Date

Section

#

Topic/Investigation

Homework

11/17/08

1

0.1

ò The Same Yet Smaller (Review fractions, order of operations)/ Connect the Dots

HW 1: 0.1 - 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13

11/18/08

2

0.2, 0.3

ò More and More (Review exponents, iterations)/How Many?

ò Shorter Yet Longer (Review exponents, infinity, fractions as bases)/How Long is this Fractal?

HW 2: 0.2 - 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9

0.3 - 1,2, 3, 5, 6, 7

11/19/08

3

0.4

ò Going Somewhere? (Review arithmetic, patterns, recursion)/A Strange Attraction

HW 3: 0.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12

11/20/08

4

0.5, Review

ò Out of Chaos (Review fraction multiplication, recursion, attractors)/A Chaotic Pattern?

HW 4: 0.5 - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11

11/21/08

5

1.1, 1.2

ò Bar Graphs and Dot Plots/Picturing Pulse Rates

ò Summarizing Data with Measures of Center/Making “Cents” of the Center

HW 5: 1.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

1.2 - 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 6

11/24/08

6

1.2, 1.3

ò Summarizing Data with Measures of Center/Making “Cents” of the Center

ò Five-Number Summaries and Box Plots/Pennies in a Box

HW 6: 1.2 - 9, 10, 12, 13

1.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10

11/25/08

7

1.4

ò Histograms and Stem-and-Leaf Plots/Hand Spans

HW 7: 1.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12

11/26/08

8

1.5

ò Activity Day: Exploring a Conjecture/The Conjecture

Portfolio Work

12/1/08

9

1.6

ò Two-Variable Data/Backed into a Corner

HW 8: 1.6 - 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12

12/2/08

10

1.7, Project, Review

ò Estimating/Guesstimating, Baseball Relationships

HW 9: 1.7 - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12

12/3/08

11

Chapters 0 and 1

Test on Chapters 0 and 1

Portfolio Entries

12/4/08

12

2.1, 2.2

ò Proportions/Multiply and Conquer

ò Capture-Recapture(Sampling)/Fish in the Lake

HW 10: 2.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10   2.2 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Date

Class #

Section #

Topic/Investigation

Homework

12/5/08

13

2.3, 2.4

ò Proportions and Measurement Systems/Converting Centimeters to Inches

ò Increasing and Decreasing (Percentages, Ratios)/Enlarging and Reducing

HW 11: 2.3 - 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9

2.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8

12/8/08

14

2.5

ò Circle Graphs and Relative Frequency Graphs/Circle Graphs and Bar Graphs

HW 12: 2.5 - 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

12/9/08

15

2.6, 2.7

ò Probability Outcomes and Trials/Candy Colors

ò Random Outcomes/Calculator Coin Toss

HW 13: 2.6 - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10

2.7 - 1, 2, 3, 4

12/10/08

16

All Previous Work

ò Review

Portfolio Work

12/11/08

17

3.1, 3.2

ò Using Rates/Off to Work We Go

ò Direct Variation/Ship Canals

HW 14: 3.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

3.2 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10

12/12/08

18

3.3

ò Scale Drawings and Similar Figures/Floor Plans

HW 15: 3.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16

12/15/08

19

3.4, Project

ò Inverse Variation/Seesaw Nickels, Families of Rectangles

HW 15: 3.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14

12/16/08

20

3.5, Review

ò Activity Day: Variation with a Bicycle/The Wheels Go Round and Round

Portfolio Entry

12/17/08

21

Chapters 0 through 3

Test on Chapters 0 through 3

Portfolio Work

12/18/08

22

4.1, 4.2

ò Order of Operations and the Distributive Property/Cross-Number Puzzle

ò Writing Expressions and Undoing Operations/The Math Behind the Number Trick

HW 16: 4.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13

4.2 - 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11

12/19/08

23

4.3

ò Recursive Sequences/Recursive Toothpick Patterns

HW 17: 4.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16

Date

Class #

Section #

Topic/Investigation

Homework

1/5/09

24

4.4

ò Linear Plots/On the Road Again

HW 18: 4.4 – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

1/6/09

25

4.5, 4.6

ò Activity Day: Time-Distance Relationships/Walk the Line

ò Linear Equations and the Intercept Form/Working Out with Equations

Portfolio Entry

HW 19: 4.6 - 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10

1/7/09

26

4.7

ò Linear Equations and Rate of Change/Wind Chill

HW 20: 4.7 - 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14

1/8/09

27

4.8

ò Solving Equations Using the Balancing Method/Balancing Pennies

HW 21: 4.8 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

1/9/09

28

4.9, Review

ò Activity Day: Modeling Data/Tying Knots

Portfolio Entry

1/12/09

29

5.1, 5.2

ò A Formula for Slope/Points and Slope

ò Writing a Linear Equation to Fit Data/Beam Strength

HW 22: 5.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11

5.2 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10

1/13/09

30

5.2, 5.3

ò Writing a Linear Equation to Fit Data/Beam Strength

ò Point-Slope form of a Liner Equation/The Point-Slope Form of Linear Equations

HW 23: 5.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13

1/14/09

31

5.4

ò Equivalent algebraic Equations/Equivalent Equations

HW 23: 5.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

1/15/09

32

5.5

ò Writing Point-Slope Equations to Fit Data/Life Expectancy

HW 24: 5.5 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

1/16/09

33

5.6

ò More on Modeling/Fire!!!

HW 25: 5.6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12

1/20/09

34

5.7, Project

ò Applications of Modeling/What’s My Line?, State of the States

Draft Portfolio Due

HW 26: 5.7 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

1/21/09

35

5.8

ò Activity Day: Data Collection and Modeling/The Toyland Bungee Jump

Portfolio Entry

1/22/09

36

Ch. 0-5

Test on Chapters 0 through 5

Portfolio Work

Date

Class #

Section #

Topic/Investigation

Homework

1/23/09

37

6.1

ò Solving Systems of Equations/Where Will They Meet?

HW 27: 6.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

1/26/09

38

6.2

ò Solving Systems of Equations Using Substitution/All Tied Up

HW 28: 6.2 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15

1/27/09

39

6.3

ò Solving Systems of Equations Using Elimination/Paper Clips and Pennies

HW 29: 6.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17

1/28/09

40

6.4

ò Solving Systems of Equations Using Matrices/Diagonalization

HW 30: 6.4 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14

1/29/09

41

6.5, 6.6

ò Inequalities in One Variable/Toe the Line

ò Graphing Inequalities in Two Variables/Graphing Inequalities

HW 31: 6.5 – 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12

6.6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9

2/2/09

42

6.7, Review

ò Systems of Inequalities/A “Typical” Envelope

HW 32: 6.7 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12

2/3/09

43

7.1, 7.2

ò Recursive Routines/Bugs, Bugs, Everywhere Bugs

ò Exponential Equations/Growth of the Koch Curve

HW 33: 7.1 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10

7.2 - 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12

2/4/09

44

7.2, 7.3

ò Exponential Equations/Growth of the Koch Curve

ò Multiplication and Exponents/Moving Ahead

HW 34: 7.2 - 1, 11, 16

7.3 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13

2/5/09

45

7.5

ò Looking Back with Exponents/The Division Property of Exponents

HW 35: 7.5 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

2/9/09

46

7.6

ò Zero and Negative Exponents/More Exponents

HW 37: 7.6 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15

2/10/09

47

7.7

ò Fitting Exponential Models to Data/Radioactive Decay

HW 38: 7.7 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13

2/11/09

48

7.8, Review

ò Activity Day: Decreasing Exponential Models and Half-Life/Bouncing and Swinging

Portfolio Entry

2/12/09

49

Chapters 0 through 7

Test on Chapters 0 through 7