COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course acquaints the student with the basic geometric figures and
their properties and leads to abstract reasoning using proofs.
Algebra is used to complement geometric principles.
PREREQUISITE:
One credit in Algebra I and departmental approval
TEXT:
Geometry. 1998, Burrill, Cummins, Kanold, Boyd, and Malloy
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course acquaints the student with the basic geometric figures and their properties and leads to abstract reasoning using proofs. Algebra is used throughout to complement geometric principles. The final quarter is devoted to the study of trigonometry.
PREREQUISITE: One credit in Honors Algebra II with a grade of “B” or better and departmental approval
TEXTS: Geometry. 1998, Burrill, Cummins, Kanold, Boyd, & Malloy
Trigonometry. 1975, Dressler, Isidore & Rich, Barnett
COURSE
DESCRIPTION: This course is
designed to prepare students for college calculus.
Course material is presented geometrically, numerically, analytically,
and verbally to enhance student understanding of the basic concepts of calculus.
Topics covered include: rates of change, limits, techniques of
differentiation and integration, and an introduction to differential equations.
Practical applications will be stressed throughout the course. A graphing
calculator is required.
PREREQUISITE:
Completion of precalculus and trigonometry with a grade of “B”
or better.
TEXTS:
Applied Calculus. 1999, Hughes-Hallet, Gleason, Lock, Flath et al.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: This is a one-semester course in the use of some 15-20 established problem-solving strategies. Students will work in small groups learning to use each of these strategies, and when it is appropriate to use them. Some strategies will be familiar from other math courses; but this course is designed to hone the use of these strategies and to provide an inventory of problem-solving techniques useful across the curriculum and in daily life.
PREREQUISITE: One credit in Algebra I with a grade of “C” or better
TEXT: Problem Solving Strategies. 2001, Johnson, Ken & Herr, Ted