Unit 1:  Functions
In this unit, students will explore transformations of functions.  Functions covered in this unit include llinear (review), quadratics, cubics, absolute value functions, square root functions, inverse functions, and step functions.  We will also study piecewise functions. 

Unit 2:  Radicals, Rationals, and Polynomials
In this unit, students will simplify and operate with radical expressions, polynomials, and rational expressions.  We will simplify algebraic and numeric expressions involving square roots and perform operations with square roots.  We will add, subtract, multiply, and divide polynomials.  We will expand binomials using the Binomial Theorem.  We will add subtract, multiply, and divide rational expressions in part II of this unit.  We will also factor expressions.

Unit 3:  Language, Logic, and Polygons
In this unit, students will be able to use the language of mathematical argument and justification.  We will discover, prove, and apply properties of triangles, quadrilateral, and other polygons.  We will find interior and exterior angles in a polygon, use triangle inequality, use congruence postulates and theorem for triangles (SSS, SAS, ASA, AAS, HL),  and find points of concurrency in triangles (incenter, orthocenter, circumcenter, and centroid).

Unit 4:  Probability and Statistics
In this unit, students will be able to determine the number of outcomes related to a given event, use the basic laws of probability, relate samples to a population, and determine an algebraic model to quantify the association between two quantitative variables.  Students will also explore the variability of data.

Unit 5:  Quadratics
In this unit, students will graph quadratics in vertex and intercept form.  They will give the vertex, axis of symmetry, intervals in which the function is increasing or decreasing, identify any extrema, and state the domain and range.  Students will also graph systems of quadratics.

Unit 6:  Coordinate Geometry
In this unit, students will find the shortest distance between a point and a line and determine the type of triangle or quadrilateral given the vertices.

 

Unit 7:  Circles

In this unit, students will discover

 

A TENTATIVE calendar for each unit is attached.  You may use this as a guide, but assignments may change.  Please refer to assignments posted on white board.