12 May 2023 Grade 12 Essentials Mathematics. Word of the Day: Formula
- No In-Class Lessons Today [Teacher Conference].
- Only 8 students wrote the on-line quiz. I will re-activate it again for a few more hours! Week 6 Quiz. Late penalty applies. Will publish solutions at end of day in case a couple more students write the quiz. [DONE below]
- Only 8 Students wrote the quiz, online for two days. Here is Stats and Histogram. Easy marks!
- Update: Watch here for the Week 6 PDF Handout Solution.
- Update: Watch here later for the Week 6 Quiz Video Solution
- Update: Photo Album of Week 6 Quiz Solutions
Todays’ Lesson(s)
- Trigonometry Practice. Been doing Trig ever since September! Here is the Practice Test we had back in Grade 11. Good idea to do it again! Not Hand-in. Here are the answers available in the Unit G Webpage: Trig Practice Answers
- Spend another 40 mins today doing that Trig Practice
- More than ample Video Support in Previous Blogs
- Unit A – Problem Solve. Issued several Unit A Assignments for Problem Solving. How do you think? How do you solve problems? Some suggested methods. I issued an A-4 Make a Table, A-5 Solve Simple Version, A-6 Use a Formula, A-7 Various Problems!
- Give Assgt A-6 Use a Formula a try. Often the best way to solvea problem is to see a pattern and make a formula! Or better yet use a formula that you are given.
- Unit G Workbook. And yes, you probably noticed we have Unit G Workbook of Past Exam Questions. Just try some of that without the printout on your own on blank paper.
Useful Resources.
- 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.
- Need a review of Grade 10 and 11 Trig (SOH CAH TOA?) MrRichards Playlist
- Past Exam Questions – Trigonometry. 12 Pages of questions (with answers)
- 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.
- Statistics Canada. Check out Statistics Canada, ‘StatsCan’. They keep track of everything, population languages, ages, income, education, ethnicity, marriage status, number in household …. Example: StatsCan Digest for Winnipeg and Manitoba.
- 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!