This Math project was about collecting data of any sort and making a graph and an In-Out table to show the growth and figure out if the data will create a linear graph or a non-linear graph. The investigations that my partner Sandra and I chose to graph was how many sharks get killed by humans a year vs. how many humans get killed by sharks a year. We chose this investigation because sharks are a really interesting animal and when we researched about why sharks get killed, we were really sad because the reasons are just unacceptable to us.
When we first started to research about sharks getting killed by humans, we found different reasons and some of the reasons are that they get killed for their meat, for their bones, and simply just because some people want to get rid of sharks for good. We used a lot of different websites to obtain our information and we were surprised to find out that sharks kill approximately 100 million sharks get killed a year. This is really sad to know. Sharks kill approximately 5 humans a year die from unprovoked shark attacks. The reason why sharks attack humans (specially surfers and scuba divers) is because when the surfer lays down in the surf board, the shark sees the human as a sea lion, which is i a sharks everyday diet. Same with scuba divers, their feet fins resemble the tail of a sea lion.
When we first started to research about sharks getting killed by humans, we found different reasons and some of the reasons are that they get killed for their meat, for their bones, and simply just because some people want to get rid of sharks for good. We used a lot of different websites to obtain our information and we were surprised to find out that sharks kill approximately 100 million sharks get killed a year. This is really sad to know. Sharks kill approximately 5 humans a year die from unprovoked shark attacks. The reason why sharks attack humans (specially surfers and scuba divers) is because when the surfer lays down in the surf board, the shark sees the human as a sea lion, which is i a sharks everyday diet. Same with scuba divers, their feet fins resemble the tail of a sea lion.
The first table shows an equal growth every time, so that means that in the graph (the one on the right) will be linear. If you add the same amount on the y axis and add and even amount every time in the x axis, your graph will be linear as you can see. The second table is non linear because there isn't an even growth on the second column. as you can see on the second graph, the line in non linear because it does not pass through all or most of the points.
This is my creative piece. I chose to do this board because I wanted to show people the similarities between a human on a surfboard, a sea lion, and a sea turtle. A sea lion and a sea turtle are in a sharks everyday diet. The turtle is on the left, the human is in the middle, and the sea lion is on the right. What inspired me to make this art piece was to show people why sharks attack humans. There are people that kill sharks just to get rid of them, but sharks don't mean to attack humans. 80% of shark attacks occur to surfers because they look so much like sea lion in a sharks point of view. I just wanted to show people that sharks aren't bad creatures.
What went well in this project was that I learned a lot through the research that I did and it got me thinking on why sharks shouldn't be killed. What didn't go so well was our creative piece because we were originally supposed to have a tank with a baby shark in it to make our project unique, but we weren't prepared and we didn't have enough time to gather everything up. Next time, I think I will work ahead of time so that I can make my creative piece really unique and cool and interesting.One Habit of a Mathematician that I used was Stay Organized. I stayed organized through this entire project and I felt really proud of myself, One Habit of a Mathematician that I wished I used was be systematic. I think that my project would have turned out better if I did more research and if I had used more useful information on my project.
What went well in this project was that I learned a lot through the research that I did and it got me thinking on why sharks shouldn't be killed. What didn't go so well was our creative piece because we were originally supposed to have a tank with a baby shark in it to make our project unique, but we weren't prepared and we didn't have enough time to gather everything up. Next time, I think I will work ahead of time so that I can make my creative piece really unique and cool and interesting.One Habit of a Mathematician that I used was Stay Organized. I stayed organized through this entire project and I felt really proud of myself, One Habit of a Mathematician that I wished I used was be systematic. I think that my project would have turned out better if I did more research and if I had used more useful information on my project.