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Lesson Journal Spring 2008

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February     |     March     |     April     |     May     |     June

February 2008

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4

Assessment and Evaluation Day

 

5

Handed out course outlines.  "What's My Rule?" handout.  Definition of a Sequence and Arithmetic Sequences.

6

Problems using Arithmetic Sequences.  Power Sequences and Sequences of Differences. 

7

Sequence of Differences using the TI-83.  Triangle Numbers.  Finding the formula of a quadratic sequence using D2=2a. p9 #25,   p11 Focus A, p13 #40.  Hmk: p10 #28

8

Math Skills Pre-Test. p12 #38. Handed out Sequences Assignment due Wednesday.  Passed out Textbooks.

11

School Closed due to inclement weather.

 

12

Geometric Sequences and the common ratio. Sequences Summary. p111 #5.  Hwk: p112 #8 find the equation for each sequence.

13

School Closed due to inclement weather.

14

Reviewed Math Skills Pre-Test.  Finding the equation of a power sequence using regression on the TI-83 calculator.

15

Sequences Quiz.  Sequences Assignment due.  Practice with quadratic regression p17 #9.  Review of transformational form of a quadratic equation.

18

Practice with regression.  p16 #5.  More practice with transformational form of a quadratic. Hmk: #1, 4 of back of review sheet.

19

Forms of the QuadraticTransformational to General Form and General to Transformational (by completing the square).

20

Deriving h = -b/2a.  Working with word problems and min/max problems. p33 #22, p34 #26, p22 #24.

21

Min/max problems.  p22 #25, 26.  Handed out Assignment #2 Changing Forms due Wednesday.

22

School Based PD Day.  No classes

25

More practice with max/min problems. 

26

Finding the equation of a quadratic with the vertex and another point on the parabola. Solving Quadratic Equations.  Deriving the quadratic formula.  

27

Quiz.  Forms of the Quadratic Assignment due.  Practice using the Quadratic formula. p45 #9, 11.

28

No class today.  Gwynne Dyer assembly.

29

It's Leap Day!  Using the Quadratic Formula p47 #17, 18.

 

March 2008

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
3

Complex numbers and non-real roots of a quadratic equation.  p49 #30Test Review Questions from p72

4

Test #1 Sequences and Quadratic Functions

5

School Closed due to inclement weather.

6

Reviewed p49 #30 g,h.  p49 #31c, p49 #32 a,b.

7

Using the Discriminant to determine the number of x-intercepts of a graph.  Hmk:  Complete Task #1 on the Online Portfolio project.

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

17

Quadratics Review.  p49 #32c.  Hmk: finish p49 #32 d,e.

18

Warm-up p57 #63.  p50 Focus G - solving problems with the Quad Formula.  p 53 #39, 40.

19

Problems #6, 7, 28, 30 from the Jun05 Provincial Math Exam. p53 #41.  Handed out Word Problems assignment due Tuesday. 

20

Online Portfolio Task #1 due

School Closed due to inclement weather.

21

Good Friday

No classes

24

Easter Monday

No classes

25

Check out some common errors and notes from the provincial exam.  Time to work on the word problems assignment.

26

Quadratics Word Problems assignment due. Mr. Lee's Test ReviewTest Review Questions from p72

27

Test #2 Quadratics Functions

28

The Sum and Product of Roots of a Quadratic.  p58 #67, 68. Laws of Exponents. p121 #38-40; p123 #52; p164 #3-5. Hmk: p169 #23.

31

A sum and product of roots practice question. Review p169 #23. Solving Exponential Equations. p160 #12.

 

 

April 2008

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

More practice with exponential equations. p160 #13, 16egh, 17, 20ac; p165 #12.

2

Solving exponential equations with substitution.  p160 #23, p171 #28.  Handed out Solving Exponential Equations assignment due Monday.

3

p167 #21.  Graphing exponential functions.  y = a*bx. p114 Investigation #2.  p119 Investigation #3.  p130 #11, 12.

4

Pairs Quiz on Solving Exponential Equations.

7

Solving Exponential Equations assignment due. p131 Investigation #6.

8

Solving word problems.  p132 #22, 23 (ExpReg); p134 Inv #7; p135 #27, 29.

9

p116 #29; p136 #30, 31, 33, 34, 35.  Transformational Form of an Exponential Function. p140 #43, 44; p148 #6.

10

Practice with Transformational Form.  p149 #7, p149 #8.

11

More practice with Transformational Form. p149 #9; p150 #12; p151 #17.  Catenary Curves and the Gateway Arch.

14

p151 #18, p153 #23, 24.  More exponential word problems.

15

Logarithms!  p174 #11, 14, 16, 17.  Change of Base formula.  p181 #11

16

Transformational Form Quiz.  Laws of Logarithms.

17

p177 #1. Laws of Logarithms handout. #15-17, 23-25. Hmk: Finish #18,19,26-28 from the handout.

18

Solving Logarithmic equations. p181 #12.  Assigned Wiki Task #2 due May 2nd.  Hmk: p183 #24

21

Solving Logarithmic equations p183 #24, 25.  Handed out Logarithms Assignment due Monday.

22

Time to work on the logarithms assignment.

23

The Compound Interest Formula. p166 #17, 18. p182 #21, 27.

24

Exp and Log Questions from last years NFLD Provincial Exam.

25

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

28

Exponents Chapter Test.  Logarithms Assignment due.

29

Inservice Day

No Classes

30

Inservice Day

No Classes

 

 

May 2008

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
  1

Circle Geometry.  p206 Investigation #1, p208 Question #2.

 

2

Conic Sections.  General, Standard and Transformational form of a circle.  Handed out Review Assignment #1 due next Friday.

5

General, Standard and Transformational form of a circle. p255 #12. p259 #24, 25. p260 #33ab

6

Transformations of an ellipse.  p265 #43, 44bcde, p266 #45, 46

Hmk: p266 #48

7

p210 Inv#2 Properties of Chords.  Converse statements. p212 #19.  How to find the center of a circle.

8

p221 #35, 36, 38. Coordinate Geometry.  Slopes of parallel and perpendicular lines. Distance and Midpoint Formula.

9

Review Assignment #1 due. Handed out Review Assignment #2 due next Friday. p227 #19, p228 #21.  Geometry Vocabulary and Heron's Formula.

12

p228 #22, p230 #29, p231 #34.

13

p232 Investigation #4 -Angles and Arcs.  Circle Vocabulary - major arc, minor arc, measure of an arc, subtends, intercepts, central angle, inscribed angle.

14

Circle Properties. p235 #5a-d. Hmk: p237 #14.

15

Triangle Congruence Theorems - SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, HL.  Postulates, Proofs and Theorems.

16

Review Assignment #2 due. 

Coordinate Geometry Pairs Quiz.

 

19

Victoria Day

20

Two Column Proof Examples. Hmk: p216 #22, 23.

21

Finish Two Column proofs.  Start on chapter review questions.  Handed out Review Assignment #3 due next Wednesday.

22

Test ReviewChapter Review Questions p294 #2, 4, 6, 7a, 9, 12, 15, 17, 22, 25, 27.  Introduction to Probability.

23

Circles Test

26

Theoretical vs. Experimental Probability.  The Fundamental Counting Principle. p308 #4, 5.

27

Applying the fundamental counting principle.  The Enigma Machine. p310 #10-12. Independent and Dependent Events. p311 #18-19.

28

Review Assignment #3 due. Venn Diagrams. p315 #33-35. Handed out Review Assignment #4 due next Wednesday.

29

Factorial Notation. p330 #8, 9, 11.  Permutations and Combinations (nPr and nCr). p332 #16, 17.

30

Formula for Permutations. p332 #16, 17, 18, 20.

 

 

June 2008

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
2

Probability with Permutations and Combinations. p333 #22-25, 28, 30.  Hmk: p337 #4, 6, 7, 9.

3

p339 #10, 11, 12, 14.  Conditional Probability.  p319 Focus E, p320 #47.

4

Review Assignment #4 due.  Probability vs. Odds and the Monty Hall Problem.  More practice with probability.

5

Binomial Expansion using Pascal's Triangle and combinations. p345 #19a, #22a. Probability Chapter Review Questions. p363 #2, 3, 6, 10, 13-17, 19-24.

6

Probability Quiz

9

Exam Review.  Format of the exam and exam procedures.  Quadratics review. Survey and Post-Test.

 

10

Exam Review.  Exponents Review.

11

Exam Review.  Word problems.

12

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.

13

Math 12 Provincial Exam

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23 24 25

Assessment and Evaluation Day

Graduation Rehearsal @ 10am

26

Assessment and Evaluation Day

Graduation @ 2pm

27

Last Day of School