CP+Pre+Calculus+Fall+2013+C+Block

Weekly Schedule

01-20-2014 01-20 || MLK Day - No School || Mr. Bremel available via email in the evenings ||  || 01-21 || A-Block Final Exam 8:30 - 10:00 B-Block Final Exam 10:30 - 12:00 ||  ||   || 01-22 || ** C-Block Final Exam 8:30 - 10:00 ** D-Block Final Exam 10:30 - 12:00 || Bring a **pencil**, a **graphing utility**, and your **textbook** ||  || 01-23 || E-Block Final Exam 8:30 - 10:00 Make-up Exams 10:00 - 12:00 ||  ||   || 01-24 || Teacher Work Day - No School || Grades will not be released until Tuesday 01-28 ||  ||
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01-13-2014 01-13 || Trig Exam ||  ||   || 01-14 || Revisit Trig Exam || [|Final review equations] || 7-sec quiz tomorrow || 01-15 || Trig Identities Trig quiz #5 - 7 second quiz ||  ||   || 01-16 || ** Biorhythm Project due ** Identities HW quiz Final exam review || Final Exam review ||  || 01-17 || Final exam review
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 * Exam: Wednesday 01-22-14 - 8:30am ** || Final exam review ||  ||

01-06-2014 01-06 || Review General form of trig equations and exact values of special triangles - Trig Quiz 3 tomorrow. || [|Trig review question] [|flash cards] || Due: 01-07 || 01-07 || Inverse trig functions - solving trig equations Trig Quiz 3 || [|inverse worksheet] || Due: 01-08 || 01-08 || HW quiz Project work day || n/a ||  || 01-09 || Biorhythm Checkpoint / Workday ||  ||   || 01-10 || Trig Quiz 4 (10 min) Review for Trig Exam || [|practice for final] [|practice for trig test] ||  ||
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12-16-2013 12-16 || Discuss Period, Amplitude, Midline, phase shift, horizontal shift and general form Introduce [|Biorhythm Project]. || [|Handout p.297-299 (2,4,7,12,19,20)] || Due: 12-17 || 12-17 || Trig Quiz 2 More practice writing trig equations. || Revisit yesterday's handout add problems 5 and 8 ||  || 12-18 || More practice writing trigonometric equations from graphs and from word problems - HW quiz tomorrow || [|Graphs worksheet] [|Word problems worksheet] || Due 12-19 || 12-19 || HW Quiz - Project Checkpoint - Project work day || Work on Project ||  || 12-20 || No Class - Holiday Assembly
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Have a relaxing rejuvenating holiday break
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12-09-2013 12-09 || Discuss conversion of units Radian measure Lab Vocabulary of angle measure and circles || [|angle measure worksheet] co-terminal and reference angles [|worksheet] || Due: 12-10 || 12-10 || Arc length Exact values of two special triangles || [|Do: p.265 Vocab(1-10), p.265-268 (3-57odd,71,73,77-99odd)] || Due: 12-11 || 12-11 || The unit circle || Assign: Build your own unit circle to study from for examples search "[|unit circle]" your circle should include tangent values as well || Due: 12-12 || 12-12 || Sine and Cosine as periodic functions || [|Handout] p. 275-277 (6-13,20-23) p.282-283 (5-13) ||  || 12-13 || Sine and Cosine as periodic functions || [|Handout] p. 290-291 (1-35 odd) ||  ||
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12-02-2013 12-02 || Happy Birthday Aaron Rodgers Trigonometry of right triangles - a review of Geometry and Algebra 2 || [|p. 284-287 (1-6,69-83)] 12-03 || HW quiz from Monday Law of Sines and area for non-right triangles (from section 6.1 in textbook) || [|practice worksheet] || Due: 12-04 || 12-04 || Law of Cosines for non-right triangles Heron's Formula [|textbook pages] || p. 415 (27,28,33) p.421-422 (11,27,38,40,41) ||  || 12-05 || Law of Sines/Cosines and area formulas HW quiz - Practice these topics for Friday's quiz || p.348 (#179) p.461-462 (13,19,35,37) || Due: 12-06 || 12-06 || Quiz assign: convert 350 meters per minute to miles per hour || conversion - show work check you answer [|here] || Due: 12-09 || 11-25-2013 11-25 || Review for logarithmic functions exam work on handouts from Friday [|condense and expand practice] || Review [|Solutions] || n/a || 11-26 || Logarithms Exam || Logarithms exam || n/a || 11-27 || No School - Thanksgiving Break ||  ||   || 11-28 || No School - Thanksgiving Break ||  ||   || 11-29 || No School - Thanksgiving Break ||  ||   || 11-18-2013 11-18 || Exponential functions exam || exam ||  || 11-19 || Begin Logarithmic functions Solving exponential equations || [|worksheet 1] [|worksheet 2] || HW Quiz 11-20 || 11-20 || HW quiz - Showbie Properties of Log Functions [|cheat sheet], [|textbook practice] || [|worksheet] || Due: 11-21 || 11-21 || Solving exponential and logarithmic equations || [|p.221-223 (17-59odd,87-105odd,135,137,138)] || Due: 11-21 || 11-22 || HW quiz Graphs of log functions as inverses || Begin review for test Tuesday text sections 3.1-3.4 [|Sample practice questions] ||  || 11-11-2013 11-11 || No School - Veterans Day ||  ||   || 11-05 || compound Interest || [|Worksheet] || Due: 11-13 || 11-06 || HW Quiz - Continuous compounding activity || [|Handout] continuous exponential functions Do: 1-49 odd || Due: 11-14 || 11-07 || Review Exponential Functions || [|Handout] Bonus 5% for 70 evens at 80% accuracy. ||  || 11-08 || Q and A Exponential Functions || Exam Monday after first 15 min review. ||  ||
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11-04-2013 11-04 || Discuss and correct Midterm exam || Do problems listed on front page of exponential functions [|handout] || Due: 11-05 || 11-05 || Exponential function notes and in-class homework activity || Make sure #8 from handout is done for tomorrow ||  || 11-06 || More on Exponential functions - recognizing from a table, finding equations from two points, graphical analysis || Complete [|Worksheet] in class then take notes on [|Handout] || Due: 11-06 || 11-07 || More on Exponential functions - recognizing from a table, finding equations from two points, graphical analysis || Do problems listed on first page of [|Handout] || Due 11-08 || 11-08 || Quiz - Exponential functions || Quiz ||  ||
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10-28-2013 10-28 || More work with Exponential functions....... Mid-term exam review resources: [|set 1], skip p.48-50(4,5,8,10,20); p.51-53(4,5,10,20) p.173-175(8,20); p.176-178(8,20) [|set 2], skip p.232-233(11-20); p.234-235(11-20) [|set 3], skip none || Do problems listed on front page of exponential functions [|handout] || Due: 11-04 || 10-29 || Review Polynomials for mid-term Review [|number set Venn Diagram question] || Review ||  || 10-30 || Review Chapter 1 for midterm || Review ||  || 10-31 || No Class || B-Block mid-term ||  || 11-01 || Mid-term Exam || Mid-term Exam ||  ||
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10-21-2013 10-21 || Discuss word problems and simplifying expressions Review for Rational functions test || Review ||  || 10-22 || Rational Functions Exam || Exam ||  || 10-23 || Introduce exponential functions - discuss plans for class up to midterms ||  ||   || 10-24 || Return Rational functions exam Review rational functions for midterm || Review for midterm || n/a || 10-25 || Exponential functions - general form || Intro to exponential functions [|handout] Read through p.112-118 || n/a ||
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10-14-2013 10-14 || No School - Columbus Day ||  ||   || 10-15 || Rational functions - review of polynomial function behavior || T or F page || Due 10-18 || 10-16 || Analyzing Rational Functions w/Mr. Caraco || Geogebra Lab Practice page || Due: 10-18 || 10-17 || Simplifying rational expressions ||  ||   || 10-18 || Rational Word problems and simplifying rational expressions ||  ||   ||
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10-07-2013 10-07 || Finding asymptotes and zeros of rational functions || Do: [|p. 152-155] (27-40, 47-52) || Due:10-08 || 10-08 || Analyzing rational functions || Do: [|p. 152-155] (13-22) || Due 10-11 || 10-09 || GeoGebra demo for non-NECAP takers || n/a ||  || 10-10 || The [|folded triangle problem] ||  ||   || 10-11 || Quiz graphing rational functions ||  || quiz ||
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09-30-2013 09-30 || Polynomials practice with imaginary and complex roots utilizing technology to assist in reducing the degree of the polynomial || Do: [|p. 145](38,40,46,52,54,60,62) || Due:10-01 || 10-01 || Polynomial review and [|practice test] || Practice test ||  || 10-02 || Polynomial Exam || Exam ||  || 10-03 ||  ||   ||   || 10-04 ||   ||   ||   ||
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09-23-2013 09-23 || Polynomials practice with the rational root theorem, Descartes rule of signs, Upper and lower bounds || Do: p. 127-130 (53-63) || Due: 09-24 || 09-24 || Quiz - graphing polynomials by hand with the tools from the last three days. Review imaginary and complex numbers. || [|Practice page] || Due 09-25 || 09-25 || Polynomials with complex and imaginary roots. ||  || Due 09-26 || 09-26 || Polynomials with complex, imaginary, and irrational roots || || Due 09-27 || 09-27 || HW Quiz || HW Quiz ||  ||
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09-16-2013 09-16 || More Work with Polynomials || Each group will work through factoring practice on (shared) Polynomials from roots - p.113 (53,56,57) - HWQ tomorrow || Due: 09-17 || 09-17 || Polynomial division to synthetic division || Polynomial long division and synthetic division [|p.127-130 (9,12,17-20)] || Due 09-18 || 09-18 || Polynomial division and the remainder theorem || Practice worksheet [|long division] Practice worksheet [|synthetic division] HWQ tomorrow || Due 09-19 || 09-19 || Descartes Rule of Signs, rational root theorem, upper/lower bounds || Groups will work then present on the topics tomorrow. || Due: 09-20 || 09-20 || Presentations || p. 127-130 (64,68,70,76,96,*102) || Due: 09-23 ||
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09-09-2013 09-09 || Complete Ch. 1 Review || Each group will discuss the take home test problems, deciding on one correct solution. At the end of class, each group will hand in one group test as well as their own test || Due 09-09 || 09-10 || Review Factoring || Students will work on factoring quadratic expressions then move to factoring third degree polynomials by grouping. [|Tutorial] || Due: 09-10 || 09-11 || The last two days and special cubics || Discussion over the last two days when Mr. Bremel was out. Homework Quiz. || Due: 09-12 || 09-12 || roots,[| IVT], factors, multiplicity || Polynomial functions - [|TUTORIAL] [|p.112-115 Vocab (1-6)] [|p.112-115 (1-9,15,17,19,21,23,29,33,37,43,49,55,59,65,71,73)] || Due: 09-13 || 09-13 || Quiz - factoring - graphing polynomials || Quiz || Quiz ||
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09-02-2013 09-02 || No School - Labor Day.................................................. || ........................................................ ||  || 09-03 || Complete Presentations - Review (p.42-50) parent functions and transformations. || notes ||  || 09-04 || Odd and Even functions, Piecewise defined functions, Inverse function review - Rule of Four - Build a box. || Inverses handout, max volume for box with a top || due: 09-05 || 09-05 || Wrap up box problem - Define polynomial function - Discuss Power functions || Power function || due 09-06 || 09-06 || Discuss power functions || Ch. 1 Take Home Test ||  ||
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08-26-2013 08-26 || No School - Teacher Inservice.............................. || ........................................................ ||  || 08-27 || Freshman Orientation Junior Jumpstart || ... ... ||  || 08-28 || Course introduction. || Enter Book Number Student and Parent [|Syllabus] [|Signature] || Due: 08-29 Due: 08-30 || 08-29 || Groups to answer textbook [|p.88 (1-20)]. Individuals chosen randomly will present solutions tomorrow. Bonus work [|p.89-90]. ||  ||   || 08-30 || Presentations via Videolicious (or other). ||  ||   ||
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