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__**EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES (20 points each)**__ ** DUE NO LATER THAN 12/5/14 **

** Wanted: Math Jobs ~ choose a career that **** uses math; but not an obvious one **** (engineers, mathematicians, teachers, etc. - **** these are too easy). On a poster board, **** describe the following steps below and a **** worksheet that demonstrates a math skill **** needed for this career. **  -**in two paragraphs describe what the career is (It is the study of......, in charge of....,** **importance of this career..., etc. Go into detail about your career and how it relates to** **math. Be sure to discuss the following, but you are not just limited to these:**  ~ What does this career do?  ~ How is the math used in this career (explain don't just say it)  ~ Relate the classes/topics you have studied to what the career does with it **- also you must create a separate worksheet that uses math skills you study/studied that** **this particular career demonstrates**  ~ This worksheet can't just be a basic word problem. Get creative and come up with  something that will take an average student or myself more than 5 minutes to  complete.  ~ Be sure to make a connection of this worksheet to the career itself and put it on the  poster board (on a separate sheet of paper I want the answers that you came up with  and a separate copy) **- make your poster board attractive with colorful images, symbols, shapes, things that the** **career uses, etc. Make it neat and at your level. IT SHOULD NOT BE ALL COMPUTER PRINT** **IMAGES AND PASTE! Also have a bold heading of the career somewhere on top.**

**Draw a cartoon involving math.**  The comic strip must: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> o Contain 12 panels (Calvin and Hobbes above has 4 panels). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> o Explain or demonstrate a recent topic or concept. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> o Have clearly drawn, unique characters (ones YOU make up). <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> o Be neat and presentable on good quality paper (NOT notebook paper). This is a FINISHED product. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> The cartoon will be graded on: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> · Math content – a topic we have covered in Math this year with an accurate and <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">correct explanation. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> · Creativity – unique, well drawn characters (not copyrighted ones!) with some <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">humor or drama in the wording. Cartoon should generate interest in the subject. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> · Neatness – pictures should be well drawn and neat AND words should be <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">written neatly or typed. Spelling and punctuation counts, so get someone to proofread your work. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> · Presentation – paper should NOT be notebook paper or torn. Cartoon should be <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">on clean paper. Finished product should be mounted on a colorful background <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode',sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> paper, like construction paper, or some other unique presentation.

__**Monday, October 20, 2014**__ CW: Slope Day 0. All class discussion on slope and Slope Pre-Test on Aleks. HW: Slope Day 0 HW

__**Tuesday, October 21, 2014**__ CW: Unit Test Review and Test Corrections HW: Aleks online assignment

__**Wednesday, October 22, 2014**__ CW: Slope-Group Project HW: Finish Project

__**Thursday, October 23, 2014**__ CW: Group Check In and Slope Day 2 Rate of Change HW: Finish Packet

__**Friday, October 24, 2014**__

<span style="color: #4424c4; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> No School!--Good opportunity to do your Extra Credit today :)