Journal Entry Topics
Directions: All journal entries are to be completed in your Math Journal!!! Not
your math notebook!! For each journal you should have the journal number and
topic written at the top of the journal entry. All journal entries are to be in
COMPLETE SENTENCES!!
Journal 1 Topic: List three examples of variables and three examples of
constants from your everyday life.
Example: Constant = your eye color. (It doesn’t change)
Variable = the clothes you wear (It changes)
Journal 2 Topic: Integers
Write a short story about one of the following:
A football team that is gaining and losing yards.
A submarine rising and dropping in the water
The rising and falling of stock.
Your story should include examples of adding and subtracting integers. This is
the only way that you will receive full credit.
Journal 3: Two-Step Equations
Imagine that your friend is having a difficult time solving two-step equations.
Write them a letter explaining to them how to solve the equations. Give them as
many details as you can think of to be sure that they master how to solve twostep equations.
Journal 4 Topic Inequalities.
Write about 3 different real world situations when you might use an
inequality.
Journal 5 Angles
Identify 5 angles in the classroom or in your home and list what those
objects are. Then state what type of angle they create. You must have at least
one of each of the following types of angles: Right angle, Acute angle, Obtuse
Angle.
Journal # 6 Transformations
Your Journal entry should be in complete sentences. I have written examples of
sentences you can use to explain what happens when figures are transformed.
You will be completing a web quest to answer these questions so you will need
access to a computer to complete this journal entry if you were not here in
class the days we did this.
The red part is what I am looking for in your answers.
Part 1 Translations
Go to
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_301_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities&from
=grade_g_3.html
There are directions along the side of the page that go along with the questions
below. Complete the tasks asked of you on the web page and answer the questions
below.
1. When I drag the black bordered figure the translated image… (What
happens when you move it up and down. What is the distance between the
two figures?)
2.
When you rotate the black bordered figure the translated object…… does
what?
3.
When you move the translated image… (The black bordered figure does
what?)
Part 2 Reflections
Go to:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_297_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities&f
rom=grade_g_3.html
There are directions along the side of the page that go along with the questions
below. Complete the tasks asked of you on the web page and answer the questions
below.
1. When you move the black bordered figure, the reflected image…. ( What
happens to the distance between the two shapes?
2. When you rotate the black bordered figure the two figures … do what?
3. When you move the line of reflection the translated figure… does what?
Why does it do that?
Part 3 Rotation
Go to:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_299_g_3_t_3.html?open=activities&f
rom=grade_g_3.html
There are directions along the side of the page that go along with the questions
below. Complete the tasks asked of you on the web page and answer the questions
below.
1. When you move the black bordered shape the rotated image…. does what?
2. When you rotate the image with the black border the rotated image… does
what?
3. When you change the angle size the rotated figure… does what? In other
words, what happens to the rotated figure when you change the angle
size?
Journal #7 Surface Area
You just got a job at a manufacturing company that makes soup cans.
Your boss asks you to tell him the dimensions of your new soup can. Explain to
your boss how much material you need to construct your soup can and explain to
them how you came up with that amount.