2005 School Magazine

Mathematics

Mathematics

Thoughts of a Mathematics A student

These are the rewards Year 12 Accounting students received for completing a university subject, BSB110 Accounting, at Queensland University of Technology (QUT)! For keen Accounting students who want to free up their first or second year at university, this is a wonderful opportunity to a achieve a credit for a university subject while completing Year 12 Accounting. The 2005 QUT Accounting in Schools Programme participants, Stacey Jackson (12M), Lauren Mills (12M), Kate Stoddart (12M) and Rochelle Weil (12B) rose to the challenge and now feel more confident about approaching university studies. QUT Accounting in Schools Programme Accounting

Mathematics A is a very interesting subject as it is logical and relevant to everyday life. One of the most challenging things we have done is designing a house using computer software – 3D Home Architect. We have also completed a number of units on Financial Mathematics. We now have a good working knowledge of the benefits and pitfalls of home loans, credit cards and stock market investments. We have done a lot of work on statistics, which has increased our awareness of how information can be presented to favour one viewpoint or another. All this helps us make important decisions as consumers.

A pen, a balloon, a lollipop, a key ringwith a flash light and a really small highlighter pen (all QUT souvenirs), a business lunch with the course co-ordinator and a great sense of satisfaction.

UQ Business School - Engaging Business Conference

Accounting excursions are not a common phenomenon so when an invitation to participate in the University of Queensland Business School’s 2005 Engaging Business Conference arrived, we made sure we took up the opportunity. The Engaging Business Conference involved a day of lectures and tasks at the UQ Business School’s Ipswich campus for over 200 school students. Stacey Jackson (12M), Lauren Mills (12M), Lauren Bendeich (12H), Anthea Fox (12O), Sarah Yarde (12L), Georgia Gibson (12R), Nimisha Bhatia (12W), Alexandra Kidd (12G) and Jessica Holmes (12L) agreed it was a great learning experience in a university atmosphere. The delegates were welcomed by Professor Tim Brailsford, Head of UQ Business School. They then attended a series of lectures. After presentations on Cybercrime in Australia, Marketing and the Internet and Making a Buck on the Web: the nature of current e-Business

Data Collection – the fun way

The long-awaited Mathematics C excursion to Dreamworld began with thirty terrified Year 12 girls descending the Giant Drop. Believe it or not, this was an essential part of the data collection process for our assignment, which involved several unlucky people walking around Dreamworld in highly attractive orange calculator vests and measuring the acceleration on rides. The measurements we collected were later entered into Excel, a process almost as thrilling as the rides themselves.

models the team completed the case studies and set tasks as part of the competitive nature of the day. While the input was interesting, it is the opportunity to work together as a team and being challenged to think of interesting and creative solutions to problems after the lectures that makes the day most memorable for the students. Mrs P Greig HEAD OF ACCOUNTING

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Brisbane Girls Grammar School

School Magazine 2005