Lesson Plan
1. Introduction to Identification numbers
- class discussion on examples & use different types of ID numbers (student numbers)
II. Transition to UPC Codes (for products in stores)
-call on what the students know (grocery stores, shopping mall, scanners, etc.) and discuss
possible uses (see notes)
III. UPC Scheme (see notes)
- overhead examples of dot-product (to be noted together on overhead0
*NOTE: Assumption here is that dot-product and modular arithmetic have previously been
covered been covered in class. (if not, more details may be required)
- guided practice with example of "Verify the validity of UPC..." (review on overhead)
IV. More guided/independent practice on back of worksheet (possible modeling with Example 3)
V. Bar Codes and UPC
- class notes/class activity with bar codes
VI. Assessment for UPC/ Bar Codes
SOL Reference: Sorting and coding algorithms actually under the SOLs for optional math courses, specifically Discrete Math.
DM.11 The student will describe and apply sorting algorithms and coding algorithms used in
sorting, processing, and communicating information. These will include
- bubble sort, merge sort, and network sort, and ISBN, UPC, Zip and bank
codes.
This course could also be tied in with algebra lessons and SOLs relating to dot-products in
courses of Advanced Algebra/ Math Analysis/ Trigonometry.
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James Madison University
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
540-568-6184
fitzgewj@jmu.edu
www.math.jmu.edu
Dr. Jeanne Fitzgerald
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
email: fitzgewj@jmu.edu
Telephone: 540-568-3802
This page was last updated 07/05/2007