Mathematics

Winter Class Schedule

Greta Kocol

Mathematics: Instructor of Mathematics

Office: F-211 on the Mount Vernon campus

Phone: (360) 416.7917

Email: Greta.Kocol@skagit.edu

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Summer Break Yippee!

Hope your summer is full of fabulous adventures.  I won't be on campus this summer quarter but will check my email occasionally.  I look forward to a fresh start in Fall quarter.  See ya then.

Office Hours and Schedule

Fall Quarter Office Hour is 10:30AM M-F or by appointment
8:30 AM  Beginning Algebra I (Math 97A)
9:30 AM  Statistics (Math 146A)
11:30 AM  Intermediate Algebra (Math 99C)


Other SVC Mathematics Resources:

Math Center F212 - Hours of Operation
Skagit Valley College - Drop In Tutoring Schedule    


Texts for Fall Quarter 2010:


STATISTICS TEXT for Fall 2010 (Math 146A)


Elementary Statistics - Mario F. Triola, 11th edition

Another option you may consider
for considerable savings:
   For students that don't mind a slightly different text and are willing to check in with the instructor text once in awhile, you could purchase
Elementary Statistics - Mario F. Triola, 10th edition OR Elementary Statistics - Mario F. Triola, 9th edition


BEGINNING AND INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA TEXT for Fall 2010 (Math 97,99)


Required:  MyMathLab Access Code for access to online homework and text.
Text: 
Beginning and Intermediate Algebra, Fourth Edition, Elayn Martin-Gay
 
Another option you may consider for considerable savings:
1)  You can just use the online text and only purchase the access code.
2)  You can purchase a similar and older edition of the text for much less online.


A Problem to Keep You Busy:

Radiator Dilema:

Your vehicle has a 12 quart radiator that has 4 quarts anti freeze and 8 quarts water.

   1)  How much should be drained and replaced with pure anti freeze to make a 50/50 mix?

   2)  How much should be drained and replaced with 50/50 mix to get a 50/50 mix?


And...

Q:  Why did the chicken cross the mobius?
A:  To get to the other..... oops!

Mathmatics Resources Links:

General

Quote for the Day
About Today's Date
NPR Story about the construction of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine
MathNexus - A great resource for mathematics and math educators
AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination
Math Study Skills
Peanut Software Homepage - Free mathematics software: Plotting, Geometry, Integer Calculator that can handle millions of digits, Statistics, Games, etc.
Best of the Web - Mathematics Links
Science and Nature Sensory Challenge - Put your senses to the test with this fun 20 question challenge.
The Math Forum
The MacTutor History of Math Archive
How to Listen to Math Lectures - In Praise of Lectures by T. W. Korner, University of Cambridge
Printable Graph Paper
- Rectangular, Polar, logarithmic, semi-log, etc.
Fractint Freeware Fractal Program
Manipula Math with Java - These 279 interactive Java applets help you visual concepts to help provide understanding. Applets are available from Middle School through Calculus topics.
Saint Louis University Mathematics Applets
Archimedes - The Palimpsest - Information about the recent discovery of a manuscript of Archimedes that was written over as prayer book.
Videos of Math Lectures - Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Alabama has a variety of math videos in their libary.
Unit Converter - Metric and US Customary Units
Census Bureau Dynamic Population Clocks - Watch the poulation of the US and the World change before your eyes.

Problem Solving

The Cartalk Puzzler - One of my favorite collections of problems from two funny guys.
The Grey Labyrinth - Some great puzzles!
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany 

Contemporary Mathematics

John Allen Paulos - Author of "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper"
ABC Column by Paulos
The MegaPenny Project - How many pennies are in circulation? How big is a billion penny structure? How about a quadrillion?
Just how big is a one dollar bill?
The Empire State Building - How tall is it?
Safeco Field - How big is the stadium?
Mt. Rainier
World Trade Center
U-Haul moving van sizes
Monte Hall Applet - Simulate the Monte Hall problem over and over with the Java applet. Try using the SWITCH strategy and also the STAY strategy. What happens?
Nova interview with Andrew Wiles - This man spent over 7 years of his life devoted to proving Fermat's Last Theorem.
Fermat's Last Theorem
Lewis Carroll - or... Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Math in Everyday Life
The Artwork of MC Escher
Order in Pollock's Chaos by Richard Taylor
Jackson Pollock
Math in the Movies
Constructing the Golden Section
The Fibonacci Sequence
The Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin - Another site

PreAlgebra

Pick a Number Mindreader
Purple Math Algebra topics

Algebra

Purple Math Algebra topics
How Big are Bacteria?
Online Algebra Text

PreCalculus

The pH Factor
Antique Radio Page - Can you find a logarithmic scale on one of those radios?
The Seattle Space Needle - How tall is it anyway?
The Decibel Scale - brought to you by coolmath
The Gateway Arch - Or as more properly named... The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
The Catenary Curve - Using Geometer's sketchpad by Paul Kunkel
Watch Galloping Gertie Sway - A video clip of the old Tacoma Narrows Bridge

Calculus

Twenty Calculus Links from Jerry Johnson at WWW and MathNexus
Visual Calculus - A collections of modules useful for studying calculus.
Saint Louis University Calculus Applets
Calculus on Demand at Dartmouth College - A collection of applets, examples, and videos.
Exambot - A good resource for calculus problems
COW - Calculus on the web
Whistler Alley Mathematics by Paul Kunkel - Check out the sketchpad lessons for the Brachistochrone (Cycloid Curve), Catenary, and the Volume of a Torus.
Calculus graphics - The volume of the intersection of two cylinders
Eggmath - How would you find the equation for the curve of an egg?
I Love Calculus!!
The Calculus Haters Home Page
Wolframs web Integrator

Statistics

TI-89 Statistics Editor Flash Program - Download and install with TI-Connect
The Data and Story Library - Good place to find data sets with a brief abstract.
Climate Data from US Historical Climatology Network
National Center for Health Statistics
Chance Database Welcome Page
Statistics - Annenberg Media
The DAU Stat Refresher

Mathematical Associations

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematical Association of America
The American Mathematical Society

 

Textbooks

Half.com
Amazon.com
Bookfinder.com
Chegg.com
Campusrentals.com


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