Final Project

Part 3

I think that I learned the most mathematics by completing the exercise on polar equations. This was a topic that I felt very weak in and completing the exercises helped me feel more confident in this area. Also I learned a lot of mathematics from completing the assignment on tangent circles. I went to several resources for help and had no luck. When I finally found someone to give me the basics, I was able to take it from there and create something useful to all and learn a lot of math myself in the process.

I am most satisfied with my work on Assignment 12. I think this one is the most useful and it also helped me put some of my own ideas into words for others. I feel like someone else will be able to benefit from my work on this write-up through Excel. My goal throughout was make a web page that I could return to for ideas and remember the processes that I went through in making it. Hopefully these same things are beneficial to students and other teachers alike.

I think one of the most useful explorations I completed was Assignment 12 using Excel. I already knew how to use a spreadsheet fairly well, but seeing its applicability to the classroom was great. My write-up was aimed toward teacher's who might be implementing this in their classrooms. It includes some guidelines, some hints, and some questions to pose to the students.

I think that the exploration on polar equations opened up new elements of mathematics for me. I remembered very little about polar equations from high school. I do not think much emphasis was placed on polar equations. Completing this exploration allowed me to refresh my memory and to find out some new things that I know I would not have done otherwise (unless I had to teach it).