Algebra II Support
Syllabus
Course Description: This is the third course in a sequence of courses designed to provide students with a rigorous program of study in mathematics. It includes solving equations involving complex solutions, polynomial functions, rational and radical relationships,exponential andlogarithmic functions, mathematical modeling, and inferences and conclusions from data.
Materials:Pencil, notebook,three dividers, calculator (TI-30 XSmultiview)
Expectation of workload:Students will be expected to use all of their class time for math work. Students will be expected to complete 25 to 45 minutes of homework each day. All work must have all steps clearly shown in order to receive credit.
Grading Procedures: Formative :70%
(tests-3x, quizzes-2x, homework-1x)
Midterm : 10%
Final : 20%
Make-up Work:It is your responsibility to obtain notes, handouts and assignments when you are absent. If a student’s absence is excused, he or she will have 3 days to make arrangements to complete missed assignments.
Unit Overviews
Unit 1: Quadratics Revisited
Students explore relationships between number systems and will perform operations with complex numbers and solve quadratic equations with complex solutions. Students will also extend the laws of exponents to rational exponents and use those properties to evaluate and simplify expressions containing rational exponents.
Unit 2 and 3: Polynomial functions
The combination of these units develops the structural similarities between the system of polynomials and the system of integers. Students will multiply, divide, identify zeros, make connections and culminate with the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. Students will also graph polynomial functions and interpret the key characteristics of the function.
Unit 4: Rational and Radical Relationships
Rational numbers extend the arithmetic of integers by allowing division by all numbers except 0. Similarly, rational expressions extend the arithmetic of polynomials by allowing division by all polynomials except the zero polynomial. A central theme of this unit is that the arithmetic of rational expressions is governed by the same rules as the arithmetic of rational numbers. Similarly, radical expressions follow the rules governed by irrational numbers.
Unit 5: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
Students extend their work with exponential functions to include exponential equations with logarithms. They analyze the relationship between these two functions.
Unit 6: Mathematical Modeling
In this unit students synthesize and generalize what they have learned about a variety of function families (including piecewise and absolute value functions). Also, students will explore the sum of finite geometric series.
Unit 7: Inferences and Conclusions from Data
Students apply methods from probability and statistics to draw inferences and conclusions from data.
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