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This module is designed to help you explore how math affects your life each day.

Math and physics are used in almost every kind of invention, including cars, airplanes, and telescopes. Math also includes cryptography, the use of secret codes.

Note

General Information about this activity:

• When?: 04/10 at 12:00pm

• Instructor: Rob Pattison

• E-Mail address: pattison_r@yahoo.com

• Pre-reqs submission: google form

• Zoom link for activity: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85271318679

• Bio-sketch: Robert Pattison is an Executive Director and Head of Northeast Infrastructure at Morgan Stanley. For the past 18 years, he has led over $25 billion of bond issuances on behalf of municipal entities from across the country. Prior to working in public finance investment banking, Rob worked as a biochemical engineer for Genzyme Corporation and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals. Rob received his M.B.A from Northeastern University, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. When he was a Boy Scout, Rob earned the Arrow of Light and Eagle Scout rank as well as visited Gilwell Park (England) with his troop. Currently, he is a merit badge counselor, the Troop Committee Chair for Troops 75B & 75G, the Cubmaster and Webelos Den Leader for Pack 232, and the Twin Rivers Council VP of Finance.

Pre-requisites

What is a pre-requisite? It is an activity you should complete before the meeting! Here is a list of pre-requisites you should do to complete this Award. If you do not have time to complete it before the day of the activity, do not despair! You can always send your work later to your instructor at the address listed above!

Choose A or B or C and complete ALL the requirements.

1. Watch an episode or episodes (about one hour total) of a show that involves math or physics. Then do the following:

   1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you watched.

   2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

   Note

   Examples of videos:

   • Mathematics is the queen of Sciences

   • BBC Magic Numbers Mysterious World of Maths 1/3

   • BBC Magic Numbers Mysterious World of Maths 2/3

   • BBC Magic Numbers Mysterious World of Maths 3/3

   • Donald Duck - Golden Mean

   • How big is infinity?

   • How does math guide our ships at sea?

   • Enigma Machine

   • Flaw in the Enigma Code

   • Math And The Rise Of Civilization. Ep.01

2. Read (about one hour total) about anything that involves math or physics. Then do the following:

   1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read.

   2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

   Note

   Books on many topics may be found at your local library. Examples of magazines include but are not limited to Odyssey, KIDS DISCOVER, National Geographic Kids, Highlights, and OWL or owlkids.com .

3. Do a combination of reading and watching (about one hour total) about anything that involves math or physics. Then do the following:

   1. Make a list of at least two questions or ideas from what you read and watched.

   2. Discuss two of the questions or ideas with your counselor.

Warning

Pre-req submissions

Finally, have your cub scouts ENTER their pre work in this form before April 5^th to allow us to create a truly interactive and personalized learning experience. If you are late that is OK, please still fill it out up to our scheduled class. Feel free to contact the instructor (See email in blue box at the top of this page).

What will we do during the meeting?

1. Requirement #2:

   1. Conduct an opinion survey through which you collect data to answer a question and then show your results with a chart or graph. For example, what is the favorite food of the scouts in your den (chart how many like pizza, how many like cookies, etc.).

   2. Conduct and keep a record of a coin toss probability experiment. Keep track of at least 25 tosses.

   Note

   For this Requirement, cub scouts should have a pen or pencil and paper available as well as a coin to flip for the experiment

2. Requirement #3:

   Explore the two options below and complete ALL the requirements for those options. Keep your work to share with your counselor. The necessary information to make your calculations can be found in a book or on the Internet. (See the Helpful Links box for ideas.) You may work with your counselor on these calculations.

   1. Choose TWO of the following places and calculate how much you would weigh there.

      1. On the moon

      2. On Jupiter

   2. Calculate the volume of air in your bedroom. Make sure your measurements have the same units—all feet or all inches—and show your work.

      Hint

      Volume=Length x Width x Height

      Note

      For this requirement, cub scouts need to know their weight in lbs and should have a pen or pencil and paper available as well as a ruler or tape measure to measure their room.

3. Requirement #4: secret codes

   1. Look up, then discuss with your counselor each of the following:

      1. Cryptography

      2. At least three ways secret codes or ciphers are made

      3. How secret codes and ciphers relate to mathematics

   2. Design a secret code or cipher. Then do the following:

      1. Write a message in your code or cipher.

      2. Share your code or cipher with your counselor.

   Note

   For this requirement, cub scouts should have their scout manual available and have pen or pencil and paper

4. Requirement #5: Discuss with your counselor how math affects your everyday life.

Military Enigma machine, model “Enigma 1”, used during the late 1930s and during the war (from https://brilliant.org/wiki/enigma-machine/)