Day Number Date Assignment
1 08/27/01 Radicals Read Pages 18 and 19
Read pages 360-364
p. 24 (46a, 59a, 60b, 61a, 71a, 72a)
2 08/28/01 Angle Definitions
Radians
p. 367 (5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19)
3 08/29/01 Degree Measure
Conversions between degrees and radians
Arc Length
p. 368 (26, 27, 29, 32, 35, 37, 39, 42, 43, 45)
Come to the Precalculus Review Session this afternoon!
4 08/30/01 Graphing Calculators
Degrees Minutes Seconds

p. 368 (48, 56, 63, 66, 67, 71, 74, 75, 78, 80, 83, 95)
5 08/31/01 Degrees Minutes Seconds
on Graphing Calculators
Quiz on section 4.1
           
  09/03/01 Labor Day Holiday
6 09/04/01 Trigonometry of the Right Triangle
45-45-90 Triangle
Mneumonics for the Trig functions
The Legend of SOHCAHTOA
p. 387 (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 14)
7 09/05/01 30-60-90 Triangle
p. 388 (17, 20, 21, 33, 34, 37, 39, 40, 43, 45)
Come to the Precalculus Review Session this afternoon!
8 09/06/01 Review for Test on sections 4-1 and 4-3
Trig Cut Ups
9 09/07/01 Test on Sections 4.1 and 4.3
           
10 09/10/01 Trig Identities
Applications
p. 389 (57, 58, 60, 67, 68, 69)
11 09/11/01 Solving a right triangle
p. 389 (47, 49, 50, 53, 61, 62, 65)
12 09/12/01 Section 4.3 Applications
Trigo
p. 388 (42, 44, 51, 54, 55, 64, 70)
Come to the Precalculus Review Session this afternoon!
13 09/13/01 The Unit Circle
Definitions of the Trig Functions

p. 377 (1, 2, 3, 4)
14 09/14/01 The Unit Circle
Definitions of the Trig Functions
Radian, The Snowman
p. 377 (5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15)
           
15 09/17/01 The Unit Circle
Reference Angle
I Have ... Who Has ... cards
p. 378 (17, 18, 21, 23, 25, 26, 27)
16 09/18/01 Domain and Range
Period
p. 378 (28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 37)
17 09/19/01 Even and Odd functions
p. 378 (45, 46, 47, 49, 51, 52, 61, 63)
Come to the Review Session this afternoon!
18 09/20/01 Review for Test
I Have ... Who has ... Cards
19 09/21/01 Test on sections 4.1 - 4.3
           
20 09/24/01 Trig Functions of any angle
p. 399 (1, 5, 6, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 24, 27, 29, 30, 31, 35, 42, 43, 46, 48, 53, 56, 59)
21 09/25/01 Finding 2 values for a trig equation
p. 399 (4, 8, 19, 26, 62, 63, 64, 66, 69, 72, 75, 78)
22 09/26/01 Graphs of sine and cosine
Definition of Amplitude and Period
p. 410 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
23 09/27/01 Graphs of sine and cosine
Amplitude and Period
Sine/Cosine Game
p. 410 (7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 43, 44, 45)
24 09/28/01 Graphs of sine and cosine -- vertical translation
p. 411 (46, 48, 53, 54, 56)
           
25 10/01/01 Section 4-5
Horizontal Phase Shift
p. 412 (49, 50, 51, 60, 85)
26 10/02/01 Graph of sine and cosine

p. 412 (57, 58, 69, 71, 73)
27 10/03/01 Review for Test
p. 412 (74, 76, 86)
28 10/04/01 Test (4.4 - 4.5)
NO Calculators!
29 10/5/01 Fall Day
No formal classes
           
  10/8/01 Teacher Professional Day
30 10/9/01 Sine Curve
Sine Curve Equation
p. 412 (61, 64, 77, 78)
31 10/10/01 Section 4.6 Graph of Tangent
p. 423 (9, 10, 11, 24)
32 10/11/01 Graphs of Cotangent, Secant, Cosecant
p. 423 (32)
Graph all 6 trig functions for 1 cycle
33 10/12/01 Quiz on graphs of the 6 trig functions
Trig Graphs (Mask)
           
34 10/15/01 Inverse Trig Functions
ArcSine and ArcCosine Graphs
p. 434 (3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 13, 14, 36, 37)
35 10/16/01 Inverse Trig Functions
p. 434 (7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 18, 35)
36 10/17/01 Review for test
37 10/18/01 Test on Sections 4.5, 4.6, and 4.7
38 10/19/01 Biorhythms
Biorhythms Worksheet
           
39 10/22/01 Evaluate Inverse Trig Functions with calculator
Composition of Functions
p. 434 (19, 21, 22, 30, 39, 41, 45, 46, 51, 52, 68)
40 10/23/01 Word Problems -- Trig Applications
p. 436 (83, 84, 85 (Verify only), 87, 88)
41 10/24/01 Solving a right triangle
p. 444 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
42 10/25/01 Trig Applications
p. 444 (9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
End of the Nine Weeks Grading Period
  10/26/01 Teacher Work Day
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
43 10/29/01 Bearings
p. 445 (16, 18, 19, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30)
44 10/30/01 Write a trig application problem
p. 445 (33, 35, 38, 41, 43, 45, 47)
45 10/31/01 Harmonic Motion
Worksheet
p. 448 (49, 53)
46 11/01/01 Review for test
Worksheet
47 11/02/01 Test on sections 4.7 and 4.8
           
48 11/5/01 Trig Identities
Evaluate Trig Functions using Identities
p. 463 (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15)
49 11/6/01 Trig Identities -- Factoring
p. 464 (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 40, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 51)
50 11/7/01 Trig Identities -- Even/Odd Identities
p. 464 (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 52, 53)
51 11/8/01 Trig Triangles Worksheet
Trig Identities Cut Up Worksheet
52 11/9/01 Adding / Subtracting Fractions (Trig)
Quiz -- Identities
p. 464 (54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
           
53 11/12/01 Cofunction Identities
p. 464 (24, 30, 42, 59, 60, 61, 62)
54 11/13/01 Trig Identities -- Verify Identities
Trig Substitution
p. 464 (39, 44, 71, 74, 87, 88, 91)
55 11/14/01 Trig Identities -- Verify Identities
p. 471 Warmups -- in class
p. 471 (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
56 11/15/01 Trig Identities
p. 471 (6, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26)
57 11/16/01 Trig Identities
I Have ... Who Has ... Cards
p. 471 (29, 31, 32, 35, 37, 40, 41, 47, 48, 49, 50)
           
58 11/19/01 Review for Test on 5.1, 5.2
p. 471 (51, 52, 55)
59 11/20/01 Test on Identities
(Sections 5.1 and 5.2)
60 11/21/01 Worksheet on Ladders
(Word Identities)
  11/22/01 Thanksgiving Holiday
  11/23/01 Thanksgiving Holiday
           
  11/26/01 Teacher Work Day
61 11/27/01 Trig Equations
p. 481 (1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13, 14)
62 11/28/01 Trig Equations (Quadratics)
p.481 (15, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 31, 38)
63 11/29/01 Trig Equations (Multiple Angles)
p. 481 (17, 18, 32, 34, 39, 40, 41, 66)
64 11/30/01 Quiz on Trig Equations
p. 482 (35, 36, 37, 65)
           
65 12/03/01 Sum/Difference Identities
p. 490 (1, 2, 7, 8, 9)
66 12/04/01 Sum/Difference Identities
"Story of Sinbad and Cosette"
p. 490 (13, 14, 17, 21, 24, 31, 32, 45, 47)
67 12/05/01 Sum/Difference Identities
p. 490 (30, 34, 39, 52, 54, 69, 72)
68 12/06/01 Double Angle Identities
p. 501 (1 - 6, 9, 11, 23)
69 12/07/01 Trig Identities
p. 501 (10, 12, 13, 14, 19, 22, 24)
           
70 12/10/01 Half Angle Identities (Power Reducing form)
p. 502 (29, 31, 35, 36, 38, 41)
71 12/11/01 Half Angle Identities
p. 502 (45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 89, 93)
72 12/12/01 Trig Identities
Trig Identities Card Game
p. 503 (54, 91, 92, 102, 116)
73 12/13/01 I Have ... Who Has ... cards (All Identities)
Review for Test on Chapter 5
Magic Square -- Trig Identities
74 12/14/01 Test on Chapter 5
Work on Semester Exam Review Sheet
           
75 12/17/01 Review for Exam
76 12/18/01 No Precalculus Class
77 12/19/01 Semester Exam
78 12/20/01 No Precalculus Class
79 12/21/01 No Precalculus Class
           
  12/31/01 New Year's Eve
  1/01/02 New Year's Day
80 1/02/02 Covalent Bonds and Trig Identities
Work Sheet on covalent bonds
Article on covalent bonds
p. 505 (1)
p. 506 (1, 2, 5, 9, 10, 12, 19)
81 1/03/02 Trig Identities
Connect the Dots -- Identities p. 506 (14, 35, 45)
82 1/04/02 Trig Identities
Trig Factor Game
           
    1/07/02 Snow Day
83 1/08/02 Law of Sines
Proof and examples (ASA, AAS)
p. 518 )1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 10)
84 1/09/02 Law of Sines -- Application
p. 518 (8, 9, 26, 29)
85 1/10/02 Area of a Triangle
A = 1/2 bc sin(A)
p. 518 (39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
86 1/11/02 Quiz on Law of Sines
p. 520 (30, 32, 33, 34)
           
87 1/14/02 Law of Cosines (SAS)
p. 527 (1, 2, 5, 6)
Review for Test
88 1/15/02 Test on Section 6.1 (Law of Sines and Area of Triangle)
89 1/16/02 Law of Cosines (SSS)
A Different Proof of Law of Cosines
Proof of Law of Cosines (Without Words)
p. 527 (3, 4, 8, 9)
90 1/17/02 General Techniques for Solving Triangles
p. 527 (10, 11, 12)
End of the Semester
  1/18/02 Teacher Work Day
           

 


Day Number Date Assignment
  1/21/02 Martin Luther King Holiday
91 1/22/02 Ambiguous Case (SSA)
p. 518 (5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 16)
92 1/23/02 Ambiguous Case (SSA)
Using the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines
Work Sheet on Ambiguous Case
93 1/24/02 Ambiguous Case (SSA)
p. 518 (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
Quiz on Law of Cosines
94 1/25/02 Heron's Formula
p. 530 (41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48)
           
95 1/28/02 Applications
p. 528 (15, 20, 23, 26, 27)
96 1/29/02 Review for Test
Review Sheet
97 1/30/02 Test on 6.1 - 6.2
98 1/31/02 Applications
Work Sheet #1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10
99 2/1/02 Applications
Work Sheet #11,12,13,14,15,16,18,19
           
100 2/4/02 Vectors -- terminology
p. 540 (1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
101 2/5/02 Vector Operations
p. 541 (11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
102 2/6/02 Unit Vector
p. 541 (21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30)
103 2/7/02 Direction Angles
p. 541 (33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 42)
104 2/8/02 Quiz on vectors
p. 541 ( 44, 46, 47, 48, 49)
           
105 2/11/02 Applications
p. 542 (52, 53, 55, 56, 57, 59)
106 2/12/02 Applications
p. 542 (60, 61, 71, 77, 78)
107 2/13/02 Worksheet on Applications
Skid Marks
Review for Test
108 2/14/02 Test on vectors (Section 6.3)
109 2/15/02 The Story of Joe Sine
"Petals Around the Rose"
           
    2/18/02 School Holiday
    2/19/02 Teacher Work Day
110 2/20/02 Applications
Worksheet on Dinosaurs
Worksheet on Applications
111 2/21/02 Dot Product
p. 553 (1, 2, 3, 15, 16, 17, 20)
112 2/22/02 Complex Numbers
p. 258 (11, 14, 19, 23, 28, 31, 38, 51, 55, 78a)
           
113 2/25/02 Complex Number Plane / Polar Form
p. 563 (1, 2, 5, 9, 12,17, 18, 20, 31, 32)
114 2/26/02 DeMoivres Theorem / Quotients / Powers
p. 563 (45, 50, 51, 56)
115 2/27/02 DeMoivre's Theorem / Fundamental Theorem of Algebra
p. 565 (69, 78, 99, 100)
116 2/28/02 Review for Test
117 3/1/02 Test on Sections 6.3 - 6.5, 2.5
           
118 3/4/02 Exponential Functions and the number e
Chain Letters and Pyramid Schemes
p.300 (1, 5, 8 19, 20)
119 3/5/02 E and pi, Compound Interest
Properties of Exponents
p. 306 (47, 48, 50, 51, 53, 54, 60)
120 3/6/02 Logarithms -- Definition and Graphs
p. 317 (1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 31, 36)
121 3/7/02 Properties of logs
p. 325 (11, 12, 15, 19, 21, 27, 41, 44, 49, 50, 52, 70, 73, 77, 78)
122 3/8/02 Exponential & Logarithmic Functions
(Inverse Relationship)
p. 335 (1, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 21, 23, 27, 28, 31, 34, 36, 39, 42, 46)
           
123 3/11/02 Exponential/Log Equations
Applications
p. 336 (17, 18, 56, 59, 61, 64, 65, 66, 67, 73, 75, 81)
124 3/12/02 Log Equations
Cut Out Puzzle
Log Worksheet -- piano
125 3/13/02 Review for test on chapter 3
126 3/14/02 Test on Chapter 3
127 3/15/02 Intro to Probability
Distribute new books
Read sections 8-1 and 8-2
p. 237 (1 - 13)
p. 238 (1, 2)
           
128 3/18/02 Counting Principles
p. 239 (1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
129 3/19/02 Counting Principles
p. 240 (12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
130 3/20/02 Arrangements / Permutations
p. 243 (1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13)
131 3/21/02 Quiz on Sections 8.1 - 8.3
132 3/22/02 Game of WITPO (What Is The Probability Of...)
           
133 3/25/02 Permutations
p. 243 (4, 5, 16, 18, 19)
134 3/26/02 Probability -- Blood Types and Mazes
Worksheet on Blood Types
Worksheet on Blood Types (#2)
Worksheet on Amazing Mazes
135 3/27/02 Game -- Can't Stop
End of 3rd 9 Weeks
  3/28/02 Teacher Work Day
  3/29/02 Spring Break
           

 

Day Number Date Assignment
  4/01/02 Spring Break
  4/02/02 Spring Break
136 4/03/02 Permutations and Combinations
p. 250 (1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20)
137 4/04/02 Permutations and Combinations
p. 250 (2, 7,14, 18, 21, 22, 23)
(There are NINE Supreme Court Justices)
138 4/05/02 Video #9 Place Your Bets
p. 250 (24, 25, 26)
           
139 4/08/02 Permutations & Combinations
p. 251 (29, 30, 34, 36)
140 4/09/02 Urim and Thummin
Poker Hands
Lottery
Review for Test (8.1 to 8.5)
141 4/10/02 Test on Sections 8.1 to 8.5
142 4/11/02 Properties of Probability
p. 254 (1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9)
143 4/12/02 Binomial Probability
p. 254 (7, 10, 13)
           
144 4/15/02 Binomial Probability
p. 258 (1, 3, 4)
145 4/16/02 Binomial Probability
p. 258 (2, 8, 12)
146 4/17/02 Do The Birthday Problem in class
Shortcut to Binomial Theorem
p. 259 (9, 18 a,b,c,d,e)
147 4/18/02 Do Monty's Dilemma in class
p. 259 (7, 15a)
148 4/19/02 Mathematical Expectation
Do Chuck-A-Luck in class
p. 264 (1, 2, 5)
           
149 4/22/02 Mathematical Expectation
p. 264 (3, 6, 8, 10)
150 4/23/02 Review for test
Pascal's Wager
p. 268 (R1, R2, R3, R4)
151 4/24/02 Test on Chapter 8
152 4/25/02 Introduction to Statistics
Bags of Marbles -- Sampling
Stem & Leaf Plot
p. 273 (1, 2, 3, 4)
153 4/26/02 Line Plots, Scatter Plots, Box Plots
Super Bowl Champs
           
154 4/29/02 Mean, Median, Mode
Do M&M's in class
p. 276 (1, 2, 4, 6)
155 4/30/02 Variance
Standard Deviation
p. 280 (1, 2, 6)
156 5/01/02 Paradoxes in averages
Quiz on 9-1 to 9-3
157 5/02/02 Experiment with Cards
Worksheets
    5/03/02 Apple Blossom Holiday
           
158 5/06/02 Section 9.4 The Normal Curve
z-scores
p. 286 (2, 3, 4, 6)
159 5/07/02 z-scores
p. 286 (7, 9, 10, 12)
160 5/08/02 z-scores and SAT's
p. 287 (11)
Worksheet on SAT's
161 5/09/02 Review for Test on 9.1 - 9.4
162 5/10/02 Test on 9.1 - 9.4
Video #8 Picture This
Worksheets
Exam Review Sheets
           
163 5/13/02 Proof By Induction
Worksheet on Induction
164 5/14/02 Polar Coordinates
Connect Four Game with Polar Coordinates
p. 416 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
165 5/15/02 Polar Graphs
Rose Curve Worksheet
p. 416 (9, 13, 25, 26)
166 5/16/02 Worksheet -- Convert polar and Cartesian coordinates
167 5/17/02 Cardiod Curve Sketching Worksheet
Battleship Game for Polar Coordinates
Starship
           
168 5/20/02 Parametric Equations
p. 427 (1, 9, 28a, 30a, 31a, 32a)
169 5/21/02 Review for Test on Chapter 14
I Have... Who Has... Cards
170 5/22/02 Test on Polar Coordinates (chapter 14)
171 5/23/02 Arithmetic and Geometric Series
p. 442 (1, 2, 4, 11, 12)
172 5/24/02 Binomial Series
p. 443 (27, 30, 35, 38, 39, 40)
           
  5/27/02 Memorial Day Holiday
173 5/28/02 Final Examination for Seniors
Read p. 444 - 445
p. 446 (1 - 39 odds)
Play Can't Stop on computer
174 5/29/02 Final Examination for Seniors
Read p. 446 - 448
p. 448 (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10)
Play Can't Stop on computer
175 5/30/02 Exam Review Game "Mathardy"
176 5/31/02 Review for Exam
           
177 6/3/02 No Prealculus Class
178 6/4/02 Final Examination
179 6/5/02 No Precalculus Class
180 6/6/02 No Precalculus Class