Precalculus 2007-08

Assignments

Class #

Date

Due in class

In Class

Notes

1

(B)

Wed

Sep

5

Nothing

Introduction

Rail Problem

 

2

(long)

Thu/Fri

Sep

6/7

Read Course Expectations & do Example Problem

Sample Presentation Problems

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

Mon/Tue

Sep

10/11

Sample Presentation Problems Solutions

We will spread Personal Assignment 1 problems over the week

 

 

 

 

Discuss some of the Sample Problems

Locus, Circles

In-Class Problem

 

Senior Retreat

4

(long)

Wed/Thu

Sep

12/13

Personal Assignment 1

Personal Assignment 2

 

Bring your laptops with Sketchpad

[Optional]  Review Geometer's SketchPad by opening the In Class Problem and finding the commands that you need to use.

Circles

Sketchpad Tutorial

Laptops in Class

We will review slowly enough for GSP to come back into your memory J

 

5

Fri

Sep

15

Personal Assignment 3 (No skilz, 3 claiming problems)

Continue generating qualities for Grading Rubric

Intersecting Circles

Teachers compile Class Grading Rubric

 

 

 

 

 

6

Mon/Tue

Sep 17/18

Personal Assignment 4 (Knowledge Notes, make your own Quiz problem, with solution, on the second page)

Bring Laptops

First Homework Quiz

SketchPad Investigation

 

7

Wed/Thu

Sep 19/20

Personal Assignment 5 (SKILZ only)

Ellipse Investigation

 

8

Fri

Sep 21

Personal Assignment 6 (SKILZ & Claiming; you will need textbook)

Ellipses

Bring Laptops

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Mon/Tue

Sep 25/26

Do problems on page 742: 29, 32, 33, 36, 38

Bring your laptop

Continue Friday's investigation of the Ellipse

 

10

Wed/Thu

Sep 27/28

Personal Assignment 7 (Two claiming problems, one extra credit)

Hyperbola Introduction

 

11

Fri

Sep 289

Personal Assignment 8 (SKILZ and three claiming problems)

Investigation

Quiz #2

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

Mon/Tue

Oct 1/2

 

 

Open Studio.

 

 

 

13

Wed/Thu

Oct 3/4

Personal Assignment 9 (Three claiming problems)

Paper Folding

 

14

Fri

Oct 5

Personal Assignment 10 (SKILZ, three claiming problems on Parabolas)

Focus/Directrix Exercise

SketchPad Paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Mon/Tue

Oct 8/9

(Wed-Thu)

Personal Assignment 11 (SKILZ, two claiming problems)

Ellipse and Hyperbola Equations

 

16

Wed/Thu

Oct 10/11

(Wed-Thu)

Personal Assignment 12: Page 796, review (concept check) 1-5.

Uber-Cool SketchPad

Bring Laptops

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Mon/Tue

Oct 15/16

Text:  p.797/ 13-18; 31-36, thorough revisions & understanding of the biodiesel problem, 11.2

 

Open Studio

Review for Test

 

18

Wed/Thu

Oct 17/18

Review for Test

Test on everything covered so far

 

19

Fri

Oct 19

Nothing

Start functions

Introduction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

Mon/Tue

Oct 22/23

Personal Assignment 13

Function Notes

 

21

Wed/Thu

Oct 24/25

Personal Assignment 14

Function Activity

 

22

Fri

Oct 26

Personal Assignment 15-A

The assignment is on pp.154, 182 and 195.  Highest priority is to finish ICW: Function Activity, Parts 1 & 2.  Then start PA15.

PA 15-B

Finish PA15 in class

 Function Operations I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

Mon/Tue

Oct 29/30

Test Corrections Due.  Staple to original test.

 

 

HW Quiz

 

24

Wed/Thu

Oct 31/32

(I know...)

Personal Assignment 16 (Function Operations II)

 

Transformations of the absolute value function and composition of functions

Function Operations III

 

25

Fri

Nov 2

Personal Assignment 17

Start The Inverse Function

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

Mon/Tue

Nov 5/6

Personal Assignment 18

 

Function Properties

 

27

Wed/Thu

Nov 7/8

Personal Assignment 19 (Mostly Skilz)

Polynomials

 

28

Fri

Nov 9

Personal Assignment 20

 

HW Quiz

Open Studio

Accumulation of Knowledge PA13 -20 and their ICWs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

Mon/Tue

Nov 12/13

 

Personal Assignment 20.1

Choose From:

Concept Check 240

Review 241-243

Chapter Test 244

 

review day

 

30

Wed/Thu

Nov 14/15

 Study for Test

 

75 minute test

 

 

 

31

Fri

Nov 17

 

Shapes of Polynomials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

Mon/Tue

Nov 19/20

Personal Assignment 21 (Two Claiming Problems

 

More Shapes of Polynomials Polynomial roots and division, no worksheet, just take notes

 

33

Wed

Nov 21

(Fri Sched)

 

Personal Assignment 22 (Finish In-Class and Three Claiming Problems)

 

 

Personal Assignment 23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wed/Thurs

Nov 28/29

 

  Rational Roots

 

 

Fri

Nov 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

Mon/Tue

Dec 3/4

Personal Assignment 24 (complex numbers)

Complex Arithmetic

 

35

Wed/Thu

Dec 5/6

 

Personal Assignment 25 (more complex numbers)

 

Fundamental Theorem

 

 

36

Fri

Dec 87

 

Personal Assignment 26 (Complex Division)

HW Quiz

Rational Functions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37

Mon/Tue

Dec 10/11

 

PA 27

 

Catch up day.

 

 

38

Wed/Thu

Dec 12/13

Tie up your loose ends on ICWs and PAs.Review Problems

Discuss Review Problems

Solutions

 

39

Fri

Dec 14

Prepare for test. 

Short Period Test

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

2007

Dec 17,18

 

Nothing is due

 

Introduction to Exponential Functions

 

 

41

 

Dec 19,20

(Thu-Wed)

Personal Assignment 32

(Exponential Functions Introduction)

Compound Interest

 

41.5

Dec 21

MAJOR ASSIGNMENT DUE!!

Personal Assignment 33

   

 

 

 

 

 

42

Mon/Tue

Jan 7/8

 

Finance w/ SEQ Mode

 

43

Wed/Thu

Jan 9/10

 

pg 386: 1,3,7,11,15,21

 

Introduction to the exponential inverse.

 

 

44

Fri

Jan 11

Personal Assignment 34

 

quick QUIZ on Exponentials (no logs)

 

Log Laws

 

 

 

 

 

 

44.5

Mon/Tues

Jan 14/15

PA35

Using Logs:  Notes to prepare for PA36

 

45

Wed/Thurs

Jan 16/17

 

Personal Assignment 36

 

Review

 

46

Jan 17/18

Friday

 

Review

 

Skilz test on Logs and exponentials

 

 

 

 

 

 

47

Wed Jan 23

B-Schedule

 

 

Personal Assignment 37

 

48

Thurs/Friday

Jan 24/25

Personal Assignment 37

Start Trig

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

Mon/Tue Jan 28/29