today's blog..

Well... I think that I did it good in the exam, I'm happy because now I understand derivatives better, and I think that i'm going to get the 100 in the next exam... I hope so :).. and I hope too that the next topics would be easy jajaja and that's all!

FINAL PROJECT

Our team's name is The Math Detectives :)
We are:
*Marion A. Elias Calles: media expert
*Alma Astorga Haro: Forensic Scientist
*Hector E. Ayala: math expert
*Ana Lilia Ruiz: journalist

QUESTIONS:

1. What is forensic science?

It is the aplication of science to answer questions to the legal system, this is in relation to a crime or a civil action.

2. What kind of evidence can be collected in a murder case?
fingerprints, hair, footwear impressions, tire tracks, nails, etc...

3. Why is important to determine the time of death?

Because that's the way you find the guilty person, you can infer, for example if the suspect was at 8:30 with the dead person, and the dead person was killed at 8:30 you know that the suspect was the one that killed him.

MAIN OBJECTIVE OF THE FINAL PROJECT

I think that the main objective of this project is to understand how mathemathics can be involucraded in cases, like: medicine, investigations, and obviously science. I think that this project would develope our skills in all the senses, like: using the computer, multimedia, using math formulas to solve a crime, to be more creative and the use of logic. And it would help us and maybe we could get fun doing it.

Pascal, Blaise (1623-1662)

" We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by those which have occurred to others..."

I think that this quotation is interesting, because when you know something you´re convinced that is true, because you had that experience, on the other hand when someone told you something you don´t know if believe him or not :).. and this things happens a lot of times!

Que aprendí esta semana =)

Esta semana aprendí a hacer aproximaciones a mano, como si los hiciera la calculadora y son muy exactos, también aprendí como una derivada pasarla a función, y le estoy entiendendo más al de pasar las derivadas a funciones que a lo de las aproximaciones, espero sacar buenas calificaciones en éste parcial y en los que vienen.

"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"

Martin Luther King, Jr.

¿Por qué piensas que esta actividad comienza con la frase de Martin Luther King Jr.?
Porque pienso que esta actividad esta ligada a expresarte y publicar tus ideas, entonces cuando llegue el momento en que tu te quedes callado y no expresas lo que sientes, significa que ya no estas vivo literalmente.

¿Cuándo piensas que puedes usar un blog en este curso?
Cuando necesitemos que alguien vea lo que pensamos, o lo que hicimos en la clase de cálculo :)