A Year of Algebra

Nick Hershman, nhershman@riverdale.k12.or.us

Fall
• Evaluating algebraic expressions: the properties and Order of Operations
– Test: Fundamentals of Algebra [September]
• Writing and solving linear equations for one variable
– Project: How Many Ways Can You Solve this Equation?
– Test: Solving Equations [September/October]
• Representations of Linear Equations
– Project: Grocery Lines
– Project: GeoGebra Applications
– Test [October/November]
The snowy months

• Working with Inequalities

– Project: David Cox’s Multiple Inequalities
– Test [November/December]
• Systems of Equations
– Demo: Solve a system in three ways
– Test: Writing a system for word problems [December/January]
• The Symmetry of Quadratic Equations: Flying and falling and gravity (Utilizing the axis of symmetry and the
quadratic formula)
– Project: Video Analysis of a High Dive
– Test: Axis of Symmetry and the Quadratic Formula [January/February]
• Operations with Polynomials and Factoring Quadratic Equations
– Test: FOILing without FOIL
– Test: Pattern Recognition + Completing the Square [February/March]

Thawing period
• Simplifying Radical Expressions
– Mathcounts: Competition
– Test: Simplifying Radicals [April]
• Solving Radical Equations
– Project: InfoGraphic Tutorials / Youtube Teaching
– Test: Solve ’em [April/May]
Sprummer!
• Probability: Compound Events, Combinations and Permutations
– Project: Dice and Cards [May]
• Review: Preparing for the Final Exam(s)
– Test: Jesuit Challenge Exam
– Project: Choose your own culminating project [June]