Chapter 1 Project /

Chapter 1 Project

1. Collect the following facts about each past American President:

.Single or married (classify as married if married for part of the term)

.Inaugurated before or after the age of 50

.Served on term (or less) or more than one term

.Won the popular vote or lost the popular vote

.Had a graduate degree in some sort of law or not

.Free choice (Must be either yes or no question)

Choose three of your results and make a three circle Venn diagram to represent your results

Write a one paragraph reflection (5-8 sentence) about what you can interpret from your Venn Diagram

2. Population in the news

Find a recent news story that concerns population growth. Does the story consider the long term effects of the growth? If so do you agree with the claims? If not discuss a few possible effects of future growth.

Write two paragraph response to the above question Your finished project should be type and double space. Use what we talked about today in class about exponential functions and what you read in the textbook in chapter 8 to make your response based in mathematics, not just opinion.

When you hand in your project, you will hand in typed response as well as a copy of the news story you reference. Your new story should have been published by a reputable news organization (no Buzzfeed or other clickbait) in the current calendar year