mathbasecamp to receive your orders. PRINT them out, and return to this location.Process Central
To All Quest Team Specialists:
Read all information on every page.
Your team of 4 specialists will be selected by drawing names from a closely guarded box.
Assemble your team.
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Phase 1: Sharpen Your Math Skills
First your team must master a series of geometric challenges. You must prove that you will be capable of accomplishing the monumental math task you've been chosen to complete.
1. Open this File mathbasecamp to receive your orders. PRINT them out, and return to this location.
2. Report to Geometry Boot Camp.
3. Complete Measurement Training Camp.
5. Discover the Properties of Pi.
You've just completed Phase 1. Congratulations!
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Phase 2: Do Your Research!
5. It's time to reveal the secret of the French Astronomers.
As a team, Read the article at the following website.
Locate the names of the two men whose work made
a great impact on the scientific community.
Choose a team member to read text aloud. You may have to scroll down to see the main article.
Review other results for additional information on the French astronomers.
Write a 5 sentence summary of your discovery in your Math Journal.
How does this information change what you know about measurement?
Click on the link if you want to read more about 'meter'
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Phase 3: Eratosthenes
5. All Teams assemble to share their findings up to this point.
After each team has the opportunity to report, you will listen to a reading of The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky .
Pay close attention. This is another important piece of information you will need to complete your assignment!
Homework: Create a picture book that retells Eratosthenes' story. Make sure you include the step by step experiment he conducted. Your picture book must answer the following questions:
Who was Eratosthenes?
What question did he want to answer?
When did he conduct his experiment and what technology
was available to him?
Where in the world is Cyene?
Why was Cyene important for his measurements?
*Your commander will explain your next team task during this briefing.
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Phase 4: The Noon Day Project
6. Your team is about to take on a task that requires your best math skills and cooperation with mathematicians and scientists all over the world (Yes, literally).
Teams assemble at your computer workstation. Go to the following website: Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education (CIESE). Noon Day Project 2005
Read all of the Home page, then report back to your commander for further instructions on how your team will become involved in this project.
The Equinox, True Noon, Absolute Location, and True Vertical
7. Use virtual and physical documents to determine the meaning of each of these terms. All team members must record definitions in their Math Journal. Include images, diagrams, drawings with your definitions.
