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PATTERN SNIFFER: Student identies patterns and generate conjectures from those patterns. 2. EXPERIMENTER: Student conducts mathematical experiments (labs) and completes lab reports with their conclusions. 3. DESCRIBER: Student constructs logical, mathematical arguments using appropriate mathematical language. 4. TINKERER: Student chooses an effective approach for a problem from different possibilities and evaluate the relative efciency. 5. INVENTOR: Student recognizes and applies mathematical ideas to situations in the outside world. 6. VISUALIZER: Student uses multiple representations to work on, create, and explain problems. 7. CONJECTURER: Student evaluates written arguments for validity. 8. GUESSER: Student determines when an approximation or an exact value is appropriate for a given situation and evaluates the reasonableness of a given solution. Work Habits Learning Goals 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Unit 1 1. 2. 3. 4. Unit 2 5. Student can identify bias in a survey or experiment and suggest alternative methods to avoid bias, as well as identify the difference between qualitative and quantitative data. Student can simplify radical expressions and perform arithmetic on them. Student can apply the Pythagorean Theorem to a variety of situations. Student can generate and solve proportions. Student can use trigonometric ratios to identify missing sides and angles of right triangles. Student Student Student Student Student Student enters class on time and completes the warm-up in a timely fashion. regularly asks relevant mathematical questions. observes class rules. helps others who are lost or confused in class. maintains an organized notebook and portfolio. summarizes their learning after every lesson.

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Student can nd the mean, median, and mode of a data set and explain how each average can be used to tell a different story. Student can create and interpret a histogram and a cumulative histogram, and demonstrate the difference between univariate and bivariate data. Student can nd the ve number summary of a date set and construct the corresponding box-and-whisker plot. Student can generate a scatterplot from a data set, determine the correlation, and draw a line of best t, and explain the difference between correlation and causation.

Unit 3 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Unit 4 18. 19. 20. Unit 5 21. 22. Student can: represent the elements of a set using roster notation, set builder notation, and/or interval notation; can nd the complement of a set; can nd the intersection and union of two sets. Student can solve a linear equation or inequality in two variables for one variable in terms of the other. Student can identify exponential growth and decay, and calculate the value for a given time. Student can explain percents and rates, how they are related, and how they are different from regular numbers. Student can recognize if a relation is a function, identify the mother function, and determine what changes from the mother function have been made. Student can explain the meaning of slope and can calculate it given a line or a set of points. Student can solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable. Student can formulate the equation of a line using slope-intercept form, given two points or a parallel line, and can graph a line given the equation. Student can differentiate between an expression and an equation, and perform arithmetic on polynomial expressions. Students can identify and use the seven properties of real numbers. Student can recognize if a relation is a function and identify the mother functions. Student can examine a function and determine the changes to the mother function. Student can identify the vertex, axis of symmetry, and roots of a parabola.

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Student can solve a system of linear equations using elimination, substitution, and graphing. Student can devise a plan for evaluating multiple linear constraints to determine the best course of action.

Students can represent a quadratic equation symbolically and can solve algebraically. Student can graph a quadratic equation and identify the roots, vertex, and axis of symmetry. Student can add, subtract, multiply, divide, and simplify rational expressions.

Student can identify, explain, and map the sample space of probabilistic events using the counting principle and permutations. Student can calculate the probability of an event and its inverse using theoretical and experimental data.

Student can calculate the surface area and volume of various solids and explain how those values are related.