MDM4U-Model Project by Sections

STEPS IN DEVELOPING A PROJECT
In this section called Project by Sections you will find examples of student
activities that formed the backbone of a Culminating Project. These Sections
were developed by two future teachers as they worked through the MDM4U
course content for the first time. You will notice that each section concentrates
on one area of the course content and that these are sequenced to follow the
recommendation that the Culminating Project be considered and developed at
various times throughout the course. One possible model could be to provide
time for students to work on the project after a major section of the course is
concluded. They could be asked to reflect and apply what they have learned in
order to advance their project. They will find that some sections of the course
are directly applicable to their project and area of interest, while other sections
will only provide an opportunity to explore concepts that marginally apply. For
this reason you will find a variety of activities assembled in this Project by
Sections. You will further notice that these are very much work in progress
and that some of the work did not make the Culminating Project. What is
assembled here are examples of the best that the students could do at the
time, however on further investigation new ideas were generated or new data
was found that fitted better into their Culminating Project. At the end of each
Section a table (called Checklist) is provided that you may find helpful to assess
the student's progress to date. We hope that you will find this resource useful
and that you will join the discussion group of MDM4U mathematics teachers.
Best wishes with the course.

Eric Muller


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