Math Dance

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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.
The Tasks Task1 Process Task 2 Process Task
3 Process
Evaluation
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 Han
k, Scott Yerger, ,and Becky Suydam

Lets rock!
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Page 2 The Tasks Task 1 You are a DJ that mu
st create 1 hour worth of music for a Math Dance.
You will keep a running time of your songs. T
ask 2 You will find the measures of central
tendencies of your data. In simple terms, the me
an, median, mode, and range of your data.
Task 3 You will 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. You
r 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 mathematic
s, either in the title or the artist. (Check out
my examples) No song may be over 7 minutes lon
g. 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 op
tion. Click here. http//www.billboard.com/
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Page 4 Worksheet 1 DJ Itinerary Sheet
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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 6 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 pr
ocess Go to examples Go to worksheet 1
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Page 7 Worksheet 2 Measures of Central
Tendencies Did you follow Dr. Ufigures directi
ons? OK, Lets start with the years of your son
gs. 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_______________. Th
e Mean of the years is _______________.
The Range of the years are __________________.
Lets do the same for the times. List the time
s 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 8 Task 3 Now lets create a new Math son
g.   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 Click her
e 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 The Pi Song (sung to the tune 8675309 J
enny, 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 b
efore. ?Till I saw your number on the board. C
ircle, 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 numb
er I need to multiply. By the square of your rad
ius 3.14159 3.14159 I got it, I got it. I wi
ll 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 mo
re to find. Your digits go on forever. 3.1415926
5358979323846264? Circle, Circle, who can I tur
n 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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Page 9 Hey! Jenny Jenny, who can I turn to? Y
ou 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 To
mmy 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 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 Tendencie
s worksheet. Total completion 50 points
Task 3 Original song lyrics with DJ itinerary i
nformation. Total completion 10 pts
New Math song lyrics with DJ
itinerary information. Total completion 10
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! Chaperones or the Dance-Mr.
Gary Hank, Mr. Scott Yerger, and Ms. Becky
Suydam