META24 CORE · PROJECT-BASED · MATH · UPPER SCHOOL · GRADE 9 · 1 CREDIT · CCSS MATH
Algebra 1
Undo what was done to x, one move at a time — then the line, the inequality, the system, the literal equation, and the first quadratics. The whole Solving-for-x ladder in a quarter, the Algebra ladder in two, and factoring by spring. Every quarter ends in a build that needs the number.
THE MIX · HOW MUCH OF EACH CORE SUBJECT THIS COURSE CARRIES · IN ORDER
MATHSCIENCEREADING & WRITINGTECHNOLOGY & TRADES
The squares are a picture of a course — how much of each core subject its own rooms carry, read from the rooms’ text — never a score of a student. Every course in a lab is graded to the core across the board; the squares say which columns it feeds most.
WHAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO
- Solve linear equations and inequalities of every shape, and literal equations for any variable
- Write and interpret linear functions; solve systems and say what the solution means
- Multiply and factor polynomials; solve a quadratic by factoring
- Model exponential growth and read function notation
AT A GLANCE · 36 WEEKS
Q1 Solving for x · the whole ladder — One Day, Both Columns
Q2 Algebra · the equation that measures — Prove Ohm's Law With Your Own Line
Q3 The line and the system — Speed Up the Fizz
Q4 Quadratics and growth — The Glitter Hand
Semester 1
WEEKS 1–18 · QUARTERS 1 AND 2Solving for x · the whole ladder
WEEKS 1–9 · IN THIS OFFERINGTHE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 1–2One move
Undo plus, minus, times, divide.
WK 3–7Two moves and more
Two-step, like terms, distribute, x on both sides; the order.
WK 8–9The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
One Day, Both Columns
The question. One day, both columns: what equation balances what you ate against what you burned?
The make. One Day, Both Columns — the build on the Science Floor, in the Movement Floor: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The day-budget sheet with the two-step equations solved, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-LS1-7HS-LS1-77.EEHS-A
Algebra · the equation that measures
WEEKS 10–18 · IN THIS OFFERINGTHE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 10–12Negative and fraction solutions; multi-step
When x is negative or the coefficient is a fraction.
WK 13–16Literal equations and inequalities
Solve for any letter; write and solve an inequality.
WK 17–18The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Prove Ohm's Law With Your Own Line
The question. V = IR on your own line: solve it for every letter, then prove it with a meter.
The make. Prove Ohm's Law With Your Own Line — the build on the Science Floor, in the Cyber Lab: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The Ohm’s-law sheet with the literal equation solved three ways and the measured line, handed in through the Science Floor
HS-PS3-5MS-PS2-3HS-A7.EE
Semester 2
WEEKS 19–36 · QUARTERS 3 AND 4The line and the system
WEEKS 19–27THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 19–22Exponent rules and slope
Rules; rise over run; the rate.
WK 23–25Write the line; solve the system
From two points; two lines together.
WK 26–27The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
Speed Up the Fizz
The question. Speed up the fizz: what is the slope of the reaction against temperature, and where do two rates cross?
The make. Speed Up the Fizz — the build on the Science Floor, in the Kitchen: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The rate sheet with the line written and the crossing solved as a system, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-PS1-2HS-PS1-58.EE8.F
Quadratics and growth
WEEKS 28–36THE WEEKS · THE ROOMS EACH ONE OPENS
WK 28–31FOIL and factor
Multiply binomials; pull them apart again.
WK 32–34Solve the quadratic; function notation; growth
Zero-product; f(x); doubling.
WK 35–36The section test
Twenty questions; Their Board.
THE PROJECT · WHAT THE QUARTER IS FOR
The Glitter Hand
The question. The glitter hand: how many hands in ten handshakes — and what is the growth factor?
The make. The Glitter Hand — the build on the Science Floor, in the Kitchen: the number, the count, the sheet.
The evidence. The spread sheet with the exponential model fitted and the doubling time computed, handed in through the Science Floor
MS-LS1-1MS-ETS1-3HS-FHS-A
A course is a quarter, a semester or a year — nine, eighteen or thirty-six weeks — a project a quarter. Offered as the year, a semester or a quarter, it is the same course seen through a window. A lab is a family: its year, each of its tracks as a course, and its rooms. The evidence is what a student hands in through the room; the Report reads it from there. Nothing in the catalog is a grade.
THE PASS · THIS COURSE AND EVERY OTHER ONE
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