math studies project ideas

Upload: studydaemon

Post on 02-Mar-2016

12 views

Category:

Documents


0 download

DESCRIPTION

Brainstorming different ideas for potential maths studies investigation ideas

TRANSCRIPT

MATHEMATICAL STUDIES STANDARD LEVEL

MATHEMATICAL STUDIES STANDARD LEVELAREAS OF THE SYLLABUS WHICH LEND THEMSELVES TO PROJECT WORKNUMBER AND ALGEBRA

Music

Using sequences and series

Analysing linear and quadratic graphsSETS AND LOGIC

Data in groups of two or three categories

Sports

Academic subjects

Hobbies

Food

Set notation and logic notation sentences

GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY

Surfaces of polygons

Architecture

Billiards

Navigation

Angles in sport

Map work

Measuring lengths, angles in 2D and 3D figures to calculate - angles, distances, areas, volumes

Estimation of lengths, heights, angles of building or parts of buildings

Analysis of geometrical shapes and designs in building and nature

Geometrical drawings of kites, mosaics, tessellationsSTATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

In school information on height, weight, handspan, pocket money, marks for different subjects, SAT scores, IB scores, time spent on homework, time spent on TV and/or video watching, time spent on playing sports.

Out of school information from a wide variety of sources

Probability work with insurance tables

FUNCTIONS

Data from science subjects, geography

Trajectories

Waves

Natural phenomena such as seasons and tides

Second degree equations

FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS

Information from newspapers, banks, etc on exchange rates, interest rates, material from economics classes, information about businesses, car sales, computer sales, sales of houses, information about finance companies

Analysis of stock market movements

Investments

Lending and borrowing money

Budget development