District 11 Educational Support Services
Mathematics


Algebra Investigations 1: Overview
Course Number: MA.ALIN1


Overview
This course consists of college-level mathematics. The prescribed AB syllabus produced by the College Entrance Examination Board for the Advanced Placement Program in mathematics is followed. Students are expected to take the Advanced Placement Exam in May. Advanced placement and/or college credit may be awarded for successful performance on this examination. Graphing calculators are required for this course. 
Prerequisite: Math 8
Course Length: 2   Period Length: 1   Grade Level:  9-12   Credit per Semester: 1
Additional Credit Information: Credit per Semester: 1.0 (Math requirement or Elective)

Enduring Understandings - important ideas that students should carry with them years beyond the instruction received this year.

  • Mathematics is a tool for communication.

  • It is essential to be able to communicate the reasoning used to solve problems.

  • Algebra is a way of thinking. 

  • Functions model the real world.

  • Discerning patterns is a way of understanding the world.

  • Geometry builds our world.

  • Units matter and precision matters.

  • Proportional reasoning solves real world problems.

  • Mathematics incorporates multiple problem solving strategies.

  • Numbers have multiple representations and give value.

  • Discerning patterns is a way of understanding numbers.

  • Mathematics is a tool for communication.

  • It is essential to be able to communicate the reasoning used to solve problems.

  • Informed decision-making is dependent upon the ability to understand data.

Essential Questions - most important “big picture” questions students should be able to answer after completing learning activities

  • Why is your answer reasonable?

  • What does that number mean? 

  • What gives a number value? 

  • How do you know what an answer looks like before you solve the problem?

  • How is math a universal language?   

  • How would you learn math without a math teacher?

  • How do you read mathematical stuff? 

  • How are functions used to model data?

  • In what ways can we use mathematical thinking to model real world situations?

  • How are linear and non-linear functions similar and different? 

  • Why would you represent a function in multiple ways?

  • When does nothing mean something?

  • How is algebra generalized arithmetic?

  • How does algebra help make more sense of geometry?

  • How is math a universal language?   

  • How can data be used to mislead/ manipulate people?

  • What's luck got to do with it?

  • How do you morph?

  • How is geometry related to everything? 

  • How is the triangle the essential building block for everything? 

  • What purposes do measurements serve?

CSAP Tested Standards  Highest Frequency High Frequency Other Standards and E-Skills

Standard 1:  (Number Sense) Students develop number sense and use numbers and number relationships in problem solving situations and communicate the reasoning in solving these problems.
Demonstrate square numbers using pictures, words, and/or symbols.
Identify and use the concepts of factor, multiple, prime, composite and square numbers
Know the divisibility rules for 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, and 10.  Describe numbers by their characteristics

Standard 2: (Algebra and Functions) Students use algebraic methods to explore, model and describe patterns and functions involving numbers, shapes, data, and graphs in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems.
Recognize and continue a geometric and/or numeric pattern. 
Translate written words into algebraic form.
Translate a given pattern into a different form.
Recognize, explain and extend a linear pattern in a problem solving situation.

Standard 3: (Probability and Statistics) Students use data collection and analysis, statistics, and probability in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning and processes used in solving these problems.
Organize and construct a line graph, bar graph, and frequency table from a set of data
Interpret and draw conclusions from a variety of visual data forms 

Standard 4:  (Geometry) Students use geometric concepts, properties, and relationships in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning used in solving these problems. 
 
Determine the perimeters of polygons.
Determine the areas of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, triangles.
Use a variety of methods to find area. 
Compare areas of figures and explain their relationships.

Standard 5:  (Measurement) Students use a variety of tools and techniques to measure, apply the results in problem-solving situations, and communicate the reasoning involved in solving these problems.
 
Apply proportional reasoning skills.                 
Apply spatial reasoning.
Read and interpret scales.
Use the appropriate formula/procedure correctly to solve perimeter of polygons.
Use the appropriate formula correctly to solve problems involving area.

Standard 6: (Computation) Students link concepts and procedures as they develop and use computational techniques, including estimation, mental arithmetic, paper-and-pencil, calculators, and computers, in problem-solving situations and communicate the reasoning involved.

Apply order of operations
Add and subtract fractions and decimals in problem-solving situations. Apply computational strategies including traditional algorithms for adding and subtracting fractions.

Sample Units

District 11 Diamond Units/Lessons Overview - includes information about the purpose, goals and structure of these sample instructional units:

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