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| 2008-2009 IBSL Maths Class | Ms. McCleary's May Avatar [Let the countdown begin!] |
| DATE | NOTES, ASSIGNMENTS, ETC. |
| 7th and 8th of May 2009 | Best of luck on your external assessments! |
| 29 April 2009 until the end | Review and Study |
| 23 April 2009 | mean = 75%. median = 75% There were 4 A's. [Consider some more studying before the actual IBSL exam] |
| 21 April 2009 | Great presentations today! Now finish paper 2 practice exam Reminder: Our BIG cumulative test is on Thursday, 23 April. It is a mock Paper 1 [non-calculator] |
| 20 April 2009 | Thanks to those kind people who gave presentations today. Finish the rest of paper 1 and be ready for even more presentations tomorrow. Reminder: our BIG cumulative test is on Thursday, 23 April, and is non-calculator. You will need to remember to bring your formula packet |
| Week of 4/13 | Monday: Good presentations. We will finish going over our first practice exam and then onto the next practice exam Tuesday: Went over our last test and began working on our second practice exam. Be ready for presentations Thursday: Good presentations Finish the second practice exam and be ready for presentations [Don't be counting on snow!] Test on next Thursday [4/23] Friday: Our second practice exam |
| 9 April 2009 | Our first practice IB exam |
| 7 April 2009 | Quiz |
| 6 April 2009 | Reviewed for tomorrow's quiz |
| 3 April 2009 | Good job on your presentations Tonight's assignment: Review 29C |
| 2 April 2009 | Finished normal distribution! Yay! Click here for our notes and assignment [You will have to scroll down for the notes and assignment] Don't forget about our "summative assessment" on Tuesday, April 7 |
| 31 March 2009 | Almost finished normal distribution! Just a little more to go. Click here for part one of the notes and the assignment; click here for part two of the notes which we will finish on Thursday |
| 30 March 2009 | Normal distribution stuff. Click here for part one of the notes and assignment, click here for part two of the notes and assignment Our next summative assessment will be on Tuesday, April 7 |
| 20 March 2009 | Reviewed Volumes of the solid of revolution Assignment: page 708 #1-5 all [if you can't remember, then read the section] |
| 19 March 2009 | Binomial Probability Click here for part I and click here for part II |
| 17 March 2009 | Standard deviation [discrete random variable] Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 16 March 2009 | Our Pi Day Celebration! For those of you who would want to combine two holidays with one terrific t-shirt go to: http://www.zazzle.com/naturetees/mcnerd+gifts For your own copy of the Pi Day Sudoku go to: http://brainfreezepuzzles.com/main/piday2009.html |
| 13 March 2009 | Calculus Review of "u-sub" Click here for the notes and assignment Don't forget that we will be celebrating Pi Day on Monday [I know it's late!] |
| 11 March 2009 | Expected Value Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 9 March 2009 | Discrete Random Probability Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 6 March 2009 | Calculus review on pages 666 - 668 # 1, 3, 4, 5 A t-shirt for all of you poets out there: http://www.threadless.com/product/462/Nothing_Rhymes_With_Orange |
| 4 March 2009 | More work with probability of independent events Click here for the notes and homework |
| 2 March 2009 | More probability with venn diagrams and probability with "given" Click here for the notes and assignment Like Venn Diagrams? Check out this t shirt http://www.snorgtees.com/sometimesy-p-252.html?osCsid=16e803de26e2182a90dad5abde2224fa |
| 27 February 2009 | Quiz #3 |
| 26 February 2009 | Venn diagrams and probability Click here for the notes and the probability homework In addition, also do the following Calculus review problems pp 663, 664, #8, 9, 10 Don't forget tomorrow's quiz |
| 24 February 2009 | Using Pascal's triangle with binomial probability Click here for the notes and assignment Don't forget there is a quiz on Friday |
| 20 February 2009 | Still more probability [Are we done with probability yet? Probably not.] Click here for the notes and assignment All hail to the senior guys for their great Calculus presentations today. |
| 19 February 2009 | More probablity [The famous Monty Hall problem!] click here for the notes and assignment [in addition to the probability do page 648 #2, 4, 5, 6] Quiz on Friday 2/27 on probability and Calculus |
| 17 February 2009 | Probability of A AND B Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 13 February 2009 | Finish Calculus Review 23A I will collect the review and our probability homework on Tuesday |
| 12 February 2009 | Theoretical probablity Click here for the notes and homework Congratulations to ISA our RPSLS round-robin winner along with Carolyn, Kristian, and Anna for their strategic playing Click here for the video clip of RPSLS Don't forget about Calculus Review 23A |
| 10 February 2009 | Our first look at IB probability Click here for the notes and homework |
| 9 February 2009 | Our second quiz [Be patient, one more person needs to take it.] |
| Quiz Alert | Our next quiz will be on Monday, 9 February 2009 [Stats and Calculus] I bet these IBSL nerds will ace the quiz! |
| 6 February 2009 | Thanks for all of the great presentations today. Please study for our quiz on Monday |
| 5 February 2009 | A special shout-out to Isa for her amazing presentation in class today! Today's Calculus review assignment is: pages 619-621 #1, 6, 9, 15, 17, 19, and 21 |
| 3 February 2009 | The beginning of our stat review For homework do all of Review 18B |
| 2 February 2009 | The normal distribution Click here for the notes and assignment For a cool animation go to: http://www.ms.uky.edu/~mai/java/stat/GaltonMachine.html |
| 30 January 2009 | Standard deviation with grouped-data Click here for the notes and assignment Only one more section to go for this topic. Decide whether you want the quiz on 2//6 or 2/9 Want to combine your passion for Latin and math? [I'm talking to you, Reu!] Go to: http://www.scienceteecher.com/cogito_ergo_sum_shirt.htm Another little something for those who agree with Reu: http://www.disastercountdown.com/view.php |
| 29 January 2009 | Our first second semester quiz Calculus review 22D.2 [remember - the acceleration due to gravity on Earth is "g"] |
| 27 January 2009 | Our first look at standard deviation and variance. Click here for the notes and assignment QUIZ ALERT! QUIZ NEXT CLASS! |
| 26 January 2009 | Working with percentiles Click here for the notes and assignment QUIZ ALERT! QUIZ ALERT! QUIZ ON NEXT BLOCK DAY |
| 23 January 2009 | Revise the Calc Review 22B to #7, 8, and 9 QUIZ ALERT! QUIZ NEXT BLOCK DAY [Just a few stat and calculus questions] |
| 22 January 2009 | Click here for part one of the notes and assignment Click here for part two of the notes and assignment |
| 20 January 2009 | Thanks for watching the inauguration with me! Back to work on Thursday |
| 16 January 2009 | Good presentations Enjoy your long weekend |
| 15 January 2009 | Calc Review 22B #1-6 all [pp 602, 603] |
| 13 January 2009 | Stats with frequency tables Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 12 January 2009 | More of the 3M Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 9 January 2009 | Mean, median, mode Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 8 January 2009 | Our first day of statistics Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 7 January 2009 | Welcome back from winter break! Went over final exam. It will be back to work tomorrow! |
| Winter break | Ms. McCleary has left the "castle" and will return on 7 January 2009 Enjoy your winter break |
| Final Exam | Mean = 168.8 out of 200; Q1 = 160 out of 200; median = 168 out of 200; Q3 = 180 out of 200 There were 6 A's |
| 8 & 9 December 2008 | Moving on with the Calculus review! Do the problems assigned in class. Here are the statistics from our vector test: mean and median = 93% and over 60% of the class got an A. Well done! |
| 5 December 2008 | Good presentations! Today's assigmment - read Chapter 21 |
| 4 December 2008 | Good singing today - especially you, Lauren McMahoney! Today's assignment = Review 20 [Calculus] |
| 2 December 2008 | Vector test |
| 1 December 2008 | Happy December! Review for tomorrow's test! Study hard! |
| 21 November 2008 | Review 17B just #3, 4, 5, 6, 7 Remember that we will be having a vector test on Tuesday after our break Have a Happy Thanksgiving! |
| 20 November 2008 | Review 17A |
| 18 November 2008 | The last day of vectors! Yay! Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 17 November 2008 | Just one more day of vectors! Yay! Click here for today's notes and assignment |
| 14 November 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment [We're almost done vectors] In case you are still wondering about the prefixes for ships, go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_prefix P.S. The Barbie Cruise ship does not float Got a minute to see some awesome architecture? Go to: http://villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world/ |
| 13 November 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment [Happy birthday to A^2] |
| 10 November 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment |
| 7 November 2008 | Click here for part one of today's notes and assignment Click here for part two of today's notes on parametric functions |
| 6 November 2008 | More 3-d vector stuff Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 4 November 2008 | Do all of Review 15C since some of you need a lot more practice |
| 3 November 2008 | Thank you for your on-time internal assessments. I look forward to reading them. Our fourth day of vector review. Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 30 October 2008 | Work day for your internal assessment which is due on MONDAY, November 3rd |
| 28 October 2008 | Our third day of vector review [a double dose] Click here for part one of the notes and asignment; click here for part two of the notes and assignment |
| 27 October 2008 | Our second day of vector review Click here for the notes and assignment Remember: Thursday is a work day for your internal assessment |
| 24 October 2008 | Our first day of vector review [it was not so bad] Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 23 October 2008 | Worked on IA |
| Test results | mean = 80 out of 90; Q1 = 71 out of 90; median = 83 out of 90; Q3= 87 out of 90 |
| 21 October 2008 | Our last IA |
| 20 October 2008 | Natural log Click here for the notes and assignment Check out the silly maths at this webpage: http://www.espen.com/archives/2007/02/math_as_deliver.html |
| 17 October 2008 | Went over the first IA. Thanks for your participation in the BMI data collection |
| 16 October 2008 | Test today Before you start feeling so smart, you should watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L1hSHCGAMY&feature=related |
| 14 October 2008 | A review for our test on block day Click here for the review |
| 13 October 2008 | A brief review of logarithms Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 10 October 2008 | Fantastic job on your presentations today. We put the "international" in IB Enjoy your weekend and don't forget that we have a test next block day |
| 9 October 2008 | Some more trig Click here for the notes Assignment: pages 251-252 Review 12A Don't forget - Test next block day on sigma notation and trig |
| 7 October 2008 | More trig Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 6 October 2008 | Trig Review Click here for the notes and assignment Test Alert! Test on Thursday, October 16th Stumbled upon this cool math webpage: http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/MathGems/MathGems.htm Stumbles upon this cool picture too: http://www.robertwechsler.com/images/applied_geometry.jpg |
| 3 October 2008 | Arrgh! A fire alarm in the middle of class today! Glad the weather was nice. See you on Monday. Have a good weekend. |
| 2 October 2008 | More Binomial stuff; click here for the notes Homework: page 201 #5 and #6 |
| 30 September 2008 | Hope we have our r's [arrrghs] all in a row now! I also think the elephant and pony rides were a fun diversion today. |
| 29 September 2008 | A whirlwind review of the Binomial expansion using Pascal's Triangle Click here for the notes and assignment For the latest news on the LHC go to : http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/09/large-hadron--1.html I have graded your partner project Here are the statistics: Mean = 94%; Q1=91%; median = 96%; Q3=100% Well done! |
| 26 September 2008 | Partner project [Note: this is due on Monday] |
| 25 September 2008 | Summation notation and more series stuff Click here for the notes and assignment [Note: this assignment is due on Monday] |
| 23 September 2008 | Finite series Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 22 September 2008 | Finished up our geometeric sequences lesson Click here for the notes and assignment The Large Hadron Collider is down for the next two months! |
| 18 September 2008 | Found a nice Hadron Collider site with lots of good information for students. It is at: http://www.lhc.ac.uk/ No homework this weekend since we only got halfway through the geometric sequences lesson click here for the notes If you have a good photo of Maia and her outstanding performance, then please send it to me so that I can post it! |
| 16 September 2008 | Arithmetic sequences Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 15 September 2008 | A big Fairview welcome to Jakob's cousin from Germany. Tonight's assignment: page 275 #1, 4, 5 |
| 12 September 2008 | First internal assessment due! |
| 11 September 2008 | Finished up graph transformations Click here for the notes and assignment |
| 9 September 2008 | More graph transformations Click here for the notes and assignment Reminder: Your internal assessment is due on Friday. Do not count on the Hadron Collider as an excuse. Be sure to check our Chris, as a Buddhist Pirate, on the AP Calculus AB page |
| 8 September 2008 | Graph transformations Click here for the notes and assignment Remember: Your i.a. is due on Friday. I do not want to hear about a black hole from the Hadron Collider taking your i.a. |
| 5 September 2008 | Internal assessment due in ONE WEEK! No whining, no excuses! I do not believe that the Hadron Collider will postpone your internal assessment |
| 4 September 2008 | Matrix test Good job on the test! Mean = 96.7%; median = 99%; Q1 = 95%; Q3 = 100% |
| 2 September 2008 | Matrix revision for our test on Thursday Click here for the problems TEST ON THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 TEST ON THURSDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2008 |
| 29 August 2008 | Great job on your presentations today! Test next block day. Enjoy your long weekend! |
| 28 August 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment Plan on a short test next Thursday on matrices, and also plan on receving your first internal assessment that day too Why couldn't the buddhist pirate attain nirvana? He/she had bad kaaarrrrrrrma! [tee-hee] |
| 26 August 2008 | Inverses of matrices Click here for the notes and homework |
| 25 August 2008 | Continuing with matrices Click here for the notes and homework [Are you happy now, Lauren?] |
| 22 August 2008 | More matrix fun Click here for the notes Homework: page 327 #9 and 10 [Be ready for presentations on Monday] P.S. I will try to remember my camera for Monday, Lauren! |
| 21 August 2008 | What a good and not-as-good internal assessment looks like. Please be sure to study the handouts from today. |
| 19 August 2008 | Click here for today's notes and assignment for our Matrix Revision Here is a link on how to write a great IA: http://www.cic-caracas.org/vanas/vanascontent/handouts/davis2.pdf Here is a link on how to connect your calculator to your computer: http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_ti_connect.html |
| 18 August 2008 | Welcome to ISBL Mathematics! Click here for a summary of the class information |
