Each of these topics has a wide variety of real-life applications. For your culminating activity, your task is to choose a topic from this course, and examine one of its applications in the real world. The topic you choose is up to you, and the application you examine is also up to you. Some possible examples are
listed at the bottom of this page. Your completed project should include the following elements:
1) Title Page
2) Clear statement of topic that is being examined
• Identify the mathematical concept chosen, and briefly describe its real-life application.
3) Background Research/Prior Knowledge
• Research your topic and include as much information as you reasonably can about your topic. Begin by summarizing what we have learned in this course about the topic, and then explain how it applies to the area that you have chosen to examine. You will need to cite your sources accurately here (i.e., page #s of textbook), and be sure that you choose reliable sources of information.
4) Sample Problem and Solution
• Create a sample word problem (including an equation) from the area that you have chosen to examine, and include a full, detailed solution of the problem. Your problem and solution should be of a complexity level appropriate to the level of this course and be solved using a method taught in class. Refer to the appropriate Chapter in your textbook or class notes for ideas on application type questions.
5) Conclusion
• Summarize what you have learned about the application you have chosen. Discuss any things which you are still not sure about, or what you would like to learn next about this topic.
6) References
• A complete list of all sources that you have consulted in completing this project. You may use textbooks, websites, and other reliable sources of information. Your list of references should be in APA format.
Examples of Topics:
• Polynomial Functions and Architecture
• Rates of Change and Kinematics
• Trigonometric Functions and Electromagnetic Waves
• Logarithmic Functions and Seismic Activity (i.e., the Richter Scale)
• Exponential Functions and Population Growth
• Any number of others…choose something that is of interest to you!
Length: Title Page + Content (3 pages max. typed and single-spaced) + References
