Application of Mathematics
Description:
This semester, project-based course focusing on the refinement and application of math skills through four main projects. Students will experience the following: a budget project including the mathematics of finance, design a tiny house project using concepts of geometry, create a program using coding techniques, and design a game considering probability and statistical concepts.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Geometry
Content Area: Mathematics
Grades(s): 11-12
Course Number: 3183
Duration: Semester
Course Type: Elective 1/2 Credit
NCAA Approval: No
In this unit students will explore the mathematics of finance including percent increase/decrease, simple and compound interest, future value of an annuity, and present value of an annuity.
Unit 1 Topics
Topic 1_ Percentages.docxTopic I: Percents
Topic 2_ Interest.docxTopic II: Interest
Topic 3_ Annuities.docxTopic III: Annuities
Topic 4_ Amortization.docxTopic IV: Amoritization
Unit 1 Resources
In this unit students will create a TIny Home by exploring and using scale drawings and models, areas and perimeters, slopes, and applications of trigonometry.
Unit 2 Topic
Topic 1 -- Tiny Home.docxTopic I: Tiny House
This unit is an introduction to coding using drag and drop modules and learning about how coding is used in the world.
Unit 3 Topic
Topic 1 - Coding.docxTopic I: Coding
In this unit students will create their own game of chance by applying their knowledge of basic, compound, and conditional probabilities.
Unit 4 Topic
Topic 1 Probability.docxTopic I: Probability