17 May 2023 Grade 12 Essentials. Word of the day: Analog and Digital
Announcements:
- Selected ladies to Gowns for Grads!
- Graduates!! get me some baby and grad pics! Details.
- Quiz Tomorrow of course. (every Thursday!)
- Study Notes [‘Cheat Sheet‘]. Your cheat sheet on it’s second revision by now? Expected to have one for the Final Exam on Wed 7 June. 5% of your course mark. Details: Study Notes Preparation.
Today’s Lesson(s)
- Warmup. From Unit G Workbook pp. 10 & 11
- Issue Next Unit: Unit D – Precision Measurement
Bill Nye Movie – Measurement(watched yesterday!)- Lesson Support Videos: Reading a Ruler
- Measurement Worksheet –Assgt D-1 Reading a Ruler (Exact same as Grade 10 and Grade 11)
- Errors in Measurement Webpage. Good explanation of erros in measurement
- Quiz tomorrow: 50 mins. 3 Trig questions, 2 stats questions, one Problem Solve & One Bonus (usual format, lol). Pretty much same types of questions the last 5 quizzes and the Mid-Term Test and you have all six of those solutions as handouts and as movies!
Useful Resources.
- Fun Practice Questions- Cosine Law.
- 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.
- 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!