Welcome to the

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Welcome to the Math Dance!
1st solve this EASY fraction problem!
It SOUNDS easier than you think!
1/5 1/7
A. 2/35
B.2/12
C.12/35
Click me!
Click the speaker For a musical way to solve the
answer!
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Page 1
Rockn Time!
Welcome to the Math Dance!
Its music to put you in the MODE.
Not just your AVERAGE Math Dance.
With a RANGE of diverse artists and songs.
Do you know what I MEAN?
The Tasks Task1 Process Task 2 Process Task3
Process Evaluation
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Lets rock!
Math Dance
The MEAN Math Dance.
Not just your AVERAGE Math Dance.
Its music to put you in the MODE.
With a RANGE of diverse artists and songs.
Math Dance Introduction Chaperones are Gary
Hank, Scott Yerger, ,and Becky Suydam
Lets rock!
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Page 2 The Tasks Task 1 You are a DJ that
must create 1 hour worth of music for a Math
Dance. You will keep a running time of your
songs. Task 2 You will find the measures of
central tendencies of your data. In simple
terms, the mean, median, mode, and range of your
data. Task 3 You will present your findings
through an oral presentation to the
class. Explaining the math correlations. Brief
biography of Artists. Distribute a hard copy of
the completed DJ itinerary worksheet JUST FOR
FUN!! Change the lyrics to a song of choice that
will have a correlation to a math concept. Lets
Rock!
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Page 3 Task 1 Process You are the DJ.
(hardcopy printout) Your task is to create 1
hour of music for the Math Dance. On the
spreadsheet provided on the next page, list the
song titles, artists, year recorded, genres, and
time of each song. Each song must have a
correlation to mathematics, either in the title
or the artist. (Check out my examples) No song
may be over 7 minutes long. You may not use
more than 2 songs from each artist. You must
keep a running time of the songs.
Example
To find help with locating songs, click here.
http//www.allmusic.com/ Here is another
option. Click here. http//www.billboard.com/
Do you have iTunes, use it! Great for artist
information
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Task 3
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• You will present your findings through an oral
  presentation to the class.
• 4-5 minutes
• Explaining the math correlations.
• Brief biography of Artists.
• Distribute a hard copy of the completed DJ
  itenerary worksheet (send Attachment)
• Presentation through the use of Smartboard
  technology

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Page 5 Worksheet 1 DJ Itinerary Sheet
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Page 6
See the math correlations in the titles and
artists.
Go to Intro. Go to Tasks Go to Task 1 process
Go to examples Go to worksheet 1 Go to Task 2
process Go to worksheet 2
Example
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Page 7 Task 2 Process
OK, now I have to get MEAN!
(and median, mode, and range)
Now that the music for the dance is complete,
find the mean, mode, median, and range for the
years. Do the same steps for the times.
Example
Dr.Ufigure
Don't know what these blue words mean? No
problem, just click here! Dr. Ufigure will help
you step by step. Go to Tasks Go to Task 1
process Go to examples Go to worksheet 1
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Page 8 Worksheet 2 Measures of Central
Tendencies Did you follow Dr. Ufigures
directions? OK, Lets start with the years of
your songs. Did you have any from the 60s? What,
No Beatles? Thats ok. Use the space provided
to list the years. Remember 1st to last. The
Median of the years is_________________. The
Mode of the years is_______________. The Mean of
the years is _______________. The Range of the
years are __________________. Lets do the same
for the times. List the times short to long. Do
you have to change them to seconds? The
Median of the time is_________________. The Mode
of the time is_______________. The Mean of the
time is _______________. The Range of the time
are __________________.
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Page 9 JUST FOR FUN!!!!! Want to create a new
Math song?   Think of one of your favorite songs.
Think of the lyrics to the song. Change the
lyrics so the song is now an official Math song.
Here is a nice site for lyrics. www.lyrics.com Cl
ick here for the original lyrics of the song.
Original song 8675309/Jenny, Jenny Recorded by
Tommy Tutone 1981 Click here for the NEW MATH
LYRICS!!!
Go to Intro. Go to Tasks Go to Task 1 process
Go to examples Go to worksheet 1 Go to Task 2
process Go to worksheet 2 Go to examples Go to
New Math lyrics
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Page 10 Hey! Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to?
You give me something I can hold on to I know
you think I like the others before We your name
and number on the wall Jenny, I got your number
I need to make you mine Jenny, don't change
your number 8675309 (8675309) 8675309 (8675309)
Jenny Jenny, your only girl for me You don't
know me, but you make me so happy I tried to
call you before But I lost mind I tried my
imagination, But I was disturbed I got it (I
got it) I got it I got your number on the wall
I got it (I got it) I got it For a good time
For a good time call (Jenny, Jenny, who can I
turn to? (8675309) On the bright side, I can
always turn to you Repeat Until Fade
(8675309)
Original song 8675309/Jenny,Jenny Recorded by
Tommy Tutone 1981
Go to Intro. Go to Tasks Go to Task 1 process
Go to examples Go to worksheet 1 Go to Task 2
process Go to worksheet 2 Go to examples Go to
New Math lyrics
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Page 11 The Pi Song (sung to the tune 8675309
Jenny, Jenny by Tommy Tutone) Hey! Circle,
circle, who can I turn to? I need to find the
distance around you. I never found the length of
a curve before. ?Till I saw your number on the
board. Circle, I got your number I need to
multiply. By your diameter 3.14159 3.14159 Circle
, circle, you're the shape for me. To find your
area would make me so happy. I tried the method
before but I got nowhere. This time I multiplied
your number by the radius squared. Circle, I got
your number I need to multiply. By the square of
your radius 3.14159 3.14159 I got it, I got
it. I will remember ?till I die. I got it, I got
it. In the formulas, you just multiply by
pi! Circle, I got your number But there's always
more to find. Your digits go on
forever. 3.14159265358979323846264? Circle,
Circle, who can I turn to? For the answers I need
I can always turn to pi. 3.14159 3.14159
How do you like the new Math Song? This song is
great to play on March 14th.
Go to Intro. Go to Tasks Go to Task 1 process
Go to examples Go to worksheet 1 Go to Task 2
process Go to worksheet 2 Go to examples Go to
original song lyrics
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EVALUATION You will be evaluated on the 3
tasks. Task 1 DJ itinerary worksheet 1 Hour
of music with correct run time Title/Artists
have a correlation to Mathematics Years
Genre Total completion 30 points Task 2
Measures of Central Tendencies worksheet. Total
completion 50 points Task 3 Oral presentation
20 points CONCLUSION I feel that music is the
universal language. I hope that this was a fun
and educational experience. If you get a chance
to come to Lopatcong Middle School on March
14th(Pi day) you will hear a rockn live version
of the Pi Song!