Mathematics and Society - OS X Lion Server

(PAGE '2»(Ask students to look for informationfor you, perhaps as a special project.Their magazines at home areprobably different from yours and willincrease your source of materials.LOOK Al nus ARTICLEI rOUt-JD.Survey your school library for information in books and magazines.Time, Newsweek,Saturday Review and Popular Science each have separate music sections in eachissue.sources.Scientific American, Consumer Reports and Rolling Stone are also goodThe librarian, music teacher and local disc jockeys could have good, valuablematerial.An annotated bibliography that lists printed and audio visual sources is providedat the end of this section.260Try Some ProjectsStudents often enjoy working on projects, particularly with a topic they alreadyfind interesting.Their conversations about musical instruments, current hits andfavorite performances can be adapted to individual or group projects. (If you or your students have had little experience with projects, start withsimple, short-term ideas.help.Some examples are:1) Find articles or advertisements with information related to music. Make upsome mathematics questions and turn them in with the article.2) Conduct a poll at school togather responses to a questionof interest (examplesare on a student page TheMusic Market).The first few projects you assign will need the most structure and teacherStudents will have to learn how to use a problem-solving approach, to gathertheir statistics, to compile them and to convey this information.projects.After some common experiences with simple problems, gradually try longer-termThe student sheet The Music Market is designed for ideas on this level.Regardless of the length or nature of a project, students will have questionsconcerning procedure.Providing an example or making a poster that outlines thesteps for a particular project are very helpful to students. As projects get more (involved the students can work more independently.