AAT January 6 - 9

TUESDAY:  Let me take this opportunity to extend a warm welcome to each of you this semester.  I consider it an honor to have each of you in my class .  We will begin the semester by making sure everyone is placed in the correct class and we will also cover classroom policies, procedures, and expectations.  Although we did not have much class time to cover material today, there was be a short assignment made with the expectaion that students would research the topic on their own by using the book, internet, or any other resource they deem sufficient.

ASSIGNMENT CALENDAR FOR JANUARY:   Download AAT January 2009 Assignment Calendar

Assignment:  Sec 5.1 Pg 373 #5,7,13-23 odd, 29-57 odd, 63 and 67

See links below for extra help with assignments for Tuesday and Wednesday.  If might be a wise idea to print some of this material off and keep it in your notebook.  Highlite what you feel is important for future reference.

WEDNESDAY:  I was unable to be at school today so I left a worksheet for the students which reinforces some of the concepts in section 5.1.  Please note that the assignments on the assignment calendar for Wednesday and Thursday should actually be switched due to my absence from class.  We will go over this material on Thursday and continue with additional concepts from 5.1 as noted on the calendar.

Assignment: Worksheet

Links:

Conversions degrees/radians:  http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Trigonometry/Radian_and_degree_measures

Degrees, Minutes, Seconds and Decimal Degrees Latitude/Longitude Conversions:  http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/DDDMMSS-decimal.html

Angle measurements:  http://www.clarku.edu/~djoyce/trig/angle.html

How do you convert degree measures in decimals to degrees, minutes and seconds?:  http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080718175311AAWnJz8

WEDNESDAY:  Today, I went over the material from 5.1.  We will spend classtime tomorrow working problems on the board from Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.  Students should come to class prepared to work problems and ask questions about concepts they do not yet understand.  I will take up their syllabus signmature sheets as well.  We will cover DMS conversions on the calculator.  Please not the changes to the changes to the assignment calendar.  They are highlited in blue.