

End of the first 6 weeks

The first 6 weeks is almost over.

This week we will be focusing on setting up equations and solving word problems. Students can expect another open notes quiz on Friday.

The first 6 weeks benchmark test will be held next Tuesday, September 29th. It will cover everything we have learned this year.

Friday, September 25th is the last day I will accept ANY corrections on failing daily work assignments.

As a reminder, Wednesday September 30th is an early release day.

I will also be offering an extra credit worksheet to students this week - it will add extra points to their quiz scores. I offered an extra credit worksheet last week - and only about 10 students decided to take advantage of it.

Getting Help

If you are struggling in math.. especially when you are at home.. here are some things you can do to get some more clarification:

1. Use your Math text book (it should be at home). Look up the topic you are working on and review the examples they show you in the book.
2. www.mathisfun.com
3. www.math.com this site has some great step-by-step instructions and some practice problems online.
4. www.sheppardsoftware.com this site is filled with a ton of math video games.
5. www.studyisland.com each student has a log-in/password and can access this via the web. Here students can get help in all subjects, it has games, worksheets, and tests, too.

FIRSTNAMELASTNAME@vms PASSWORD:LASTNAME