IB Applications and Interpretation Teachers:

Mrs. Serena Johnson

Mr. Brian Youn

What topics are covered in SL (or year 1 of HL)? 

Sig Figs, Distance between points and 3-D space, angle between lines and planes, Law of Sines/Cosines, Right Triangle Trig, Non-Right Triangle Trig, Arcs/Sectors, Voronoi Diagrams, Population samples, discrete and continuous data, data presentation, Measures of central tendency, bivariate data, probabilities and conditional probabilities, binomial distributions, normal distributions, pearson's correlation coefficient, hypothesis testing, intro to limits, increasing and decreasing functions, derivatives, tangent and normal lines, intro to integration, local max/min, optimization, trapezoid rule 

What topics are covered in HL? 

Logs, rational expressions, complex numbers, polar form, matrices, eigen-values, vectors, transformation of functions, Converting radians to degrees, finding area of a sector, length of an arc, Trig functions on the unit circle, pythagorean identities, graph theory, valid data collections (reliability/validity), nonlinear regression, linear transformations/combinations, confidence intervals, poisson distributions, hypothesis testing, critical values, transition matrices, limits, increasing/decreasing functions, derivatives, tangent/normal lines, integration, second derivatives, volumes of revolution, differential equations, slope fields/diagrams, euler's method 

What makes your class unique?

An emphasis on collaboration and self-discovery make this class unique. This class focuses less on the end result, and more on the process of problem solving. The students will leave this class with the tools and skills they need to be able to feel comfortable approaching and solving problems they may have never come across before, math related or not. 

How much homework is required in your class? 

There's homework almost every class. Depending on the student, they may spend about an hour on homework per lesson taught. 

What is your favorite thing about teaching IB? 

My favorite thing about teaching IB is the students! They are wonderful to work with. 

Course Syllabus

Which AP test does your IB Course align with? What percentage of the AP test is covered in your course. Please list topics students would need to self study if they choose to also challenge the AP exam.

AB Calculus and AP Stats (kinda). I'd say about 50%-60%.

If students wish to take the AP AB Calculus exam, we HIGHLY recommend they go the Analysis route rather than the Applications route.