Food Deserts. Do you live in one?

Can Star Power Make New Orleans' Food Deserts Bloom? : The Salt : NPR

WeddingwithMcGrath = May 4, 2013

Why we study math. From NCTM.

“Mathematics is the biggest determinant in upward mobility,” said Treisman in the Equity Address WEBCAST.

One student's opinion.

Luck of the Irish?

Were they only lucky to make it to the big game or will there be a dramatic finish?

Check out Notre Dame's and Alabama's math websites. Which has a better math department?

Deer math. EAST meets cardboard.

Doe, a deer, a cardboard board deer.

Howdy!

Back to school!

Watch, learn, and discover.

Questions to answer why watching the video. (1/2 point)
1. Who is responsible for coining the term Fractal?
2. What was this person looking for?
3. What are some applications of fractals that doctors could benefit from?
4. How has the mobile communication industry benefited from fractals?
5. How have scientists in Costa Rica used fractals in their research?

Email Results to: mathwithmcgrath@googlegroups.com

Parting Shots

It is time to move on...

Trash Footprint

If the sophomores of AGS keep up their current trash creation rates, we will need a landfill large enough to hold 442,601 cubic feet of garbage. This is their lifetime trash footprint. You should know that only 100 students completed this assignment.

If you remember, the Great Pyramid in Egypt covers 13 acres and has a volume of 90,000,000 cubic feet. If an AGS sophomore is an average American student, how many students would we have to collect trash from to create a volume that is equal to the volume of the Great Pyramid?

This post is for all those students who will not accumulate 0.75 cubic feet of trash.

No worries, just calculate the volume you currently have and divide it by the number of days you've been collecting. Say you have a box with a width of 7 inches, a length of 11 inches, and your trash reaches a height of 8 inches after 4 days. Now convert those measurements to feet  (0.583 ft by 0.916 ft by 0.666 ft) and find the volume of trash you collected. In this case it would be 0.355 cubic feet. Divide this by 4 and you create 0.0889 cubic feet of garbage per day. I hope this helps.

Trashy McGee

New due date for part 1 of the Trash Project!

Part 1 of the Trash Project is due Monday, May 9, 2011.

Once again, you will have to:

(1) fill out the form (Before you do this, there is a game you need to play. See the next post.)

(2) email me your personal reflection with the daily trash photos. I would prefer if the file was converted to a PDF. You can convert your file at the following website:

www.pdfonline.com/convert-pdf/

This is the email address you need to send your converted file to:

mathwithmcgrath@googlegroups.com

Please put your name and period number in the subject heading.

Thanks,

Trashy McGee

One more step you must take before you fill out the form.

You need to play the longevity game at the following website:

www.northwesternmutual.com/learning-center/the-longevity-game.aspx

Then you will know, and knowing is half the battle.

Form for Trash Project - Part 1

Trash Talk - Designing your Container

In case the video was too quick and you don't know how to pause.

Trash Talk - Designing your Container

Landfill Design Part 1 – Objective - Determine the volume of trash you create? Due Friday, May 6, 2011.

https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1x1xo7xTZ54EFyfljJU0Ujm_JsUEqoGbqFhCOQsClN4w

Easter

Asparagus + Steak + Salad = Tasty