Student Expectations

Students will develop and demonstrate:

#3 – critical and creative thinking and problem solving skills

#4 – the skills needed to communicate:  read, write, speak, and listen effectively

#6 – awareness of technological sources and the ability to use, analyze, and evaluate current technology effectively

#8 – competence in mathematical communication, reasoning, applications, and computational skills

 Guidelines

Three successful years of mathematics are required.  Students who have completed Geometry and Algebra  at Har-Bur take Algebra II in Grade 9.  Students who have completed Algebra I at Har-Bur take Algebra II or Geometry in Grade 9.  Other students will begin Grade 9 taking Algebra I or Foundations of Algebra based on student performance and teacher recommendation.  After ninth grade, students will follow the appropriate sequence based upon their performance.

 Foundations of Algebra                                  Level 2                                                                     Grade 9

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                   Full Year

This course is a less rigorous approach to selected topics in Algebra focusing on simplifying algebraic expressions, graphing and solving first-degree equations. Some statistical concepts are introduced including mean, median, mode, and frequency distributions. Students will be evaluated on class work, homework, projects, quizzes, tests, and other forms of assessment.  Graphing calculators are not required.

 Foundations of Geometry                               Level 2                                                    Grades 10, 11, 12

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                   Full Year

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of Foundations of Algebra

Selected topics in geometry are covered including triangle relationships, quadrilaterals, similarity, polygons, circles, space figures, and coordinate geometry.

 Mathematics for Consumers and Business    Level 2                                                                       Grades 11,12

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                Full Year

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of Foundations of Algebra and successful completion of Foundations of Geometry

This course is designed for students who would like to learn to use mathematics for business and financial applications with heavy emphasis on consumer finance.  Curriculum includes:  Banking and Investments, Budgets, Insurance, Stock markets, Taxes, Integrated Business and Financial Applications.

 Algebra I                                                         Level 2                                                   Grades 9,10,11,12

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                   Full Year

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of 8^th grade mathematics and teacher recommendation.

Students will explore the language of algebra in verbal, graphical, and symbolic forms relating topics to statistics, data analysis, and probability.  Content also includes algebraic expressions and principles, linear equations and inequalities, graphing and analyzing functions, and polynomials.  Graphing calculators are required.

 Geometry                                                        Level 1                                                              Grades 9,10

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                   Full Year

Prerequisite:  Algebra I (recommendation: grade of B and teacher approval)

This course strongly emphasizes inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, and axiomatic development of theorems, points, lines, planes, space, angles, triangles, circles, parallels, congruence, similarity, polygons.  This course integrates coordinates and transformations throughout and gives strong attention to measurement formulas and three-dimensional figures.  Students fully develop skills in formal proof and complete independent projects.

 Geometry                                                        Level 2                                                   Grades 9,10,11,12

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                   Full Year

Prerequisite:  Successful completion of Algebra I

This course emphasizes transformations and coordinate representations, inductive and deductive reasoning, classification of figures, congruency and similarity, interpreting algebraic equations and inequalities geometrically and describing geometric objects algebraically.  Circles and right triangle trigonometry are introduced.

 Algebra II                                                       Level 1                                                   Grades 9,10,11,12

Credits:  1.00                                                                                                                                   Full Year

Prerequisite:  Geometry (recommendation: grade of B and teacher approval)

This course emphasizes facility with algebraic expressions and forms, particularly quadratic equations, powers, roots, and functions based on these concepts.  The course also includes extensive use of the graphing calculator to solve problems that model real world situations.  Independent  projects and graphing calculators are required.