Friday, April 30, 2010

Solving Radical Equations

Home Nugget #27
Assigned on Friday April 30, 2010
Due on Monday May 3, 2010

In Algebra I text,

Read lesson 10-3 for understanding. Then solve:

page 543 # 1 - 10

Page 544 # 17 - 27 odd and 37 - 46

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Making A Statement About Radical Expressions and Operations

Home Nugget #26
Assigned on April 29, 2010
Due on April 30, 2010

In Algebra I text,

Page 532 # 18 - 40 even, 41 - 44, 50, 53, 54

Page 538 # 18 - 28 even

Page 539 # 33 - 36 and 40 - 41

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

A Few Links to Sites That Allow Students to Explore Geometric Transformations

As a byproduct of our MCAS explorations, and in particular, our foray into the Geometry strand, we had occasion to discuss and explore transformations which fall into four categories.
1. Translations (sliding an object in some direction).
2. Rotations (altering the orientation of an object by rotating it around some chosen point).
3. Reflection (drawing the mirror image of an object by reflecting it around a line of symmetry).
4. Dilation (shrinking or stretching an object while retaining its core properties. i.e. angle measures, proportionality of side lengths).

We looked at the following two sites in class and their URLs are listed here for your reference:

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/Transmographer/

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_3.html

Monday, April 26, 2010

Radical Expressions and Operations - A Natural Extension of Explorations We've Already Conducted

Home Nugget #25
Assigned on Monday April 26, 2010
Due on Thursday April 29, 2010

Complete independent study of lessons 10-1 and 10-2. This means read, make sense of and try out all content covered in these sections and have questions for me on Thursday about any topics that are not clear or that you wish to have clarification on.

The following problems are being strongly recommended for your reviewal. You will be held accountable for solving these sorts of problems when we determine that we have sufficiently discussed theses lessons.

Page 532 # 17 - 39 odd and 41 - 44

Page 533 # 45 - 47 and 53

Page 534 # 55 and 56

Page 538 # 11 - 29 odd

Page 539 # 31 - 33, 36 - 37, 40 - 43