*1 credit
* Required Materials: Scientific Calculator, 3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper, ruler with metric and English units and a zipper pocket.
*Topics include fractions, percents, decimals, unit analysis, problem-solving techniques, critical thinking, and basic algebra. This is accomplished through applications to real-life mathematics.
New this year: Video Tutorials to use while at home. Below there will be a link to various videos for each unit. Just click on the topic that you want to watch and it will open in a new window.
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Unit Descriptions: (Time spent on each chapter varies depending on abilities of class)
Unit 1: Measuring Up
11 Days
This unit is written to ensure that all students start with the basic skills of fractions. Students will review fractions by using rulers (both in English and Metric) to measure and make things. This will give them the opportunity to see why fractions are important.
Video Links:
* Building an inch
* Measuring in 16ths
* Measuring in Centimeters
* Turning a Fraction to a Decimal
* Common Denominators
* Centering
Unit 2: 100% Smarter
9 Days
This unit is designed to help students become familiar with problem solving through real-life applications which utilize percent. Students will review the renaming of fractions and decimals as percents. They will be taught to visualize percents by sketching rectangles and estimating both the percentages and amounts of items. Proportions will be used to solve all types of applications of percents.
Unit 3: Label Explosions
About 12 Days
In this unit students are taught an invaluable method to solve problems by just canceling labels. The formal name of this method is dimensional analysis, we just call it the "Label Method." AMME uses this method as our keystone, problem-solving method .
Unit 4: It's No Problem
About 11 Days
This unit is written to assist the student in developing problem solving skills. Students will use the label method, but will also be given four different techniques to use. Our key motto for this unit is "read a little, write a little." The "writing" may take the format of a picture, diagram, or chart.
Unit 5: Mental Wizardry
9 Days
This unit is designed to show students how much fun mental math can be. They are taught many mental math tricks and develop their number sense. Students will review the use of rounding and estimating with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The labs are designed to encourage the use of estimation for problem solving.
Unit 6: Opposites Attract
12 Days
This unit is designed to help students understand the basics of simple algebraic equations. Topics which will be included are opposites, absolute value, and the combining of like terms. Students will also be introduced to inverse operations as they pertain to one and two-step equations. Applications of simple physical science formulas will help them understand the importance of algebra.