In this post to drupal I will be explaining what me and my fellow classmates had to do for Mr. Thompsons Math class.

Everyone in our math class was broken up into groups of 4 or 5 students. All of groups got different assignments such as The Fibonacci Pattern, Sierpinski Triangle, Binary sequence, Triangular and Rectangular Sequences, and Power sequences.

The group I was in was power sequences and with power sequences there are many types of power sequences. What we had to do was study our sequence and find out what it was, what was it used for, interesting information and who uses it and why.

For our Algebra Q1 Benchmark we were split into groups and then we had to make a blueprint of our "Dream House." We had to exhibit our skills in scaling down measurements and collaboration with our team to put together a full blueprint. We were all divided into groups of 4 and had to design 4 rooms ourselves. The rooms were scaled down from centimeters to even smaller centimeters. The scale was 1 cm= 20 cm in real life. Our blueprints had to be 60 by 50 cm. 

This year, I am in Ms. Thompson's Algebra One class. For our first quarter benchmark, we were put in groups of three or four. My group included Blase, Tariq, and Dylan. For this benchmark, the goal was to create a blueprint of a room with 5 unique items of our own, which mine was the bedroom. We had to measure the items and scale down to create a blueprint that someone would actually be able to use. It took a few steps to get done the final product and post the information and such on druple.

The first benchmark in Ms. Thompson’s Algebra class challenged us to create the blueprints our “dream house” in groups of four.  How does this relate to mathematics, you might ask?  Well, it’s quite simple- we’re designing the blueprints for it, so we must measure out and scale down the objects we would have in the house.  We each had to have a minimum of five unique objects in our rooms of the house (meaning that there can only be one in that house), coming out to 20 total.  The project was very fun and educational at the same time.

Nia Berry                                                                                                November10, 2008

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The FibonacciPattern

Our mini project was to research our assigned sequence and teach someone something new. My assigned sequence was Binary sequence and my group members were Marina Stuart, Briana Stroman, and Tariq Smith. Here is more information about Binary sequence.

 Our assignment in algebra 1 was to research a different sequence with a group of three or four people and report to each other on information we get.  I was assigned binary sequences.  I worked with Alaya White, Brianna Stroman, and Tariq Smith.  I have now learned a lot about binary sequences and why they are.

This is how binary sequences can express any number.

(http://math.editme.com/Binary)

Recently, our algebra class was required to research different sequences as part of several "mini-projects."  Students were divided into groups, and each was assigned a different sequence to research, and in the end posting our discoveries on Drupal.  The group I was in was assigned triangular and rectangular sequences.  I was then appointed to the research of triangular sequences, so naturally I specialize in them.

The Fibonacci sequence is an arithmetic sequence. It uses addition to find the next term number. The way a Fibonacci sequence works is that t1 will always be zero and t2 will always be one. It normally looks like: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765 . . .