| DATE | NOTES, ASSIGNMENTS, ETC. |
| 18 November 2008 | The last day of vectors! Yay! Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 17 November 2008 | Just one more day of vectors! Yay!
Click here for today's notes and assignment |
| 14 November 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment [We're almost done vectors]
In case you are still wondering about the prefixes for ships, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix
P.S. The Barbie Cruise ship does not float
Got a minute to see some awesome architecture? Go to: http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/ |
| 13 November 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment [Happy birthday to A^2] |
| 10 November 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment |
| 7 November 2008 | Click here for part one of today's notes and assignment
Click here for part two of today's notes on parametric functions |
| 6 November 2008 | More 3-d vector stuff Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 4 November 2008 | Do all of Review 15C since some of you need a lot more practice |
| 3 November 2008 | Thank you for your on-time internal assessments. I look forward to reading them.
Our fourth day of vector review. Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 30 October 2008 | Work day for your internal assessment which is due on MONDAY, November 3rd |
| 28 October 2008 | Our third day of vector review [a double dose] Click here for part one of the notes and asignment; click here for part two of the notes and assignment |
| 27 October 2008 | Our second day of vector review Click here for the notes and assignment
Remember: Thursday is a work day for your internal assessment |
| 24 October 2008 | Our first day of vector review [it was not so bad] Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 23 October 2008 | Worked on IA |
| Test results | mean = 80 out of 90; Q1 = 71 out of 90; median = 83 out of 90; Q3= 87 out of 90 |
| 21 October 2008 | Our last IA |
| 20 October 2008 | Natural log Click here for the notes and assignment
Check out the silly maths at this webpage: http://www.espen.com/archives/2007/02/math_as_deliver.html |
| 17 October 2008 | Went over the first IA. Thanks for your participation in the BMI data collection |
| 16 October 2008 | Test today
Before you start feeling so smart, you should watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1hSHCGAMY&feature=related |
| 14 October 2008 | A review for our test on block day
Click here for the review |
| 13 October 2008 | A brief review of logarithms Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 10 October 2008 | Fantastic job on your presentations today. We put the "international" in IB
Enjoy your weekend and don't forget that we have a test next block day |
| 9 October 2008 | Some more trig Click here for the notes
Assignment: pages 251-252 Review 12A
Don't forget - Test next block day on sigma notation and trig |
| 7 October 2008 | More trig Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 6 October 2008 | Trig Review Click here for the notes and assignment
Test Alert! Test on Thursday, October 16th
Stumbled upon this cool math webpage: http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/MathGems/MathGems.htm
Stumbles upon this cool picture too: http://www.robertwechsler.com/images/applied_geometry.jpg |
| 3 October 2008 | Arrgh!
A fire alarm in the middle of class today! Glad the weather
was nice. See you on Monday. Have a good weekend. |
| 2 October 2008 | More Binomial stuff; click here for the notes
Homework: page 201 #5 and #6 |
| 30 September 2008 | Hope we have our r's [arrrghs] all in a row now! I also think the elephant and pony rides were a fun diversion today. |
| 29 September 2008 | A whirlwind review of the Binomial expansion using Pascal's Triangle Click here for the notes and assignment
For the latest news on the LHC go to : http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/large-hadron--1.html
I
have graded your partner project Here are the statistics:
Mean = 94%; Q1=91%; median = 96%; Q3=100% Well done! |
| 26 September 2008 | Partner project [Note: this is due on Monday] |
| 25 September 2008 | Summation notation and more series stuff Click here for the notes and assignment [Note: this assignment is due on Monday] |
| 23 September 2008 | Finite series Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 22 September 2008 | Finished up our geometeric sequences lesson Click here for the notes and assignment
The Large Hadron Collider is down for the next two months! |
| 18 September 2008 | Found a nice Hadron Collider site with lots of good information for students. It is at: http://www.lhc.ac.uk/
No homework this weekend since we only got halfway through the geometric sequences lesson
click here for the notes
If you have a good photo of Maia and her outstanding performance, then please send it to me so that I can post it! |
| 16 September 2008 | Arithmetic sequences Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 15 September 2008 | A big Fairview welcome to Jakob's cousin from Germany.
Tonight's assignment: page 275 #1, 4, 5 |
| 12 September 2008 | First internal assessment due!
Our esteemed IB Coordinator, Mr. Bessett, sent us this picture from Iraq [I sent him your picture!]
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| 11 September 2008 | Finished up graph transformations Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 9 September 2008 | More graph transformations Click here for the notes and assignment
Reminder: Your internal assessment is due on Friday. Do not count on the Hadron Collider as an excuse.
Be sure to check our Chris, as a Buddhist Pirate, on the AP Calculus AB page |
| 8 September 2008 | Graph transformations Click here for the notes and assignment
Remember:
Your i.a. is due on Friday. I do not want to hear about a
black hole from the Hadron Collider taking your i.a. |
| 5 September 2008 | Internal assessment due in ONE WEEK! No whining, no excuses!
I do not believe that the Hadron Collider will postpone your internal assessment |
| 4 September 2008 | Matrix test
Good job on the test! Mean = 96.7%; median = 99%; Q1 = 95%; Q3 = 100% |
| 2 September 2008 | Matrix revision for our test on Thursday
Click here for the problems
TEST ON THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 TEST ON THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 |
| 29 August 2008 | Great job on your presentations today!
Test next block day. Enjoy your long weekend! |
| 28 August 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment
Plan on a short test next Thursday on matrices, and also plan on receving your first internal assessment that day too
Why couldn't the buddhist pirate attain nirvana? He/she had bad kaaarrrrrrrma! [tee-hee] |
| 26 August 2008 | Inverses of matrices Click here for the notes and homework |
| 25 August 2008 | Continuing with matrices Click here for the notes and homework
[Are you happy now, Lauren?] |
| 22 August 2008 | More matrix fun Click here for the notes
Homework: page 327 #9 and 10 [Be ready for presentations on Monday]
P.S. I will try to remember my camera for Monday, Lauren! |
| 21 August 2008 | What a good and not-as-good internal assessment looks like. Please be sure to study the handouts from today. |
| 19 August 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment for our Matrix Revision
Here is a link on how to write a great IA:
http://www.cic-caracas.org/vanas/vanascontent/handouts/davis2.pdf
Here is a link on how to connect your calculator to your computer:
http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti_connect.html |
| 18 August 2008 | Welcome to ISBL Mathematics!
Click here for a summary of the class information |
Ms McCleary 