Handed out course outline.  Started on Sequences and common differences.

Shortcuts for arithmetic sequences on the TI-83.  Determining the equation of a quadratic sequence.

Finding the formula that generates a quadratic sequence. p12 #38, p14 #42.  Summary of Sequences.

Handed out textbooks. The book stacking problem.  Power sequences.  Started Geometric Sequences.

p110 Inv. #1.  Geometric Sequences.  p112 #8, 9. Handed out Sequences Assignment due Tuesday.

The Garden Problem p20 Inv#4.  Started Quadratic Regression.

Sequences Assignment due. Quadratic Regression using the TI-83.  p16 #5, 6, 8, 9.

Graphing Quadratics. p22, #24, 25, 26. Review of Transformational Form.

School closed due to inclement weather.

Sequences Quiz.  Mapping rule, General Form, y-intercept, stretch. Hmk: finish p30 #6, challenge p22 #23.

Started Completing the Square. p32 #15. Watched The Machine is Us/ing Us. Hmk:  Start on the Outcomes Wiki Project.

Harder Completing the Square problems.  p33 #20.  Handed out General and Transformational Form Assignment due Thursday.

Applications of Transformational form.  h = -b/(2a).  p33 #22, p34 #26, p35 #29, 34.

General and Transformational Form Assignment due.  p36 Focus E - Determining Quadratic Functions. p38 #39.

Transformational Form Quiz.  More max-min problems.  p34 #28, p35 #30, 31.

Properties of a Parabola.  Folding a paper parabola, Solar Hot Dog cooking and the Archimedes "Death Ray". 

Roots of a Quadratic Function.  Finding roots using factoring, completing the square and the quadratic formula. Deriving the Quadratic Formula.  p44 #4, p45 #10.

Working with the Quadratic Formula.  Complex form of a number.  Simplifying radicals.  p48 #24.  Handed out x-intercepts assignment due Monday.

p46 #12, 15.  Time to work on the assignment.

PD Day 

Bus Cluster #2

X-intercepts assignment due.  p47 #17ab, #18.  Using the Discriminant to find the number of x-intercepts. Hmk: p56 #53.

Word Problems. p50 Focus G, p52 #34, p53 #38-40, p54 #42.  Also worked on word problems from past provincial exams.

Test Review.  Review Questions p72 #1, 5, 8, 9, 1, 14, 15, 19, 21. 

Quadratics Test

Quadratics Outcome Wiki Page due. ( ...actually, I'm not marking them til Monday so as long as their finished by then you're okay).  Parabolic Reflector Building Competition.

March Break  (Don't forget to celebrate Pi Day on March 14th!)

Passed back and reviewed the test.  Exponential Growth and Decay.  p116 #22, 23.

p118 #30. Exponent Laws. p164 #6. Hmk: p165 #10 (a-l).

No class due to all-school assembly.

Practice with Exponent Laws. p165 #10 (m-w), p123 #52.  Handed out Exponents Assignment due Monday.

Using the Exponent Laws to Solve Exponential Equations.  p160 #12, 13, 15, 18, 20. p165 #12.

Exponents Assignment due.  p131 Inv#6 A-B, #13, 14.  p132 #20, p133 #23. Exponential Regression on the TI-83.

y = ab^(x/c).  p134 Inv#7. p135 #26, 27, 28, 30.  Hmk: p137 #33, 34.

Reviewed p137 #33, 34. Horizontal Asymptotes: y = ab^(x/c) +d. p140 #43. Hmk: p140 #44.

Exponents Quiz.  Handed out Exponential Equations assignment due Monday.

Choose your outcome for the wiki portfolio. A bit more practice with the Exponent rules. p169 #22 (left column), #24.

Exponential Equations assignment due.  p143 Inv#9 A-D, #1-3.  Hmk: Finish the investigation and pass it in tomorrow.

p171 #27-28 (the tricky ones!).  Transformational form for an exponential function.

Graphing using Transformations. p145 #4.  p148 #6, 7, 9, 10. p151 #17.

Handed out Transformations assignment due Wednesday.

Good Friday

(no classes)

Easter Monday

(no classes)

Introduction to logarithms. Inverse operations and inverse functions. p174 #11.

Transformations assignment due.  p175 #14, 15, 17.  Hmk: finish p175 #16.

Practice evaluating logarithms.  Laws of Logarithms. p177 #1.

Exponents Quiz.  Handed out Logarithms Assignment due Tuesday.

Reviewed laws of logarithms.  p180 #9, 10.

Logarithms Assignment due. Logarithms practice. p181 #15, p182 #17, 19.

p185 #25.  Logarithmic scales. Moore's Law and the Richter Scale.

More on Richter Scale and Decibel Level. p187 #33-35; p188 #38, 39.

Practice Quiz.  Chapter Review Questions p199 #2, 7, 10-13, 15, 19, 23, 26, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40, 45.

Test Review.  Chapter Review Questions p199 #2, 7, 10-13, 15, 19, 23, 26, 29, 30, 35, 36, 38, 40, 45.

Exponents Test.  p206 Inv#1 A-J, and p208 #2.

No class today.  Early dismissal for Parent-Teacher interviews.

Math Circles Tonight!

Formal Logic.  p212 #19.

Exponents Unit Wiki page due.  p210 Investigation #2 and formal Euclidean geometry (Postulates, Proofs and theorems).

Triangle Congruence Theorems (SSS, SAS, etc.).  p212 Focus A. Review of geometry terms. 

Two-column proofs.  p216 #22, 23.  Handed out Triangle Proofs assignment due Thursday.

Triangle Proofs p217 #24.  Chords and Circles p221 #35-38.

Triangle Proofs Assignment due.  Coordinate Geometry.  Slopes and Perpendicular lines.  Distance and Midpoint formulas.  p227 #19.

Circles Quiz.  Handed out Coordiante Geometry assignment due Tuesday.

More coordinate geometry.  p228 #21. 

Coordinate Geometry Assignment due.  p232 Inv #4 A-K.  Central Angles, Inscribed Angles and Arcs.  p235 #5, 6.

Wrote out the rest of the Circle Properties.  Finished Inv #4. 

The Equation of a circle (standard form). p252 Inv #6, p253 #4, 5. p254 Inv #7. Coordinate Geometry Pairs Quiz.

PD Day (no classes)

p225 #11, 12.  General for of the equation for a circle.  Changing from general to standard form. p258 #22.  Hmk: p259 #24.

Transformational form of a circle.  p263 #40, 41. Handed out Transforming Circles assignment due Thursday.

Transformational form of an ellipse. p266 #48.

Test Review. p294 #2, 4, 6, 7a, 9, 12, 15, 17, 22, 25, 27. Transforming Circles assignment due.

Start Probability. Select your final outcome for the wiki.  Handed out Quadratics Review Assignment due Friday.

Victoria Day (no classes)

Circle Geometry Test

History of Probability.  Probability formula, Complement of an event. Hmk: p301 #3-6.

Experimental vs. Theoretical Probability.

Quadratics Review Assignment due.  Tree Diagrams and the Fundamental Counting Principle. p308 #3-6.  Handed out Review Assignment #2 due Friday.

Applying the Fundamental Counting Principle. p310 #10-12.

Math Skills Post-Test.  Dependent and Independent Events. p310 Inv #4. p311 #16.  Expected Value calculations.

Venn Diagrams.  The Addition Principle. Mutually Exclusive Events. p312 Inv #5. p314 #32, 33, 35.  Area Models.

Multiplication rule for probability.  Conditional Probability. p319 Focus E.

Review Assignment #2 due.  Review Pairs Quiz.

Conditional Probability. p320 #47, 48. Combinations, Permutations and Factorial Notation. p327 Inv #10 A-C. Hmk: p330 #9, 11

p331 #13, 14.  Permutations Formula. p332 #16, 17, 18, 20.  Reviewed solutions to review pairs quiz.

Combinations Formula. p333 #21-25, 28, 30-34.

Combinations, Permutations and Probability. p337 #2, 4, 6.  Pascal's Triangle. Hmk: p339 #8-10, 12

Test Review. p363 #2, 3, 6, 10, 13-17, 19-24.

"The Curious World of Probabilities" lecture - 7:30 pm New Academic Bldg, King's College.

Pascal's Triangle and Combinations.  Binomial expansion using combinations. p343 Focus I. p345 #17a, 19b, 20a,  21a.  Probability Test.  Final wiki page due.

Exam Review.  Quadratics Review Notes.  Some easy quadratic review questions and solutions.

Exam Review.  Exponents and Logarithms Review Notes

After school practice exam with Mr. Lee.

Exam Review. Common Errors and Misconceptions.  Circle Geometry Review Notes

After school practice exam with Mr. Betuik.

Exam Review.  Practice questions from the June 2005 Math 12 Adv Exam.

Have you tried the 2005 Nova Scotia exams yet?  If not, download them here and print them off.

You can also try the Newfoundland exams.  Lots of good multiple choice practice.

Math 12 Provincial Exam

Final day of textbook collection/library book returns

Assessment and Evaluation Day

Graduation Rehearsal @ 10am

Assessment and Evaluation Day

Graduation @ 2pm

Last Day of School

Report card distribution by homeroom from 9:00 am - 10:30 am