Sam's Blog

Finally, you can find the ASHANATRONA at  http://ashanatrona.blogspot.com/ !

To the many of you who are done with their Feltrons, congrats! If there were little mistakes I found, or other ways to improve, I commented on the doc. So look at the comments. If you haven't turned in your Fetron - don't forget. It's important. And to all of you: good job. I'm proud. I think you learned a lot, and did some impressive things. I brag to my friends about you. If your Feltron isn't already online, I will make it into a format where I can put them all together on a website, so they can be shown off, like they deserve.  I hope you feel like you learned. Again, I'm proud. I'll miss you. 

Take a deep breath, and look at the baby. Relax... Everything is fine. Everyone working today either knows everything they need to, or are sitting in a room with someone who does. So really, get to work. If you turn your Feltron today, Wednesday, or Thursday, and you ask me to, I will give you feedback on how you could make it better. EMAIL ME!!! You can turn it in by Friday at 5 for full credit. Also, I made a website for Marcelle and my wedding. What do you think? This is for Sam Havens and Marcelle Justison's wedding http://www.samandmarcelle.com/

We only have a 45 minute class today, so please work efficiently. Also, type your questions as you run into them. Anything that doesn't get answered, email to me.

An Interesting Problem  The following problem was posed by a mathematician. He has a site where he posts interesting problems for non-mathematicians to think about.  https://www.expii.com/solve/3/3 The World Health Organization has just identified a new disease. The good news is that it is very rare: only 1 in every million people has it. The bad news is that it is very deadly. There is a test available that can tell you whether or not you have the disease. It gives the correct diagnosis 99% of the time. This means that if someone with the disease is tested, the test will say "positive" 99% of the time and "negative" 1% of the time; if someone without the disease is tested, it will say "negative" 99% of the time and "positive" 1% of the time. You take the test, and it comes up "positive". Oh no! Before you start to panic, what is the probability that you definitely have the disease? Round your calculation to the nearest whole ...

Work We have two HW assignments to go over... and one classwork assignment. The cancer problem - two people write their solutions on the board I want to see everyone's 5 charts from yesterday I'd like to see everyone's "Feltron Style Guide" - the font pairings and color schemes This will probably take all class. Homework I'd like you to add to your style guide a section called "Contents." It will have a list of at least 10 features (either charts, interactive charts, or text) and a brief description. For example: A pie chart of ways I wore my hair A bar or line chart of bedtimes A histogram of hours of sleep Some text with the mean & median of everything I tracked etc

This is crazy: it starts  at about 20 micrometers across... that's 1/500 of a centimeter. I think it's zooming in on the eye of a mite. Anyway, the data I have been collecting on myself is health-related. Since Poppy was born, I have been trying to keep better care of my body. I want to make sure I am eating right and exercising enough. High cholesterol and related health problems, like strokes and heart attacks, run in my family, and I don't want that to happen for a while. I wasn't approaching health logically: I didn't like to hear that some things I was doing weren't healthy. I ignored advice from my doctor, and told myself I was exercising a lot and eating right. But I didn't really know  that, because I didn't have any information. Just a vague picture of what "eating healthy" is, and sort of thinking about what I ate. Once I stopped being defensive, I realized that it was time for data collection. Here is a spreadsheet of the...

5 people didn't do their homework: 1/2 the class. I hope you just forgot to post the link in a comment on yesterday's blog. If so, do that sometime today. Anyone whose work isn't posted by today won't get credit for the homework. Sidenote about me: I care more that you attempt all assignments and ask questions. Next in importance is understanding the concepts and process. Last, in my estimation, is getting the correct answer. TODAY Read an interesting article A problem Those who didn't do their work; do it now Those who are caught up, let's discuss the questions you made on Tuesday. What worked? What didn't? Which questions are our favorites? If time, questions about probability for those feeling lost A HW Problem INTERESTING ARTICLE I'd like to read this aloud. Everyone reads a paragraph. Parents often say: ‘I just want my children to be happy.’ It is unusual to hear: ‘I just want my children’s lives to be meaningful,’ yet that...

Read this. Work Come up with > 3 conditional probability questions that are related to that reading and/or Geometric Probability Sign into Google Make a form with those questions, and any needed explanations / diagrams Post a link to the form in the comments of this blog post Other things which need to be done Make sure your Feltron data is entered Start thinking seriously about your Feltron The originals are a good place to start It will be all on the computer - you don't have to make a poster or print it or anything Examples: Esme Bibi's Things to think about HAVING ENOUGH INFORMATION AND CHARTS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT... however, looks matter too Fonts Colors  Just hit space to get another pallet until you find some pairings you like