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Math 490 Topics in Abstract Algebra


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Syllabus


Daily notes and assignments
Date
Date HW Due Reading
Classwork
Assignments
9/20/11
9/27/11
Chapter 2 handout
Properties of operations (handout page 23)
Coin game on page 32 of handout
9/27/11
9/28/11

Rotations and reflections from Math Explorations book
Finish coin game
9/28/11
10/4/11
Chapter 7 handout; Escher book
Composition of permutation functions
Make the table for the symmetries of the square; page 75 from the chapter 7 handout: questions 1 - 5
10/4/11
10/11/11

Visit LSC Math Midway
Create a Powerpoint report about the Math Midway
10/11/11
10/25/11


Present your report to the Math Club
10/25/11
11/1/11
Geometer's Sketchpad documentation
Try Geometer's Sketchpad
Learn how to use Geometer's Sketchpad
11/1/11
11/8/11
Geometer's Sketchpad documentation Make figures
Use Geometer's Sketchpad to create regular figures; learn how to animate drawings
11/8/11
11/15/11
Geometer's Sketchpad documentation
Make triangles and pentagons in Geometer's Sketchpad
Try tesselations
11/15/11
11/29/11
Geometer's Sketchpad documentation
More on tesselations
Tesselate a regular hexagon and write up exactly how you do it; also tell which regular figures tesselate and what the characteristics are of regular figures that tesselate
11/29/11
12/6/11
101 Project ideas for the Sketchpad
New ways to tesselate
Do activities 77 - 83 relating to tesselations and document them clearly
12/6/11
12/13/11
101 Project ideas for the Sketchpad


Tentative Schedule of Assessments
Date
Test
October 13, 2011
Powerpoint
December 20, 2011
Final Exam and Final Portfolio




 
 

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