Enduring Understanding

 

The student will understand:

  • Math is essential to every day life.
  • Math is a skill that involves scaffolding of previous knowledge.
  • The basic math operations help us develop higher level thinking skills through analysis and application.

 

 

Essential Questions

 

  • In what ways to I use math every day?
  • How will reading a graph/table or chart and interpreting data help me?
  • Where do I see and use patterns of information in my life?
  • How will I use trial and error in life besides in math?
  • When will I need to be able to choose a strategy to solve a problem?

 

 

Additional Resources Needed


  • Paper
  • Pencil
  • Erasers
  • Ruler
  • Protractor
  • Graph Paper
  • Scientific Calculator with power key, square root key, factorial key, a +/- key (for positive and negative numbers), pi sign and a reciprocal key.
    For this course you will need to go to www.quizlet.com and sign up as a member as well as download the Mathematica Player at http://www.wolfram.com/products/player/download.cgi to view demonstrations used within this course.
  • Adobe Reader
    Adobe Flash Player
    Adobe Shockwave Player
    Quicktime
    Java
    Media Player

 

Content Topics

 

Unit 1

The Language of Algebra

 

Unit 2

Real Numbers

 

Unit 3

Solving Linear Equations

 

Unit 4

Graphing Relations and Functions

 

Unit 5

Analyzing Linear Equations

 

 

Key Skills

 

  • Add
  • Subtract
  • Multiply
  • Divide
  • Reading Comprehension
  • Application
  • Analysis
  • Synthesize
  • Organize Information
  • Decipher between necessary and extra information
  • Interpret data

       

       

Assessments

 

  • Homework
  • Tests/quizzes
  • Written Explanations
  • Oral Explanations

 

 

Standards Alignment:


National Standards:

Understand patterns, relations, and functions
Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols
Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships
Analyze change in various contexts

 

PA State Standards:

2.1 Numbers, Number Systems and Number Relationships

2.2. Computation and Estimation

2.3 Measurement and Estimation

2.4 Mathematical Reasoning and Connections

2.5 Mathematical Problem Solving and Communication

2.6 Statistics and Data Analysis

2.7 Probability and Predictions

2.8 Algebra and Functions

2.9 Geometry

2.10 Trigonometry

2.11 Concepts of Calculus