25 May 2023 Grade 12 Essentials. Word of the Day: Odds
Announcements:
- Jocelynn Starr Award Essays due by 31 May. No late entries!
- Final Exam Wed 7 Jun. Last of Assgts in by Fri 2 Jun. (Penalty if late >2 weeks).
- Issuing progress reports again today. Do not throw it under hte bus now!!
Today’s Lessons
- Quiz – Regular Weekly Thursday Quiz. Do not miss. Possible to get 150%. Should help those that may need a ~5 – 6% boost in their mark!
- Practice Questions for Probability (not Handin)
- Lesson: Probability and Odds. Unit I Probability Notes pp. 4 -10 (still)
- Assgt I – 3 Odds. Due<=29 May
- Lesson Support Video(s) – Odds
- Issue Unit I Workbook – Past Exam Questions (with Answers)
- Read ahead pp. 11 -13 Expected Value. Read also the Glossary at back of Notes.
- Animations and Manipulatives (help you see concepts better!)
- Coin Toss. Can you flip 10 coins and they all come up heads?? Sure you can, but you would have to try ~1,024 times (on average) though to get one event of all heads. It could happen the first try too!
- Spinner. Run the spinner, change the colours. Shouldn’t each equal sized sector be equally likely if a fair spinner?
- Plinko. A must see! Just like The Price is Right. If bouncing left and bouncing right are equally likely, shouldn’t the ball favour falling in the middle area? See what happens after a thousand trials of ball drops.
- Mathopolis Quiz Questions. Try these simple quiz Questions. Should me a screen shot if you get them eight or more correct.
Useful Resources.
- Polygon Geometry- Number of Diagonals Interactive Manipulative Would make an awesome Star Blanket. Check out how to use it: Polygon Manipulative
- Triangle Calculator. Just type in three values and the App solves the entire triangle for you! Good way to check your work?
- Doing Homework without a printed Copy. Easy. Check Video: Doing Work without a Hard Copy. In the old days we did not have printers and photocopiers. We copied the question off the board [screen] and did it on paper.
- DESMOS Geometry. If you have a tablet or laptop you really do have to explore this App.
- Math is Fun Dictionary (Glossary and Definitions). Check out the illustrated Glossary ‘Math is Fun’. Has some animations [‘manipulatives’] too. Flip through it, check out words you need clarified.
- Course Calendar (May/Jun)
- Quiz Debrief Movies in one-stop shopping playlist: Course Quiz Debrief Movies. And in each video check out the index under ‘.. Show More‘
- Archived Past Provincial Exams -Grade 12 Essential. We are exempt this year from provincial exams, but there is ~10 years worth of past exams! Thousands of questions, every unit, with full solutions not just answers, and hazards to avoid.
- Cheat Sheet. Here is the purpose of YOUR ‘Cheat Sheet’: Study Notes Preparation. 5% of your course mark. Here is an example of a Grade 12 Essential Cheat from a former student.
- Daily Whiteboard Lessons. Every lesson from every day on the whiteboard, also printed at front of the class
- Protocol for Learning at Home. Stuck at home? Still expected to do work!