Thursday, April 26, 2012

computer lab


Today in computer lab, I learned about 3 skills: finding angles, shapes, vertexes, edges, and faces. Firstly, we learned about shapes by finding shapes in a room and eliminating shapes that didn't describe the note. I could apply that to daily life because there are shapes all around us like cylinders for soda cans, cuboids for computers, and much more shapes. Secondly, we learned about vertexes, edges, and faces by organizing shapes into different categories like: 2 faces, 4 faces, or 6 faces. Thirdly, we learned about angles by guarding the robot to the finish line. Angles could apply to daily life if people are constructors and have to find the measure of a corner. Learning about skills that apply to daily life, was exciting. 


Thursday, April 19, 2012

Computer Lab

 Today in computer lab, I learned about different math skills including frequency diagrams, mean, mode, median, range, and probability. First of all, I learned about frequency diagrams by finding how many people have plague and worked with tally charts and graphs. Secondly, I learned about mean, mode, median, and range by weighing creatures. Since mean, mode, median, and range help with daily life, it’s really important to learn it. Thirdly, I learned about probability, which is a guess like: possible, certain, unlikely, or likely. Probability is like when a person is tossing a coin and is part of daily life like: betting , picking candy from a bag or choosing a marble from a bag. There is a 50-50 chance that it could land on heads or tail. Learning about daily life skills, was very fun and interesting.