Unit 8 Portfolio with critical response/above and beyond

Basic Sequences warmup and Basic sequences notes pt.1

Basic Sequences notes pt.2

Intro to sequences practice pt.1

Intro to sequences practice pt.2

Critical response: I thought this worksheet was pretty easy, because given the formulas, all you have to do is plug in numbers. Arithmetic sequences especially, I find that all I need to complete these problems is my formulas sheet and a calculator. It also helped that I went over sequences and series in AFM.

Star Wars apportionment warmup (Hill Huntington)

 Critical response: I enjoyed doing this warmup because it helped me to review concepts that I would have otherwise forgotten. I also liked how we reviewed over this warmup as a class, this helped me get a better understanding of the Hill-Huntington method of apportionment and apportionment as a whole.

Choppa Droppa lab part 1

Choppa Droppa lab part 2

 Critical Response: I thought this was a fun lab because it got us out of our seats from taking notes and into a somewhat real life situation. I liked how we got to record actual data and apply it to what we have been learning. Looking back, I would have liked to have done more labs in this class if they went with what we are learning about.

Arithmetic Series warmup and Arithmetic series notes pt.1

Arithmetic series notes pt.2

Arithmetic Series practice pt.1

Arithmetic Series practice pt.2

NFL pairwise warmup and geometric series notes pt.1

Geometric series notes pt.2

Geometric series practice pt.1

Geometric series practice pt.2

Above and beyond: Even though sequences and series are already used in real life in things like finance and physics, they could also be used in tracking the growth of plants and animals. Researchers could come up with explicit or recursive formulas depending on the data given to them and track how much a plant is supposed to grow in a month or how large an animal will become. This could help save money on food costs because then caretakers would only have to buy what is necessary for the plant or the animal instead of buying access essentials.