“MAJOR” Mathematics Mess
6th Grade
Mathematics
Marissa Guskin
INTRODUCTION
Congratulations,
Graduate! You’ve just graduated high school and have decided that you’d like to
major in a mathematics field when you enter college. After conducting some
research on your own, you discovered that there are a tremendous amount of occupations that use mathematics! This becomes
overwhelming for new college students, so it’s up to you and your group to
create an organized, research based presentation
providing detailed information about specific mathematics majors in
post-secondary institutions and how to apply the math majors to specific
occupations. How will you address the overabundance of Mathematics related
fields in colleges and universities to make it easier for students to select
the major that’s right for them?
TASK
● Google Slides presentation (8-10
slides)
○ Including
● Statistics
■ Research
PROCESS/RESOURCES
● Grouping - Select the module that resonated the
most with you.
○ Module 1:
Rational Numbers
○ Module 2:
Ratios and Unit Rates
○ Module 3:
Arithmetic Operations
○ Module 4:
Expressions and Equations
○ Module 5:
Geometry
○
Module 6: Statistics and Probability
Google Slides Presentation Contents
●
Title Page
○
Determine a title for your presentation
○
List your class and the names of each group
member
○ Be creative
and “eye-catching”.
● Public Policy Analyst Steps
○ Create an individual slide for each
step
○ Use the following documents as a
content and design guide for your slides
■
Step 1: Defining the Problem
●
Identify the problem, location, undesirable
social conditions, and a short summary phrase of the problem
●
Survey (Google Form)
○
Results of the survey will be shared with each
group
○
Present the data by analyzing the results with
your group
■
Step 3: Identifying the Causes
●
Briefly identify the factors causing the
problem, and support the factors with evidence
■ Step 4: Evaluating Existing
Policies
● Find policies
that already exist in relation to the problem and identify the advantages and
disadvantages of the current policy.
■ Step 5: Developing a Solution
● Research the
topic and create a unique way to organize the information into a solution to
the problem
■ Step 6: Selecting a Solution
●
Justify your reasoning for selecting the solution
you created.
● Resources
○ Demand for Mathematics Degrees
○ A Guide to the Different Math
Majors in College
○
What is a Math Major and is it Right For Me?
EVALUATION
|
CRITERIA |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
Content
(Accuracy) |
All content throughout the presentation is accurate. There are no
factual errors. |
Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of
information that might be inaccurate. |
The content is generally accurate, but one or more pieces of
information is clearly flawed or inaccurate. |
Content is typically confusing or contains 3 or more factual
errors. |
|
Originality |
Presentation shows originality and inventiveness. The content and
ideas are presented in a unique/interesting way. |
Presentation shows some originality and inventiveness. The
content and ideas are presented in an interesting way. |
Presentation shows an attempt at originality and inventiveness on
1-2 slides. |
Presentation is a copy of other people's ideas and/or graphics
and shows very little attempt at original thought. |
|
Text
- Font Choice & Formatting |
Font formats (e.g., color, bold, italic) have been carefully
planned to enhance readability and content. |
Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability. |
Font formatting has been carefully planned to complement the
content. It may be a little hard to read. |
Font formatting makes it very difficult to read the material. |
|
Effectiveness |
Project includes all material indicated in the task needed to
gain a comfortable understanding of the topic. |
Project includes most material indicated in the task to gain a
comfortable understanding of the topic. |
Project is incomplete and does not meet the standards outlined in
the task. |
Project is lacking several key elements and has inaccuracies that
make it ineffective. |
|
Cooperation |
Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively all
the time. |
Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively most
of the time. |
Group delegates tasks and shares responsibility effectively some
of the time. |
Group often is not effective in delegating tasks and/or sharing
responsibility. |
CONCLUSION
Mrs. Semper and Mr. Heaton will
surely be grateful for your hard work and dedication to organizing the plethora
of math majors available to college students, and the outcomes and occupations
to which the majors can lead. Throughout this assignment, you will learn more
about the options available to you when you reach this point in your life.
STANDARDS
Mathematics Standards
Develop understanding of statistical
variability
NY-6.SP.1a: Recognize
that a statistical question is one that anticipates variability in the data
related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.
NY-6.SP.1b: Understand
that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining
a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are
valid only if the sample is representative of that population.
English Language Arts
Standards
Research to Build and Present Knowledge
Standard 6W6:
Conduct research based on focused
questions to demonstrate understanding of the subject under investigation.
Standard 6W7:
Gather relevant information from
multiple sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and
integrate the information in writing while avoiding plagiarism
Social Studies Standards
Gathering, interpreting, and Using Evidence
Civil Participation