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Curriculum Plan Welcome to Hypothetical Traditional High School in New Hanover County Schools. I am your new hypothetical principal and in real life I would probably just assign you as the brand new teacher to a grade and a course. I would also hand you the textbook and a faculty manual and say welcome! But since I am the nicest principal you may ever have, I will let you choose what grade and course you will teach. And you already chose your textbook. Luckily, you only have one course to prepare for this year: 1. Pick one grade: 9 -12. 11th Pick a course you want to teach. Precalculus 2. Pick a textbook you will use: Precalculus with Trigonometry: Concepts and Applications by Paul A. Foerster 3. State Standards: Find the corresponding North Carolina curriculum standards at: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/ 4. Calendars a. How many grading periods do you have? 2 b. How many instructional days per grading period? 87 per semester, 43 per quarter c. How many days are reserved for teacher work days and testing? 3-4 5. Curriculum Mapping a. What the students have been expected to learn during their past school years?

The students are expected to be proficient in Algebra with their knowledge from Math I, Math II, and Math III. They should also have a basic understanding of probability as well as graphing and modeling functions. b. What the students are to learn during the present school year? In this class, students will be learning pre-calculus and what a basis of what to expect in future math classes. They will learn properties of various functions as well as how to model these functions. They will also learn about sequences and series. Finally, the students will learn the basic concepts of statistics. c. What they are going to be required to learn in future grades? As the students continue in mathematics, they will expand on the functions discussed in this class. They will learn more about the properties of the functions, such as limits and derivatives. Students will also learn more about statistics and probability and how to conduct experiments. 6. Year-long/Semester-long Planning Week One: January 27-31 Functions and Mathematical Models (Chapter 1) 1. Functions: Algebraically, Numerically, Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.A.1 (Understanding Functions)

2 Graphically, and Verbally 2. Kinds of Functions 3. Dilation and Translation of Function Graphs 4. Composition of Functions Week Two: February 3-7 Functions and Mathematical Models (Chapter 1 continued) 1. Inverse of Functions 2. Reflections, Absolute Values, and Other Transformations CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.B.4 (Composition of Functions)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.B.4 (Inverse Functions) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.B.5 (Exponents vs. Logarithms)

Week Three: February 10-14 Properties of Elementary Functions (Chapter 7) 1. Shapes of Function Graphs 2. Identifying Functions from Graphical Patterns 3. Identifying Functions from Numerical Patterns

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.C.7 (Graphing Functions) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.B.3 (Changing Effects on Graphs)

Week Four: February 17-21 Properties of Elementary Functions (Chapter 7 continued) 1. 2. 3. 4. Properties of Logarithms Logarithms: Equations and Other Bases Logarithmic Functions Logistic Functions for Restrained Growth

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.B.5 (Exponents and Logarithms) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.B.5 (Exponents vs. Logarithms)

Week Five: February 24-28 Fitting Functions to Data (Chapter 8) 1. Introduction to Regression Linear Data 2. Deviations, Residuals, and the Correlation Coefficient 3. Regression for Nonlinear Data 4. Linearizing Data- Logarithmic Graph Paper Week Six: March 3-7 Fitting Functions to Data (Chapter 8 continued) 1. Residual Plots and Mathematical Models

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-ID.C.8 (Interpreting the Correlation Coefficient) CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-ID.C.9 (Correlation vs. Causation)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-ID.B.6 (Plotting Data)

3 Week Seven: March 10-14 Probability, and Functions of A Random Variable (Chapter 9) 1. 2. 3. 4. Introduction to Probability Words Associated with Probability Two Counting Principles Probabilities of Various Permutations Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-CP.A.1 (Characteristics of a Sample Space) CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-CP.A.3 (Conditional Probability)

Week Eight: March 17-21 Probability, and Functions of A Random Variable (Chapter 9 continued) 1. Probabilities of Various Combinations 2. Properties of Probability Week Nine: March 24-28 Probability, and Functions of A Random Variable (Chapter 9 continued) 1. Functions of a Random Variable 2. Mathematical Expectation Week Ten: March 31-April 4 Analytic Geometry of Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces (Chapter 12) 1. Introduction to Conic Sections 2. Parametric and Cartesian Equations of the Conic Sections Week Eleven: April 7-11 Analytic Geometry of Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces (Chapter 12 continued) 1. Quadric Surfaces and Inscribed Figures 2. Analytic Geometry of the Conic Sections Week Twelve: April 21-25 Analytic Geometry of Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces (Chapter 12 continued) 1. Parametric and Cartesian Equations of the Conic Sections 2. Applications of Conic Sections Week Thirteen: April 28- May 2

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-CP.B.9 (Permutations and Combinations) CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-CP.A.2 (Rules of Probability)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-MD.A.1 (Defining a Random Variable) CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-MD.A.2 (Expected Value of Random Variables) CCSS.Math.Content.HSS-MD.B.5 (Weighing possible outcomes) Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSG-GMD.B.4 (Identifying Shapes)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSG-GMD.B.4 (Identifying Shapes)

Standards Covered From Georgia Public Schools: MM3G2 (Equations of Conic Sections)

Standards Covered

4 Analytic Geometry of Conic Sections and Quadric Surfaces (Chapter 12 continued) 1. Applications of Conic Sections From Georgia Public Schools: MM3G2 (Equations of Conic Sections)

Week Fourteen: May 5-9 Sequences and Series (Chapter 14) 1. Introduction to Sequences and Series 2. Arithmetic, Geometric, and Other Sequences 3. Series and Partial Sums Week Fifteen: May 12-16 Sequences and Series (Chapter 14 continued) 1. Series and Partial Sums Polynomial and Rational Functions, Limits, and Derivatives (Chapter 15) 1. Review of Polynomial Functions 2. Graphs and Zeroes of Polynomial Functions Week Sixteen: May 19-23 Polynomial and Rational Functions, Limits, and Derivatives (Chapter 15 continued) 1. Fitting Polynomial Functions to Data 2. Rational Functions: Discontinuities, Limits, and Partial Fractions Week Seventeen: May 27-30 Polynomial and Rational Functions, Limits, and Derivatives (Chapter 15 continued) 1. Instantaneous Rates of Change: The Derivative Periodic Functions and Right Triangle Problems (Chapter 2) 1. Introduction to Periodic Functions 2. Measure of Rotation 3. Cosine and Sine Functions Week Eighteen: June 2-6 Periodic Functions and Right Triangle Problems

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-BF.A.2 (Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.C.7c (Graph polynomial functions) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.C.7d (Zeroes, Asymptotes)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.C.7c (Graph polynomial functions) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-IF.C.7d (Zeroes, Asymptotes)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-TF.B.5 (Understanding the trigonometric functions) Learn NC: Pre-calculus Objective 2.08 (Limits of a Function) From California Public Schools- Calculus 4.0 (Definition of a Derivative)

Standards Covered CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-TF.B.5 (Understanding

5 (Chapter 2 continued) 1. Values of the Six Trigonometric Functions 2. Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Triangle Problems Week Nineteen: June 9-12 Review and End-of-Course Testing 9. What standards are not covered well by your textbook choice? What other materials and resources do you plan on using? (list a minimum of 5) There were quite a few topics not discussed in the NC Common Core Standards. Because the standards stop at Algebra II, many of the standards that dealt with calculus and trigonometry were borrowed from other states public education standards. Partial sums, conic sections, and derivatives were the main topics that did not overlap in the Common Core State Standards. the trigonometric functions) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-TF.A.2 (The Unit Circle) CCSS.Math.Content.HSF-TF.C.9 (Trigonometric Problems)

https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/basic-trigonometry This website shows clips that describe back Trigonometry that easy to understand. https://www.khanacademy.org/math/trigonometry/conics_precalc This website describes all Conic Sections that are prevalent in Chapter 12. http://jmathpage.com/JIMSProbabilitypage.html This interactive probability website provides fun games that will demonstrate many different types of probability questions. http://homepages.ius.edu/MEHRINGE/M126/Supplements/Blank%20Unit%20Circle.htm This blank unit circle will be filled in during our discussion on trigonometric functions as an in-class assignment. http://www.intmath.com/plane-analytic-geometry/conic-sections-summary-interactive.php This website is interactive and creates different conic sections on a 3-D graph.