Supply Lists

Here is the link to the supply lists for my 9th grade homeroom and all math classes. 
http://www.sacredheartcardinals.org/temp.html

Here is a link to a new graphing calculator that has a ton of new features that we will be using in all the math classes this year.  If you have not purchased a graphing calculator this is a great one to consider.  Here is a link about the calculator and the price.  You can buy this calculator for about $100 which is a great cost.  It is called the Casio fx-CG10 PRIZM. http://www.eaieducation.com/Product/533700/Casio%C2%AE_PRIZM_FX-CG10.aspx

TIMES Activity

How many people must be in room before the probability that someone shares a birthday, ignoring the year and ignoring the leap years, becomes at least 50%? 
This problem is known as the Birthday Paradox.
By Hand it's easier to compute the probability that there are no common birthdays.  
1. Start by considering two students. There are 365 days the first student's birthday could land on and 364 days the second student's birthday could land on and not match the first student.
2. So the probability of no common birthday for 2 students is (365 x 364) / (365 x 365) = 0.99726. You could continue this process by adding students until you arrived at about a 50% chance of no common birthday which subtracted from one would mean there would be a 50% of having a common birthday.  This could be a tedious process so...
3. There are two ways to work this problem on the calculator....TABLE function and RECURSION function. 
4. Now lets check this paradox on a few Major League Baseball rosters.  Did you find any matches?
http://mlb.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=atl
http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=tex
http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/team/roster_40man.jsp?c_id=nyy
5. These are the 40-man rosters so what is the probability that there will be two people with the same birthday?

Spring Semester Exams

Below is the chapters and sections that you will be tested on on your semester exam.  You will receive a packet of worksheets that we will use to review the week before semester exams, May 16-20.  Semester exams begin May 23.  


Algebra II 
Chapter 5 Sections 5, 6, 7 
Chapter 6 Sections 1-5 
Chapter 7 Sections 1, 2, 5
Chapter 8 Sections 1-5 
Chapter 9 Sections 1-4 
Chapter 10 Sections 1, 3, 4
In addition- anything else we cover May 9-13


Geometry 
Chapter 6 Sections 1-5 
Chapter 7 Sections 2-5
Chapter 8 Sections 1-6 
Chapter 9 Sections 1-6 
Chapter 10 Sections 1, 3, 4, 5 
In addition- anything else we cover May 9-13 


Algebra I 
Chapter 6 Sections 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 
Chapter 7 Sections 1-6 
Chapter 8 Sections 1, 3, 4, 5
Chapter 9 Sections 1-4 
Chapter 10 Sections 2-6 
In addition- anything else we cover May 9-13

SHS Plays 2010-2011

SHS Plays 2010-2011, a set on Flickr.

Murder on the Set and Into the Woods

Geometry Chapter 10 Review

Chapter 10 Sections 1, 3, 4, 5

Chapter 10 Practice Test
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=10

Sections Quizzes
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=10&lesson=1
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=10&lesson=3
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=10&lesson=4
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=10&lesson=5

Geometry Chapter 9 Quiz

9.3 Quiz
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=9&lesson=3&title=scq


9.4 Quiz
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=9&lesson=4&title=scq

Geometry Webquests

Geometry students:  Here are links to a few Webquests that I think you would be interested in working on over the next week.  A Webquest is an assignment completed on the computer using the internet.  All Webquests give you directions, a task, resources, and how you will be graded.  Disregard the point values on these Webquests because ours will be a little different.  You are more than welcome to work on your own or with a partner.  You can choose one of the ones I chose or you can choose another one from the list that you think you will be interested in.  I suggest you take this work seriously because it will count towards your grade.  


Here is a list of Webquests
http://pages.cthome.net/jfleary/XWQ4M.htm


Scavenger Hunt
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/geometry/geometry.htm


A piece of PI
http://tli.jefferson.k12.ky.us/EDTD675Projects/Roederer/pianim2.htm


The Art of Geometry
http://216.101.114.8/Young/

MATH ACT PREP

There will be a Math ACT Prep workshop held Saturday, March 26 from 9am-12pm in my classroom.  You will need The Real ACT Prep Guide.  Below are websites where you can buy the book online or you can go to Books-A-Million and get this book.  I will be covering a practice test in this book.

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&q=act+prep+books&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=4804370048342404287&sa=X&ei=h-2LTZfsOIuO0QHq6Oy0Cw&ved=0CEoQ8wIwAg#

http://www.amazon.com/Real-ACT-Prep-Guide-Include/dp/0768926750

http://www.walmart.com/ip/7853424

MARCH CALENDAR

Geometry Chapter 8 Review

There are two links below for Chapter 8 review.  The first link is a practice test and the second is a link to practice quizzes for each section of chapter 8.
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-825275-6&chapter=8
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/geolblr.shtml

Need to Know....
*Law of Sines and when you can use it. 
*Law of Cosines and when you can use it. 
*Pythagorean Theorem and when you can use it. 
*All three trigonometric functions and their ratios. (sine, cosine, tangent)
*45-45-90 and 30-60-90 triangles and the measures of their sides. 
**Problems typical of the homework
**Examples like the ones we covered in class.