Ch 4 EQ Choice #3
Respond, Refute, Agree, Discuss, etc. the following statement: Transforming trigonometric expressions is an act of worship.
Essential questions are due within 1 week of taking the chapter test. They should be at a minimum of a 10 sentence, 1 paragraph response, but may be longer. Each chapter’s essential questions will assemble your “Electronic EQ” project for each semester and will be worth a project grade at the end of the semester. Each chapter will count toward 16 points of the final 100-point project grade. Responses will receive 16 points for excellent work, 10 points for good work, 5 points for mediocre work, and 0 points for no response. Completing all five EQs on time during the semester will earn you an automatic 20 points towards your electronic EQ. Questions? Ask Mr. VanSlooten.
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Trigonometric expressions can be an act of worship. As pre-calc students we learn that thru math, God is visible. He gives us an understandance that He works thru weird ways. He works thru our life with school, homework, food too but as well as math. With trigonometric expressions, He gives us a problem in which we have to break it down with trigonometric formulas. Its very similar if you apply it to life; he gives us a problem where we have to break it down with one of His teachings. It can be considered that transforming a trigonometric expression is an act of worship; we learn learn how to solve such a problem but it teaches a lesson deeper then math.
ReplyDeleteI agree that transforming trigonometric expressions is an act of worship because you practice in order to get better at it. As Christians we worship is to practice to be like Jesus in order to get to God. Everyday we pray as an act of worship which we practice to have a better relationship with God. Transforming trigonometric expressions is all about practice in order to understand and how to get it. Transforming trigonometric expressions challenges students for the next step in math. As Christians we worship and pray to God as a step closer to him. God challenges us in different ways and sometimes the challenge could be hard. Transforming trigonometric expressions is a challenge and maybe that could be a challenge from God. I think God uses math to challenge us and make us feel how hard it is to understand but when he throws real challenges at us we give up. We get this little math problem and we try to figure it out but we give up then God tests us how we would do in the real world.
ReplyDeleteI agree that transforming trigonometric expressions is an act of worship. First of all we consider doing anything for the glory of God worship. It could be anything like playing a basketball game or doing your homework. Transforming trigonometric expressions is also an act of worship because you are doing something that God has intended. The reason you can safely assume that God has intended for trigonometric expressions to be transformed is the fact that he created them. You are doing that which God intended and therefore worshiping his creation and work. It is an act of worship especially if the person is a Christian and is transforming trigonometric expressions to better him self. He betters himself by practicing transforming trigonometric expressions. Each time he practices not only does he get better at it but he is also worshiping God. Thanks to trigonometric expressions anyone can worship God in his own way.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the following statement that transforming trigonometric expressions is an act of worship. To get better at anything in life it takes not only effort but lots and lots of continued practice! You can’t expect to become great at something without daily practice. God challenges people through not only our work in school, but in our spiritual lives as well. Christians worship the Lord everyday to grow a closer and to gain a more loving relationship with God. It takes practice in order understand how trigonometric expressions work. God does not only challenge us in spiritual ways. He creates many different types of obstacles for us. Learning how to do trigonometric expressions work could be one of them! He wants us to understand many different things so although math may not seem like it is very important, it is.
ReplyDeleteWorship is a complicated matter. Worship is our gift to God. Just like any gift, it’s the thought that counts. But in the case of worship, it’s more than a thought. It’s a feeling. You have to put yourself down, and give all the glory to God. When I play guitar for chapel, I should be giving everything to God. I have to love what I am doing, and then when people see my talent, I tell them it isn’t my talent. It’s God. Worship is giving whatever glory people give you to Him. In the eyes of a teenager, there isn’t much glory in transforming trigonometric functions. However, if there’s any glory what so ever, if it is given to God, then yes it is worship. A song is not what the Lord requires. It is about where your heart is. If someone can honestly transform trigonometric functions, enjoy it, and give the power and glory to God, then it is most defiantly worship.
ReplyDeleteI do not think that the actual act of transforming trigonometric expressions is an actual act of worship. I don’t understand how it would be either. I do believe that worship and trig expressions can be somewhat related, however. Transforming trig expressions can be very difficult and very hard to focus on and finding time to worship and staying focused while worshiping for me is also hard to do. I know for me transforming trig expressions causes me to give up many times, and getting better at these problems calls for practice. Worshiping is realizing and acknowledging God different things we do. Acts of worship towards God can be shown through nature, art, songs, dance, character and devotion to God. A worshipful heart is sometimes hard to find, and transforming trig expressions is also hard to do, and hard to find answers. Whenever I transfer a trigonometric expression I don’t find it at all worshipful to God, but in a way it is. Acts of acknowledgment to God is a sort of worship, and I believe that God invented mathematic, it was always there, and we as humans discover it. Therefore, when we study math, such as trig expressions we are acknowledging Gods wonderful and amazing creation, which in a way is worship. I think if we can put a mindset on worshiping God as we perform mathematical problems, it can be worship. However, for me right now, I do not have that mind set. But as I write this, I feel that transforming trig expressions is an act of worship.
ReplyDeleteI think that God makes life one big trigonometric equation. We have to break down our life to see what is wrong or what is right in our life. We got to break our lives and see where we need him the most in our lives. I think that God will help us with what ever we need in life. Like in life we have a huge messed up problem, like if someone dies or if something bad happens to you good will help you by breaking it down and make the problem smaller, instead of making it a huge problem. I think this is how God makes one lesson that is very hard to get but we can put it into our lives and understand how to use it in real live.
ReplyDeleteTrigonometric equations can be an act of worship. All around us, we see God’s creations. One of which was the language of math and applying it to life. As we learn new ways of math, we also learn how to apply it to our lives and we know that everything takes time and practice. As Christians we see that learning the ways of God and his ways takes time and a lot a practice. We also view our works as acts of God or working for the glory of God’s kingdom. This means that almost all that we do is an act of God and sort of a form of worship. This does not include all the bad stuff say like doing drugs or drinking but more on the stuff we know is good. Now how does this apply to trigonometric equations? Well like I said, we are pre-calculus students learning how to use these equations and in doing so we are doing works of God and technically worshipping the Lord. The statement may seem a little odd and maybe the explanation as well but all in all…doing math+knowing it’s a good work for God=worshipping God.
ReplyDeleteI would agree that "Transforming trigonometric expressions is an act of worship." We as Christians believe that worship is an act that glorifies God. So if by transforming trigonometric expressions, you glorify God then yes it would be an act of worship. But at the same time, i don't see how math and worship go hand in hand. But i can see how trigonometric expressions can improve your worship techniques. :)
ReplyDeleteTrig expressions or identities are an act of worship. I agree and disagree. When we transform an expression from one thing to another it is just the same thing. We may worship in many ways but it all goes to what ever you’re worshipping. We worship everything we like in one way or another. We could worship the TV by scheduling our life around it or we could worship God by devoting our life to Him. Worship is a general word that could apply to many things but what makes worship know is our worship of God. Worship could also go to most of the little things we do. In worshipping God he notices every little thing we do and considers it worship. In the holy days worship was probable only used to worship God but now we have so many other things that we put first. A teacher once told me the last you think of as you go to sleep and the first thing you think of when you wake up is what you are worshipping. If so our worship is going to many earthy items unless you pray before or when you wake up. Worship is a general and strong word. There are many different ways to put it and many different things to worship. But the fact is that it is worship whether to the right or wrong thing.
ReplyDeleteTrig expressions are hard facts. No matter what you put into it or how you substitute you still are making it out of the same equation or the same fact. The many different equations could be like how you worship the iphone or TV or videogame or God. There are so many different equations but they all come under a subject like iphone and ipod would be under music and that would be under entertainment. So when we group the individual items we get a whole group that could be equal to the number of trig identities. So going back to what I said earlier we have different things to worship but they all come back to the same basic trig identity. We may worship or use more than one identity at a time. I not really talking about what we worship and what should or shouldn’t worship but we all worship something in our lives so we always have at least one trig identity that we go by. And we believe that that trig identity is fact which it is. The fact of the matter is that no matter what kind of trig identity or expression you live by or believe in it is still worship. Worship that most people don’t even know that they are worshipping. Worship is apart of our society as much as trig identities are related to math.
I believe in the statement about transforming tigonometric expression is an act of worship. Trigonometric expression are challenging equations that have to be broken down step by step. Not only do trigonometric expressions get broken there can be more then one way to get the end result. I think that as Christians we can worship God in everything we do. We can worship God through anything because he gave us the ability to do such things. It can be a form a worship because we can thank God along the way for blessing us for the ability to learn. I also think that it is a form of worship because as Christians we are always transforming in many different ways. we are transforming into better Christians along the way. Also we tranform into Christ-like beings depending on how we break our life down. So i guess in a sense our life is one big trigonometric expressions and it can be taken step by step.
ReplyDeleteI agree that transforming trigonometric functions is an act of worship. When understanding anything that God teaches, one knows that he does not always make sense. Like for example when He said that we should hate our enemies, Jesus came back to say that we should love our enemies. This shows how confusing our Lord can be sometimes. When in math we, as students are taught in many differnt styles and with different techniques. However one constant that stays with students is God. In chritian schools when we learn a new idea or equasion, we also get a christian perspective on it. When transforming these often complex trigonomic expresions, we also have a christian perspective on it. This perspective adds understanding of God, even if it is very small. This is an act of worshipping God.
ReplyDeleteI believe that transforming trigonometric funtions is a form of worhip because anything that we do to discover God's creation is glorifying him. Just like when we read the bible, play sports, or learn of the earth scientifically. The Bible teaches us that to praise God we must learn of his creation, and to gain knowledge of his grace. By studying trigonometric functions we are learning a part of God's creation and therefore praising him. I also believe that God made things so we could understand them using mathematics. An example of proving something with math is the theory of relativity(E=mc2). Enstein proved many things through math, and the theory of relativity is a great example. I think that Enstein paved the road for future mathematical discovery, and doing it in a christian way. I believe that the study of trigonometric functions is a great way to glorify God and his complex creation. A way to explain this is that God's creation is very complex, so the only way to explain is by complex trigonometric functions!
ReplyDeleteEveryday, we are face with numerous problems that we must inevitably over come. God wouldnt put these obstacles in our path if he wasnt positive we couldnt over come them. God gave us an increadible amount of brain power. everything we do, we should do not for ourselves, but for the glory of God. 2 COllosians 3:23 says some thing along the lines of 'WHat ever you do, work at it with all of your heart. Do it not for man, but for the Glory of GOd.' that includes math. math especially pre calc is a very difficult and challenging subject. for us to solve these equations using the wonderful gifts God has given us is praising God in the highest form.
ReplyDeleteTrigometric functions to me are not a definite form of worship. I think this because its math I mean God did give us an amazing mind to use it for things like this or using it to excel in learning but being a form of worship straight up is different for me. But I am all for it being a way to show appreciation or a way to show the gift God has given you so yes it is worship but it’s not the only worship you should do is what I am trying to say. So am transforming trigometric functions and math and anything really that we are learning to better us in the future is a thanks to God showing him we are not a complete waist but using our skills right but saying that is worship is a little , I don’t know, not real?
ReplyDeleteTransforming trigonometric expressions is an act of worship through how God makes changes within our lives. he gives us really long equations that affect our lives that we have to solve. when we solve those equations we reach the big picture. when the equations get hard we should stay faithful to him which is an act of worship. we should also do it as our best in his name. the way we do it like going through all the steps we need to is an act of worship. if we work at it with all our hearts and for the glory of God is another act of worship. those sometimes require help from other people or are needed by people. the hard parts are when the devil gets in our way. if we do whats asked of us we and stay faithful, thats an act of true worship
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