Professor Porter's Precalculus Honors Homepage

WARNING: Hybrid class meets once a week. Significant online work required. Do not take this class if you are not willing to learn online and become confortable with online learning.

Last Day to Withdraw was 11/11/16

FINAL EXAM: 12/15 3-6PM in BS320 or 8-11PM

Honors Symposium Friday 12/16 9AM to 1PM location TBA

tentative syllabus MAT 146 syllabus Fall 2016

Updated 12/12/16

Current Homework : See Blackboard

Instructions for the student:

Your Course Code is: VRY9Q-RGY63
Your Financial Aid Access Code is: 6A0F0-E2FA9-1F681-F270F
The Financial Aid Access Code does not add an additional two weeks to your account.
NOTE: This code gives you temporary access to ALEKS for a two-week period. Once the code expires, you will be locked out of your ALEKS account until you purchase a regular Student Access Code. It is highly recommended that you purchase the Student Access Code BEFORE the two weeks expire to prevent interruptions with your ALEKS account.
1. To log into ALEKS using the Financial Aid Access Code, go to: http://www.aleks.com.
2. Click on the "SIGN UP NOW!" link located under the login box on the left of the page.
3. Enter your Course Code in the box labeled "Using ALEKS with a Class?" and click on "Continue."
4. Verify that you are registering for the correct course and click on "Continue." Enter the 20-character Financial Aid Access Code.
5. Continue with the registration process until your account has been set up successfully.
6. After you complete your account set up you will be logged into ALEKS and can immediately begin working in the course.
7.You can extend your ALEKS account at any time by clicking on "extend your account" and entering a purchased Student Access Code. If your temporary access expires before you purchase a Student Access Code, simply log in to ALEKS and you will be directed on how to extend your current account. You will then be able to continue your course where you left off before the temporary access expired. You do NOT need to create a new ALEKS account to continue your course.
Enjoy your course.

When you are ready, here is the cost of the ALEKS software. I recommend ALEKS 360 for 18 weeks. For an extra $39 you can get a year long access code, but it is unlikely your precalculus teacher will use ALEKS. Talk to me first before maknig this purchase.

PREVIOUS COURSE HANDOUTS:

Properties of Logs and Answers

Project Presentation Rubric:

1. 5 minutes

2. Introduce self, data, why interested

3. Use Technology: Powerpoint, Video

4. Present Graph with two or more regressions and the data

5. Make Two types of predictions: Evaluate and Solve

6. Interesting, Relevant, Informative

7. Reviewed by two peers

8. Review two peers

9. Discuss Geography of Regressions (Max/Mins,Ends, Increase/Decrease, Asymptotes, Domain/Range)

10. Bring in Worksheet and Calculator

11. Discuss Percent Growth/Decay

12. Field Questions ( like why that regression?, why that prediction?)

Project Poster Rubric:

1. Introduce self, data, why interested

2. Present Graph with two or more regressions and the data

3. Make Two types of predictions: Evaluate and Solve

4. Interesting, Relevant, Informative

5. Reviewed by two peers

6. Discuss Geography of Regressions (Max/Mins,Ends, Increase/Decrease, Asymptotes, Domain/Range)

Go to my homepage for ideas or click here: Regression Project ideas of the past

If you can also find data that relates to civics, I will award some extra credit, but you must still convince me it is of interest to you!

Go to this Link to have idea approved: Regression Topic Submission Form(not working)

Regression Project Part 1

PRECALC Regression Project Part 2

Getting Help:
There are a lot of resources for this course.
Did you try the tutoring center at Mercer?
Did you try the software included with the book?
How about talking to the instructor?
Did you try the sample tests?

Remeber Call or Text me if you have problems at 609-61math1

SURVEY HERE (Not Working)

Philosophies/ FAQ

Exam Banks

Professor Richard Porter

Office: LA129
E-Mail: porterr@mccc.edu
Webpage: www.mccc.edu/~porterr

Mailing Address: P.O. Box B, Trenton, NJ 08690
(609) 570-3826 (e-mail preferred)

West Windsor Campus (WWC)
1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08550

James Kerney Campus (JKC)
N. Broad & Academy Sts., Trenton, NJ 08608

PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Each section of of students in Honors courses will make a 10-minute presentation to the Honors community at the end-of-semester Symposium on Saturday December 7th from 10-12. The goal of the presentation should be to introduce the audience to compelling findings or ideas from the course.

If you are on Facebook, "Like" the Honors page: https://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/pages/MCCC-Honors-Program/324439637601705 We post scholarships and events notices, etc. on the page.

The repairs have been completed on the door to the Honors Study Space and that the furniture has been returned so SC137A is available to all Honors groups on campus - PTK, Psi Beta, etc... - Please let me know if you hear of any problems with the space.

Put these on your calendar:(1) Life After Mercer - Wednesday 10/16 (2) Open House - Thursday 10/31 (3) Advisement Day - Wednesday 11/6 ___Each event will meet 12-1 and 5-6 in SC211

Past Resources:

Prof Porter's Previous Precalculus Syllabus -Fall 2015

Day 1:

Go online and find 5 data points that are interesting to you and relevant to your group/major

Make a graph of the data.

Draw a line thru the data

Estimate the equation of the line thru the data.

Evaluate the regression at a point

Choose a y - value and solve for the appropriate x-value

day 2

Find the Zero to your cubic regression

*y1= cubic regression