Topics:
- Over your lifetime, how much money will you earn for each hour of homework you do/have done? (I’m a 5th Year senior at a university) In other words, if you consider all the money you will make in your lifetime and divided it by all the hours you do homework in your life, how much money did each hour of homework earn you?
- How many hours do you spend doing homework a week? What about a year? Was that number different when you were in high school? Elementary school?
- How many years have you done homework?
- What salary do you anticipate having in the future? (NFL Salary) How much have you already earned? (I have never had a job before)
- How long do you anticipate working at that salary?
- Assuming only one Santa Claus visited all the Christian/Christmas-celebrating children on Christmas Eve, how fast would he have to travel? Consider giving your answer in units like houses visited per second, although other units are also acceptable.
- How many children are in the world?
- How many children per household?
- What percentage of the world is Christian/celebrates Christmas?
- If Santa travels west, he would gain time via time zones, and have a total of 31 hours to deliver gifts.
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Project Outline
ProblemClearly state the problem you are exploring. Gather InformationWhat information (measurements, facts, values, formulas, etc.) or data did you need to gather to answer the question? How and where did you get this information? If you couldn’t find the needed information, give it your best estimate and explain why you think your estimate is reasonable. AnalyzeThis is the main part of your paper. Describe the process you went through to make sense of the information you collected, to organize an approach to solve the problem, and to determine an answer to your question. Make sure your math is correct. A good quantitative reasoning analysis will discuss things that are not purely mathematical. Take into account and discuss other aspects of real life that will affect the question you are exploring and the decision you will make, even if these aspects aren’t quantifiable (representable numerically). This section may include graphs or other visual representations of data. Interpret and ActProvide a clear and complete substantive answer to your question. Come to a clear conclusion or decision. Then interpret the answer: What does the answer mean for you? How does the answer solve the problem? How can you use the answer in your everyday life? Reflect and Inquire AgainDo not forget to include this section in your project! Now that you have the answer, is there something you would do differently? What new questions arise from your answer? How could you extend this problem? What further questions could you now explore if you had more time? Project Rubric
*If any of these sections are missing from the student’s project, the student will receive 0 points in that section.
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