Chapter 11

Sequences & Series

Everyday Explorations

Barton Seaver is a chef who has dedicated his career to restoring the relationship we have with our ocean. It is his belief that the choices we make for dinner directly impact the ocean and its fragile ecosystems. He is the author of For Cod and Country, a book of recipes that inspires ocean conservation.

Some of the most popular fish in the United States are salmon, tuna, tilapia, pollock, and pangasius. Are any of these endangered?

What does it mean to "farm raise" fish?

What percent of the meat eaten by Americans is fish? beef? chicken? pork?

Learning Target

Understand sequences and series.

Success Criteria

I can define and use sequences and series.

I can describe how to find sums of infinite geometric series.

I can analyze arithmetic and geometric sequences and series.

I can explain how to write recursive rules for sequences.

Lessons

Remind Stream

Wall of Wisdom