The Keystone

Educutioners
Education 525 Multimedia
Instructional Design
Project Description
 Math Curse
 The book, which is told by a nameless female student, begins with a
seemingly innocent statement by her math teacher- "you know,
almost everything in life can be considered a math problem." The
next morning, the heroine finds herself thinking of the time she
needs to get up along the lines of algebra. Next comes the
mathematical school of probability, followed by charts and statistics.
As the narrator slowly turns into a "math zombie", everything in her
life is transformed into a problem. A class treat of cupcakes becomes
a study in fractions, while a trip to the store turns into a problem of
money. Finally, she is left painstakingly calculating how many
minutes of "math madness" will be in her life now that she is a
"mathematical lunatic." Her sister asks her what her problem is, and
she responds, "365 days x 24 hours x 60 minutes." Finally, she
collapses on her bed, and dreams that she is trapped in a blackboard
-room covered in math problems. Armed with only a piece of chalk,
she must escape-and she manages to do just that by breaking the
chalk in half, because "two halves make a whole." She escapes
through this "whole", and awakens the next morning with the ability
to solve any problem. Her curse is broken...until the next day, when
her science teacher mentions that in life, everything can be viewed
as a science experiment...
Jiskl ,
What is a Mystery?
What Are Short
Stories?
 Deliverable Formats
Wiki
Blogs
Comic Life
 Assessment
KWL worksheet link (KWL printable sheet –
in 4th column, 3rd one down)
Journaling
Rubric for Comiclife
Portfolio
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 About Us
Aaron Chamberlin
Robin Chew
Rebecca Cross
Lynnelle Goins
Joshua Varga
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