Ian's Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday 4:30 - 5pm and 7:00 - 7:30pm ; Thursday 11:00am - 12:00

Ian's Office: N2-403 North Wing, Second Floor, beside the Physics Lab.

Ian's Mailbox: S2-403 South Wing, Second Floor.

Ian's Voicemail: (408) 988-2200 x3421.

Ian's email: ian_walton@wvmccd.cc.ca.us

These will become available close to the time that the assignment is given in class. They will also be handed out in class.

Green Sheet

Tips for Papers and Presentations

Instructions for Video Report

Instructions for Laser Disc Assignment

Instructions for Textbook Review Assignment

Remember - We will have one class meeting during finals week - on Monday May 24.

**** Last chance to turn in anything for your grade is Wednesday May 19 in class.****

Early Warning - The second "takehome test" assignment will be given out in class on Wednesday May 12 and will be due in class on Wednesday May 19.

Other class activities will include chapters12/4/5/6/9 and some calculus, more regular homework assignments and a self-evaluation of your semester work. Read through chapters 4,5 and 6.

Due 5/17/99 Last set of homework problems from textbook..

12.2 # 4/11; 12.3 # 3/8/29/30/31/32; 12.5 # 23/24/27/28/45.

Due 5/17/99 Textbook Review Assignment - get handout in class or download above.

Due 5/10/99 Final term paper is due in class. See description in green sheet, and tips for papers (download above or look at your class handout).

Remember to turn in your Interactive Video Laser Disc Assignment.

Due 5/5/99 Homework problems from textbook.

11.1 # 13/14/17/24/27; 11.2 # 1/10/13/19/34; 11.3 # 2/21/23/46/47; 11.4 # 25/37/44.

Due 4/19/99 Takehome Assignment # 1.

Due 4/12/99 Homework problems from textbook.

8.4 # 3/10/15/16/42/47; Extension Exercises on Pages 481-483 m# 2/7/13/14.

10.1 # 1/3/4/9/14; 10.2 # 5/8/25/30/45/46/57; 10.3 # 3/8/23/27/33/34/43/44.

Due 4/5/99 Midterm Project. See description in Green Sheet (download above). Prepare a five minutes in class presentation and a 5 - 10 page written paper. See below for some examples or check out the folder in the Math Tutor Lab.

Due 3/22/99 Midterm topic/title and one reference that you will use.

Due 3/17/99 Homework problems from textbook.

Problems 2.5 # 2/6/9/17/27/29/36; 8.2 # 1/8/14/19/35/39/52; 8.3 # 3/9/28/35.

Due 3/22/99 Video Report - a 3 to 5 page paer on videos selected from "For All Practical Purposes - get a handout in class or download Video above.

Beginning 2/22/99 - sign up with Ian for the Laser Disc assignment - get a handout in class or download Laser above. Due the week after you watch the material.

Due 2/24/99 Homework problems from textbook.

Problems 2.4 # 1/3/4/5/11/15

Due 2/22/99 Homework problems from textbook.

Problems 2.1 # 2/13/37/49/55/70; 2.2 # 5/14/19/31/58/59; 2.3 # 4/15/37/47/53/89/98/107

Due 2/8/99 Book Research/Class Presentation. Use the library or other resources to prepare a five minute class presentation on "Something interesting in Math". Get a handout in class or download Tips above.

Due 2/1/99 Write a single page essay on "what I lerned about problem solving techniques in the first week of class".

Due 1/25/99 Information Sheet including "Buddy Name and Phone #".

These may help you find topics for some of your assignments - or you may just enjoy browsing.

Math History Archive at St. Andrews University. St. Andrews Math History.

A list of resources in Math History at Clark University. Clark History Resource.

Some mathematician's biographies from Trinity College, Dublin. Dublin Biographies.

Descriptions and graphics of some of Archimedes work from Drexel University. Archimedes

Web Site for the Mathematical Association of America. Mathematical Association

Web Site for the American Mathematical Society. Mathematical Society

Here are some sites developed by publishers of math textbooks and software

This Addison Wesley site is tied to their textbooks but has a free problem area that can be used with Windows 95. Algebra Problems

This Duxbury site has a creative Statistics demo. Statistics Demo

This Prentice Hall site has some material for users of their liberal arts text. Liberal Arts Texts

This site describes the Academic Systems technology mediated interactive multimedia material used in some of our algebra sections. Technology Mediated Algebra

These are examples of some of the best student work from previous semesters. They may inspire you to do equally good work and may also give you some ideas for topic selection. Some illustrations may not look correct on this web version.

Spring 99 Michelle Beard's Final Paper on the Four Color Theorem.

Spring 99 Michelle Beard's Midterm Web-Page Project on Fibonacci.

Spring 99 Venus DeGuzman'sMidterm Web-Page Project on the Golden Gate Bridge.

Fall 98 Michael Lacey'sFinal Paper on Chaos Theory.

Fall 98 Ed Smith'sMidterm Web-Page Project on Mathematical Climate Modeling.

Spring 98 Beverly Jackson's Final Paper on Fermat's Last Theorem.

Fall 97 Victoria Wilson's Midterm Web-Page Project on Fractals.

Fall 97 Chris Anderson's Final Paper on Chaos Theory.

Final Paper on Fermat's Last Theorem-removed at student request.

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