Monday, June 17, 2013

13-14 Honors Pre-Calculus Assignment

I'll be collecting this assignment on the 3rd day of school as a pre-requisite set of skills. You might want to get this completed sooner than later! See you late August!

Friday, June 7, 2013

Innovation of Innovation

Be inspired by this intriguing video. What can we:
  1. Imagine?
  2. Look at differently?
  3. Use differently?
  4. Move?
  5. Interconnect?
  6. Alter?
  7. Make?

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

#WHSPrecal Innovation and Choice Q4PA

Part I - Due by the end of class Friday, June 7th
  1. Linear
  2. Quadratic
  3. Cubic
  4. Radical
  5. Rational
  6. Rational
  7. Decomposition
  8. Exponential
  9. Logarithmic
  10. Trigonometric
Part II - Due by the start of class Wednesday, June 12th
  1. Symmetry
  2. Innovative Odd Positive
  3. Innovative Even Negative
  4. Polar
  5. Vectors
  6. Series
  7. Series
  8. Pascal
  9. Probability
  10. Polynomial

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