Conic Sections (Cutting Cones and Quadratic Relations)

Note:  This is a final revised syllabus (it won't be revised again).

Quadratic Relations usually are not functions, but they are symmetric and interesting. Of course they can be challenging because they can be transformed just like functions (translations, dilations, rotations) and there is a lot of vocabulary.  

Here is the proposed syllabus:
4/28  Intro to Quadratic Relations   HW finish Circle Worksheet
4/29  Algebraic and Geometric Ellipses
        HW D p.622-623/3-30 by 3's, 42 (omit eccentricity)
5/01  Rotated Ellipses and Parametric Ellipses  HW Rotation Worksheet
5/02  Algebraic Hyperbolas
        HW D p.632-633/3-36 by 3's, 51 (omit eccentricity)

5/05  Geometric Hyperbolas  HW D p.633-634/48-50, 52-55, 61
5/06  Parabolas  HW D p.611-612/3-51 by 3's, 55, 58
5/08  Conics through Parametrics  HW Parametrics     Half Day C B G F
5/09  More on Quadratic Relations  HW finish worksheet plus
        Brown read pp.242-244, do p.245/18,20,22,23,24

5/12  Focus/Directrix Defn and Eccentricity  HW D p.641/13-19 odd, 33-36
5/13  3D Quadric Surfaces
        HW p.818-819/1-7,12-14,17,19-29 odd (identify only),56,59-63
5/15  Review
5/16  Conics Test

Other Important May Dates:
5/17  Junior Prom
5/21  Math MCAS (Sophomores)
5/22  Math MCAS (Sophomores)
5/23  US History MCAS (Juniors)
5/26  Memorial Day

Finishing up matrices

We finished up the matrix unit with some homework from the Brown book. Markov chains came before the test, Communication matrices came after.

4/14  Transition matrices and Markov Chains.
           HW finish handout and do p.547-550/5, 9-11, 14-17

4/17  Matrix Test

4/18  Communication Matrices
           CW (before vacation) p.540-542/3, 5, 7, and 9–13

The homework for the rest of the Matrix unit

The Transformations and Determinants parts of this unit are mostly handout based.  Here is the homework:

4/03  Transformations of the plane pages 1-4
4/04  Transformations of the plane pages 5-7

4/07  Transformation Matrices in 3D problems 1-6
4/08  Determinants problems 1-8
4/10  Determinants problems 9-20
4/11  Determinant summary all problems