Monday Janurary 14th, 2008

Today is January 14th, 2008. Today in day one. First of all when we got to class many of us learned what "E-mail" really meant. The definition of E-mail is Electronic Email. To tell the truth I had no idea what "E-mail" meant until today. Then Mr. Max told us specail things to pay attention to which were:

1) Exam - Two Parts!
- PART ONE: Long Answer, Monday January 28th at 10:30 in room 204 with a noon hour extension to a maximum of 12:30 p.m. Format being constructed response (show your work).

- PART TWO: Selected Response (multiple choice) Thursday, Janurary 31st at 12:50 p.m. in room 204 (Until buses come).

2) Blog Rubric
- Fill out the Blog Rubric, and if Mr. Max agrees, then you will receive the marks. It is out of fifteen.

3) Accelerated Math
- The deadline is Friday Januray 18th, for 50 mastered objectives.
- Friday, February 1st, is the last day possible to scan at 12:00 noon.

4) Circle Geometry Quiz
- One on One with Mr. Max, prior to the end of the course.

We Also made a spread sheet on how to figure out what we need to get on the exam in order to pass the class.

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

-Today is Day one, which means we have a long block of applied math. We started the class by finishing up the video that Mr. Max showed us on Friday on iTunes called TED Talks by Ken Robinson. The videos topic was about "Do schools kill creativity?" The video took 20 minutes of class.

-Next we dicussed about what is happening about accelerated math. We dicided that any 25 objectives will be due October 31st, 2007.

-After we discussed accelerated math, the remainding of the class was a work period.

-The scriber for Tuesday is now Duchesne.

Unit Two, Text Reveiw

Our Unit that we just finished studying is called "Non-linear functions".

We learned about:

*Linear Functions
- x^1 - is a straight line.
* Quadratic Functions
- The form is: y-k=a(x-h)^2.- x^2
- has one curve.
* Cubic Functions
- The form is: y=ax^3+bx^2+cx.- x^3
- has two curves.
* Quadratic Functions
- x^4
- has three curves.
*Quintic Function
- x^5
- has four curves.
* Exponential Functions
- The form is: y=a*b^x.

We also learned about:

* Domain
- The domain is all the x values.
* Range
- The range is all the y values.
* Function
- When the function passes the vertical line test. Which means it can only have one point vertically.
* Relation
Every straight line is a relation.
* Maximum Value
- The maximum value is the highest point on a parabola. When there is a maximum value this means that the parabloa opens downwards.
* Minimum Value
- The minimum value is the lowest point on a parabola. When there is a minimum value this means that the parabola opens upwards.
* Axis of symetry
- The axis of symetry is the middle verticle line on a parabola. ( x=h )
* Vertex
- The vertex is the highest or lowest point on the parabola.
- a>0 - opens up.
- a<0>1 - narrow parabola.
- a<1 - wide parabola.

Friday, December 7th, 2007

Todays Class was an interesting class. First it was Day One which means that it is long blocks. We came into class and and Mr. Max said that we weren't going to have a mental math, instead we had to take wooden blocks and played the "Tower Game". The tower game is a game where there is three rows and you have to move the tower of wooded blocks to make the same tower in another place. But you can't have a bigger block on top of a smaller block. For example:
1 block = 1 move
2 blocks = 3 moves
3 blocks = 7 moves
4 blocks = 15 moves
5 blocks = 31 moves

We tried to figure out how many moves for the amount of blocks we had for the majority of the class. Then we got on a topic of billionaires. We had a discussion about are veiws of billionaires and if they are selfish or not. Then for the remainding of the class we had to research "The Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation". There is no homewrok assignment.

Unit One, Test Review

The things that I have learned in this unit are:

* 1. Systems of Linear Equations

* 2. Substitution Solving
-Step 1: Choose a variable in either equation to be “solved for”.
-Step 2: Solve for x.
-Step 3: Substitute so that you create a single equation in on one variable.
-Step 4: Solve for that variable.
-Step 5: Use that known value to solve for the unknown value by substituting into either original equation

* 3. Algebraic Solving Method (Elimination Method)
-Step 1: Line up variables and coefficients.
-Step 2: Pick a variable.
-Step 3: Use algebra to multiply or divide an entire equation by a value to create same or opposite coefficents in either variable.
-Step 4: Add or subtract depending on whether you've created "sames" or "opposites".
-Step 5: Slove for the remaining variable.
-Step 6: Use substitution to find the first variable.

* 4. Types of Solutions to Linear Systems.
-Ordered Pairs Solution
-No Solution
-Infinitely Many Ordered Pair Solutions

* 5. Word Problems
-The two rules to solving problems are:
a. Name and define two variables
b. Create
-Then solve as desired:
a. Elimination Method
b. Substitution Method
c. Technology such as graghmatica, graghing calculator, or excel.
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The things that I do not have the stronges skills in this unit that I need to improve are:-Understanding how to set up my equations in word problem solving.The things that I have a strong ability to do is the substitution method and elimination method.

Wednesday, November 14th

The first thing that we did today was that Mr. Max told us our assignment that will be due on Friday. The assignment is to do two of the eight problems on page D-10. One of the questions that we are required to do is our choice. The other question that we are required to do is Mr. Max's randomly choice of pick. For the rest of the class we worked on this assignment that was just assigned. This assignment is due Friday, November 16th.

Note: Approximatly 42 objectives on Accelerated Math will be due on November 30th.

Good luck Senior Varsity Volleyball teams! SINK THE SHIP!