36220/36240 Algebra 2
Course Name: Algebra 2
Course Number: 36220/36240
Open to: Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Length: 2 Semesters
Credits 1 credit
Prerequisite: Algebra 1 and Geometry
Course content: Algebra 2 aims to apply and extend what students have learned in previous courses by focusing on finding connections between multiple representations of functions, transformations of different function families, finding zeros of polynomials and connecting them to graphs and equations of polynomials, modeling periodic phenomena with trigonometry, and understanding the role of randomness and the normal distribution in making statistical conclusions.
On a daily basis, students in Algebra 2 use problem solving strategies, questioning, investigating, analyzing critically, gathering and constructing evidence, and communicating rigorous arguments to justify their thinking. Students learn in collaboration with others, sharing information, expertise, and ideas. The course is well balanced between procedural fluency (algorithms and basic skills), deep conceptual understanding, strategic competence (problem solving), and adaptive reasoning (extension and transference).
Topics in Algebra 2 include investigations and functions, transformation of parent graphs, equivalent forms, solving and intersections, inverses and logarithms, 3-D graphing and logarithms, trigonometric functions, polynomials, using surveys to make inferences, series, sample-to-sample variability, and analytic trigonometry.
Cost: A scientific calculator is required. (A Texax Instruments TI-30XIIS is recommended.)