wrapping up the year.

today we continued working on our end of semester projects: College and Career Final Project. each student has a very detailed packet that explains exactly what is expected for this project.  they are getting more than enough time to work on this project in class so not much needs to be done outside of school.  
*4th period will be having their college/career day on wednesday, may 23.
*1st and 3rd period will be having their college/career day on thursday, may 24.


3rd period celebrated their class competition victory with a class party today. thanks to everyone who brought in food!  i am still stuffed from all the treats!


want to get an idea of what your project should look like?  check out this video from last year: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS5RbSrDfJU

more test prep.

today we worked in the library on usatestprep.com.  the assignment is due sunday by midnight (which is a few days later than originally planned...yes, you're welcome!)!


homework: finish the statistics review.  you'll be turning this in tomorrow!


thanks to all the students who came to tutorial!

practicing for the test.

today we went over the statistics homework and then took a practice EOCT test.  we will use those test results to review next week before we take the EOCT.


homework: statistics review #29-39

stat review.

today we practiced MAD some more! we also began working on the statistics review.  we will not be testing on statistics before the EOCT.


homework: statistics review #13-23


thanks to all the parents who came to meet with me today after school.  for those who couldn't make it, please e-mail me if you have any questions or concerns!

MAD.

today we learned our last concept of our statistics unit: MAD (mean absolute deviation).  it's kind of a long process, but pretty easy.
steps:
1. find the mean (average) of the data set.
2. find the deviation of each of the data values from the mean.
3. calculate the mean (average) of the deviations.


homework: notetaking guidebook p. 386 #11-17 and #20


***parent teacher conferences are tomorrow!  hope to see you all then.  please e-mail me if you plan on coming so we can set up a time.  thanks!***

usatestprep.com

yesterday and today we worked on usatestprep.com in the library.  the EOCT preparation project is due next friday!!!


homework: USA Test Prep!

survey says.

today we introduced the statistics unit by looking at representative and biased surveys.  we went through the definitions and examples in your notetaking guidebook (p. 377-379).


homework: notetaking guidebook p. 380-381 #1-11