LSP 120 Lecture Notes, Activities, and Homework
Week 1
Lecture: Linear models and trendlines
Activities: Activity 1 - Trendlines
Homework: Homework 1 - Linear problems
Week 2 - Creating and interpreting graphs
Lecture: Graphs
Activities: Activity 2 - Graphs ; Activity 3 - And more graphs
Homework: Homework 2 - Graphs
Week 3
Lecture: Different forms of percentages
Activities: Activity 4 - Percentages ; Activity 5 - More percentages
Homework: Homework 3 - Percentages
Week 4
Lecture: Exponential models ; Foxtrot comic
Activities: Activity 6 - Exponential power ; Activity 7 - Radioisotope dating
Homework: Homework 4 - Exponential problems
Week 5
Lecture: Absolute and relative values
Activities: Activity 8 - Poverty in the U.S. ; Activity 9 - Sports injuries
Week 6
Midterm exam
Lecture: Local Trendlines
Activities: Activity 10 - Local Trendlines
Week 7
Lecture: Consumer Price Index
Activities: Activity 11 - Consumer Price Index ; Activity 12 - Minimum wage
Week 8
Lecture: Financial models
Activities: Activity 13 - Loans ; Activity 14 - Credit cards ; Activity 15 - Savings
Week 9
Finish financial models, work on final project
Week 10
No lecture - Project Presentations
Week 11
Final exam
The final is on Wednesday November 18th at 11:45am
