Absolute Value

Agenda

6 – 6:15 Drills

6:15 -7:15 Reading Comprehension

7:15 -7:30 Break

7:30 -9:00 Absolute Value

I. Reading Comprehension

Read the article found here, then answer the questions below.

WHO are Dan McQuaid, Mayuri Sridhar, Jamie Lee Solimano and Catherine Wong?

WHAT is the Intel Science Talent Contest?
WHAT are the projects these young scientists are working on?
WHAT kinds of questions do judges ask the finalists?
WHAT “important problem in the world” would you like to solve, if you could, through scientific inquiry?

HOW many Intel alumni have won Nobel Prizes and HOW many have received MacArthur “genius” awards?
HOW has the Intel Corporation tried to “change the conversation” about young scientists?

WHEN were winners announced?

WHERE did the finalists fly for the dinner and awards ceremony?

WHY, according to the final few paragraphs of this article, is the Intel search so often described as “inspiring”?

II. Absolute Value: Absolute value describes the distance of a number on the number line from 0 without considering which direction from zero the number lies. The absolute value of a number is never negative.

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