Ch 6 stock market project

For the next few weeks, you will be creating a portfolio of information about y= our stocks. The following information is to be included:

· date, stock name, and ticker symbol

· use http:= //www.nationalsms.com/public/research/symbollookup.aspx to find the closing price for each stock (go to “Enter Symbol” = and put the Ticker Symbol to find the closing price)

· to find quotes from previous days if you mis= s a day, use htt= p://www.bigcharts.com/custom/wsjie/wsjbb-historical.asp?sid=3D8630&clos= e_date=3D11%2F17%2F2009&symb=3DDIS&x=3D18&y=3D7

· write and solve a one step equation for each stock (given the previous day̵= 7;s closing price and the current day’s closing price in order to solve for the amount of change)

· tally the amount of change for each stock

· calculate average change for the each week

· graph the amount of change over period time (using a bar graph)

· weekly reflection

Each stock will have its own page in your portfolio. You= may choose to do more than 3 stocks, but a minimum of 3

stock portfolios are required= .

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For example:=

Date: = &= nbsp; Week 1: November 9^th – November 13^th <= o:p>

Stock:= &= nbsp; Disney - DIS

Day	Previous Closing Price	Current Closing Price	Equation	Amount of Change
Monday	$28. 56	$29.00	X + 28.56 =3D 29.00	+0.44
Tuesday	$29.00	$30.44	X + 29.00 =3D 30.44	+1.44
Wednesday	$30.44	$29.67	X + 30.44 =3D 29.67	-0.77
Thursday	$29.67	$29.67	X +29.67 =3D 29.67=	+0
Friday	$29.67	$29.80	X + 29.67 =3D 29.80	+.13
			Average Change	+0.248

Students must sketch a graph to show amount of change for the week for each individual stock.

Students must also reflect on what they learned about th= eir stocks at the end of each week. They can discuss how math can be applied to= the stock market or any thoughts they have had as the project continues.

Each stock should have one page for each week that you a= re collecting data (including one reflection per week). The portfolio is due ________________________.

Scoring Rubric

Criteria	3	2	1
Requirements	Chose minimum of 3 stocks; tu= rned in on time; followed directions as stated.	Chose minimum of 3 stocks; tu= rned in on time; followed most of the directions	Did not follow directions sta= ted for project.
Mathematics=	The mathematics in the table = is calculated correctly; equations are written and all work is shown.	The mathematics in the table = is mostly correct; equations are written and most of the work is shown.	The mathematics in the tables= is mostly incorrect; some equations are written; little to no work is shown.=
Graph	Graphs are completed and corr= ectly represent the data in the table.	Graphs are completed and repr= esent most of the data in the table.	Graphs are incorrect or incom= plete.
Reflection<= /p>	Reflection shows student thou= ght about how math related to this project; gave meaningful responses.	Reflection was present and st= udent put forth effort to respond.	Reflection was either sparse = or nonexistent.