JHello. My name is Jason Guan and this post will be about my latest math unit, like terms and P O L Y N O M I A L S.
In this unit, we had a project of interest of sorts, and my partner, the marvellous Mr. Kyle Dandar and I made ours about transportation. It focused on taxi fares and the formulas for finding them.
To start the unit, as always, we created a mind map. Here is the finished product, with the blue text being what I added on at the end of the unit.
For this project, Kyle and I created a trifecta of items to show off our learning. A Keynote presentation, an “infomercial”, and a Shortcut.
Here is the Video:
Here’s a link to the shortcut. Open it in shortcuts if you’re on an apple device and it should work pretty well. I used my programming knowledge (or lack thereof) to code it, and it uses location services to find distance and multiply it by the requisite price per km and fixed amount.
https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/d7324b58e4be468497a781c4e19707d7
Core Competencies
As for any science or math project, in this post I’ll also be going over the competencies that I (and my teacher) think we did well on.
Communicate Mathematical Thinking in Many Ways
This is pretty obvious. We used a total of three methods to get our lessons and our teachings across to the audience, and I think it really helped. There was something for everyone and every item added something more to the presentation. The Keynote delivered information, the video added humour, and the Shortcut was an efficient to way to recap our project.
Use Tools and Technology to Explore and Create Patterns
This is mainly the shortcut. Using the shortcuts app, I was able to create a fully coded method of quickly finding the fare of a taxi ride between the current location and the destination. Using code blocks, I used calculating functions and a “location detector”, along with my technological prowess to make the shortcut. The link is further up this post if you missed it.
Connect Mathematical Concepts to Each Other and To Other Areas of Personal Interest
For this competency, the main part of this was the fact that we used so many different math concepts. We used combining like terms and polynomials, as well as algebra. For personal interests, we used out mutual liking of filming and editing videos to make the infomercial to improve our presentation.
In conclusion, the polynomial project was pretty fun, and helped me touch up on my knowledge of like terms. We also had fun filming our video and making our shortcut.
This is Jason Guan, signing off.