Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Concepts for our #WHSPrecal 5/31 Assessment

Our Chapter 3 and 4 Integrated Assessment is expected to include:
  1. Symmetry of Graphs and Functions (3.1) - No Calculator
  2. Inverses of Graphs and Functions - No Calculator
  3. Brad and Christine - No Calculator
  4. Solve a Radical Equation (4.7)
  5. Solve a Rational Equation (4.6)
  6. Decompose into Partial Fractions (4.6)
  7. Polynomials (Zeros/ROS) (4.4, 4.5)
  8. Rational (VHS, PD, EB and Graphing) (3.7)
  9. Rational (VHS, PD, EB and Graphing) (3.7)

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Pre-Calculus Q4 Survey

I'm asking for input from our #WHSPrecal students for:

  • Best test date(s) for our Chapter 3 and 4 Integrated Concepts Assessment
  • Perceived proficiency levels for our Chapter 3 and 4 Concepts
  • Q4PA ideas, formats and suggestions

Please use our link: https://t.co/qT6QAkBkt6

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Intro to Prob and Stats Concepts for Tuesday May 21st

Know how to use a graphing calculator to support the following:
  1. Frequency Distributions
    • Classes
    • Relative and Cumulative Frequencies
    • Midpoint
    • Real-World Situations
  2. Central Tendency
    • Mean, Median, Mode
    • Outliers
  3. Box-and-Whisker Plots
    • Quartiles
    • Range versus Interquartile Range
    • Real-World Situations
  4. Measures of Variation
    • Population (and sample) Variance
    • Population (and sample) Standard Deviation
    • Real-World Situations
  5. Probability
    • Heads and Tails
    • Men and Women
    • Coins
    • Dice
    • Cards
    • Real-World Situations
  6. Pascal Triangle
    • Draw it
    • Use the Pascal Triangle to get a specific term
    • Use the Pascal Triangle to expand a binomial
    • Factorial math
    • Real-World Situations
  7. Combinations
    • nCr when order does not matter
    • Factorial math
    • Real-World Situations
  8. Permutations
    • nPr when order (or position) does matter
    • Factorial math
    • Real-World Situations
  9. Fundamental Counting Principle
    • Factorial Math
    • Real-World Situations
  10. Binomial Distribution
    • BinomPdf()
    • Graph the Distribution
    • Real-World Situations

Monday, May 6, 2013

We're Transitioning from our Google Site to this Blog

The tabs across the top enable you to access various "pages". These include:

  • Posts - My latest blog posts
  • Front Page News - The Front Page of our Google website
    • Rotating Schedule
    • Extra Help Session Dates
    • WHS Mission Statement
  • Courses/Links - A listing of the courses I'm facilitating this school year including
    • Program of Studies Description
    • Link to Google Docs (This "page" has the links.)
  • 1st - Link to our Period 1 Calendar
  • 4th - Link to our Period 4 Calendar
  • 5th - Link to our Period 5 Calendar
  • 6th - Link to our Period 6 Calendar
  • 7th - Link to our Period 7 Calendar
  • WHS Calendar - The WHS Calendar of Events still linked to the Google website