This course consists of:
1st Semester
1st Quarter
Unit 1: Modeling with Quadratics, Special functions, and Complex Numbers.
Test 1: Sections 4.1 - 4.4 (Points of interest, end behavior, solving quadratics by graphing, Complex Numbers, and factoring)
Test 2: Sections 4.5 - 4.7 ( solving Quadratic Equations by completing the square and quadratic formula and transformations and special functions)
Unit #2: Polynomials and Polynomial Functions (Sections: 5.1 - 5.7)
Test 4: (Sections 5.1-5.3 Operations with Polynomials)
Test 5: (Sections 5.4-5.7 Finding Roots and graphing Polynomial functions)
2nd Quarter
Unit #3: Rational Functions (Sections: 8.1 - 8.4, 8.6)
Test 6: Sections 8.1-8.2, 8.6 (Operations with Rational expressions and solving equations)
Test 7: Sections 8.3-8.4 (Graphing Rational functions)
Unit #4: Radical Functions (Sections 6.1- 6.7)
Test 8: Sections 6.1-6.3 (Function Operations including composition and graphs of cube and square roots)
Test 9: Sections 6.4 - 6.7 (nth roots, operations with radicals, rational exponents, and solving radical equations)
Unit 5: Modeling with Functions (2 weeks)
Sections: Interactive Study Guide: (ISG) 2.2, 4.2, 5.6, 6.4, 8.5
Standards: F-BF.1c, F-IF.4,5,6,7bc,8,9, F-LE.1,2,3,5
2nd Semester
3rd Quarter
Unit #5: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Test 1: Sections 7.1 - 7.4 (9 days)
Test 2: Sections 7.5 - 7.8 (10 days)
Unit #6: Trig Functions and Identities
Test 3: Sections 12.1 - 12.3 (8 days)
Test 4: Sections 12.6 - 12.8 (9 days)
Test 5: Sections 13.1-13.2 (8 days)
Test 5 moved to 4th quarter due to time.4th Quarter
Unit# 7: Review unit for SBAC
Test 6
Generalizing and Comparing Functions (2 weeks)
Sections: 2.7, 4.7, 5.4, 6.2-6.3, 7.1, 8.3-8.4, 10.1, 12.8
Unit #8: Statistics
Test 7: Sections 0.9, 11.2
Stats basics some are mean, median, range, IQR, variance, standard deviation, making box-plots, histograms and describing distributions of one and two sets of data.
Test 8: Sections 11.1 and 11.5
Samples, Surveys, observational studies and experiments as well as Normal distributions.
Unit #9: Modeling with Statistics