Friday, February 5, 2010

The schedule up to February Break

2/05 Post-Quiz HW Brown p.338/41 and p.357-358/25-28,31,32,36,41
2/08 Review and Extension Problems
2/10 Geometric and Inverse Trig Test
        HW read Demana section 5.1; do p.430/1-29 odd
2/11 Basic Trig Identities CW p.430/31-38 HW p.430-431/39-55 odd
2/12 Finish Basic Trig Identities CW p.431/57, 59, 67, 69-72

2/13 - 2/21 February Break!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Mixed Application Problems

Here are some problems that will help you study for your quiz:
(All Brown book)

p.337-338/31-33, 37
p.356-358/11, 14, 18, 21, 24, 25, 29, 34

Note: for problem 29 it refers you to formulas that you have yet to prove. Try to figure out the length of the median/angle bisector/altitude using what you know about geometry and trigonometry rather than trying to understand and memorize formulas. Remember, if you have the length of three parts to the triangle (some combo of sides and angles, or all sides), you can "solve" the triangle (eg. find the rest of the sides and angles using the Law of Cosines and the Law of Sines) and then apply what you know about medians (cut the opposite side in half), angle bisectors (cut the angle in half) and altitudes (make a right angle).

Monday, February 1, 2010

Important Laws

We are starting the week with the Law of Sines and the Law of Cosines.

Day 1: Law of Sines HW Brown p.347-349/1-27 odd
Day 2: Law of Cosines HW Brown p.352-354/1-17 odd, 22

We will also be going over the last quiz on Wednesday.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Moving the quiz, finishing the chapter

I am moving the quiz to Friday for both sections and it will cover 4.1-4.5. Here is the new syllabus:

01/19  F-Block  doesn't meet        H-Block  4.5
01/20  F-Block  4.5, go over HW    H-Block  go over HW, 4.7 day 1
01/21  F-Block  4.7 day 1 ;            H-Block  Extra Problems
01/22  F-Block  quiz                      H-Block  quiz

01/25  F-Block  4.7 day 2                H-Block  doesn't meet
01/26  F-Block  doesn't meet    H-Block  4.7 day 2
01/27  4.7 day 3
01/28  Intro to using trig for area (move to Brown book)
01/29  practice

4.5 Graphs of the other Trig Functions
     HW p.385-386/1-4,5-11 odd,27-29,32-34,38,40,42,51,52,54
4.7 Inverses - Graphs and Restrictions
     HW p.402-403/1-11 odd, 17, 19, 33-35, 49, 51, 54, 57
4.7 Composing Inverses
     HW finish handout about inverses and periodic functions
4.7 Extra Practice
     HW p.402-403/23-31 odd, 37-47 odd, 55, 59; & p.414/42, 43
Brown 9.2 problems: p.342-344/1-19 odd, 20-22, 35, 36 (34 is a bonus!)

Friday, January 8, 2010

Moving the retest

Given the advocacy (ok, it was really whining but I am being nice about it) the retest will move to Wednesday, after all of the AP History drama is done.  The rest of the schedule moves up a day.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

More with Trig Functions and Sinusoids

We are continuing our study of trigonometric functions, bringing in the periodic nature of the functions (sinusoids and their applications) and looking at the other trig functions that we have been ignoring a bit. The last week listed is just a plan at this point.

12/17  Solving Trig Equations
          HW worksheet & Brown p.272-274/17-27 odd, 29-32, 33-41 odd
12/18  More solving Trig Equations with x-y-r proofs
          HW finish handout
12/21  Mapping Trig Values worksheet
          HW finish for after vacation
12/23  Quiz of 4.1-4.3

12/24 - 1/4 Christmas Vacation

01/04  Parent Conferences (no classes)
01/05  H-Block: Sinusoids HW p.376-7/5,6-21 odd,22,25,28,30,33-36
01/06  Exp & Log Second Review (ask your questions! get answers!)
01/07  F-Block: Sinusoids HW p.376-7/5,6-21 odd,22,25,28,30,33-36
          H-Block:  Extra 4.1-4.4 problems
01/08  Exponential & Logarithm Retest

01/11  F-Block:  Extra 4.1-4.4 problems
01/12  H-Block: CW p.379/71-74  HW p.377-378/41-57 odd,60,61,64,67
01/13  F-Block: CW p.379/71-74  HW p.377-378/41-57 odd,60,61,64,67
          H-Block:  Solving with Sinusoids
01/14  F-Block:  Solving with Sinusoids  (half-day B A G F)
01/15  continue on Solving with Sinusoids

01/18  Martin Luther King Day (no school)
01/19  H-Block something extra that is as yet unplanned
01/20  Quiz Sinusoid Quiz;  4.5  Graphs of the other trig functions
01/21  4.7  Graphs and Restrictions of Inverse Trig Functions
01/22  4.7  Composing Inverse Trig Functions;  End of Term 2

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Starting Trig

Regardless of whether remediation is needed for the exponential and log unit (given the groaning about the test), we will be starting trigonometry.  If, after I have looked over the tests, we need to backtrack, that will happen after we have done the following:

12/10  Angles in degrees & radians, on the circle, special right triangles
           HW Demana p.343/3-39 by 3's
                 Brown p.265-267/3,6,9,16,17,23-25
12/11  6 Trig functions, Angular & linear momentum
           HW Demana p.344/40-42,48,50,51  and  
                              p.352-354/13,17,19-24,51-56,62-66

12/14  Circular Functions and the Unit Circle
           HW Demana p.365/1-9 odd,17-20,27,29,33-49 odd,53
12/16  More Practice: CW p.366-367/61-70 (bring the book or pages)
           HW finish CW plus p.366/55-60

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Review answer key

You can download the answer key for the exp and log review here.

Monday, November 30, 2009

More with Exp and Log

11/23  3.3  Log Functions (inverse of Exp Functions)
                  HW p.291-293/1-17 odd, 19-22, 27-51 by 3's, 55,58,67
11/25  3.4  Properties of Logs
                  CW/HW  Worksheet of problems using log properties
11/26  Thanksgiving!

11/30  3.4  Extra Problems on Log Properties
                  HW finish handout
12/02  3.5  More Log Properties & Applications
                  HW listed on handout
12/03  3.5  Continue with Application Problems
                  HW listed on handout
12/04  3.5   Using semi-log paper
                  HW finish handout

The test on this chapter may be on Wednesday, 12/09.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Starting Exponential and Log Functions

This is this week in Exponential functions (Ch 3).

11/16  Intro to the difference between polynomials and exponentials
           HW p.270/1-19 odd, 25-30, 31-35 odd
11/18  Rational Quiz
11/19  Characteristics of Exp and Logistic Functions, base e
           HW p.271-272/22,23,39,40,45-49 odd,51-55,57,58,61-64
11/20  Exp and Logistic Modeling
           HW Demana: p.279-280/1-17 odd, 19-22, 29-39 odd, 40
                 Brown: p.183-185/7-21 odd, 24