Thursday, April 23, 2009

GREEN GLOBS LAB

In the computer lab, double click the green globs icon that is located on the Desk Top.

Hit Shift-F3 or go to the Programs menu at the top to open the green globs program

Read the rules for a novice game under the Green Globs menu then

Start a novice game after reading the rules on the same menu

Play green globs

Write down all the equations you used to produce your score but not the ones you remove and adjust.

You may use one horizontal line (y=_), one vertical line ( x=_), and the rest have to be diagonal (y=mx+b)

Also
at least one of your diagonal lines you should tweak until it hits 3 points,
---if this is impossible consider using decimals to make adjustments to your slope or y-intercept to change the steepness or the starting point
---or if its really impossible because no three globs are close to lining up, start a new game.

at least two of your diagonal lines must be found using the process of finding the slope and solving for the y-intercept as demonstrated in class multiple times and the work for those two must be shown and attached to the print out of your lab

There is a little problem with the new version of green globs in that it does not have a print screen command under file options and so you will have to perform the following actions to show me your results.

To print the results:

1) minimize GREEN GLOBS, do not close it, and open a word document
2)change the page orientation to portrait
3) type in your name and the date along with the title geometry lab
4) go back to the green globs screen that you are trying to print and once its on your screen and ready
5) hit the Print Screen/SysRq key that is in the top row of the keyboard. This key takes a screen shot of your work which you can then paste [CTRL-V] into your open word document.
6)Go back to your word document and paste the scrren shot with your graph in sizing it appropriately to fill the space.

After you're done printing it, attach it to your worked problems and the list of equations you used to turn into me.

Half your grade will be your score, out of 40 points, the other half will be the work you turn in with it and how well you foll0wed the directions. A score of 16 is on the weaker side of average, 19 is better, 23 is superb.

Again:
to print your results you must hit the print screen/SysRq button up at the top of the keyboard, which will take a screen shot of your work. You will have to paste [CTRL-V] the screenshot into an open word document with your name on it. Don't close your green globs assignment without printing me off a copy or you will have to do it all over again.