Scavenger+Hunt

W200 Scavenger Hunt by Jill Zilz This scavenger hunt was designed to be given at the very beginning of the year to begin to expose my students to what they will be learning in my Algebra II class. Introduction to Algebra 2 Internet Scavenger Hunt  1. This year we will be studying many new concepts that you probably have never heard of before, so I want you to find some information on a topic before we get started. You can choose from logarithms, natural logarithm, imaginary numbers, or matrices, and tell me what you can about them (for example who “founded” them, where they came from, why we would use them, etc.)  2. Use Wikipedia to find out what it has to say about the Binomial Theorem and Pascal’s Triangle and its appearance in popular culture  3. Go to the textbook website []. Under Lesson Resources, click on the link for Self Check Quizzes, and take the quiz for chapter 1 lesson 1(Expressions and Formulas). Tell me how many questions were on the test, how many you got correct, and copy and paste the one problem that gave you the most trouble in the space below.  4. Use a search engine to find the website //Math for Morons Like Us//. Take a look at the site for Algebra II. Tell me what you think of the site and if you would use it to help you with the topics that we are going to be covering this year. Pick one of the topics under Algebra II and “learn” about it through their site. Tell me what you learned.  5. Find a picture of an exponential growth graph. Copy and paste it here. Tell me the website you got it from.  6. Are there examples of parabolas in nature? Find some on the web and tell me a few places you can find parabolas in everyday life or nature.  7. Use a search engine and look up Algebra II help. Tell us the website and what you think of it. Would you use it during the year, why or why not? Would you recommend it to your classmates? What did you like or not like about it?  8. This year we are going to be working with permutations, combinations, and probability. Go to this website classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-prob.html and play the Probability Spinner game. Choose the dice instead of the spinner at the top of the page. Before you roll the dice make a prediction about the number that you think will come up the most after 10 rolls and write it down in the space. Tell us the outcomes after 10 rolls and if there are any observations or predictions you can make about rolling two dice.