2024-2025 Course Flipbook v2 - Flipbook - Page 10
GEOMETRY
MATHEMATICS
How much paint would it take to paint the outside of the gym? How do I draw and then
build a scale model of a tiny house? This course emphasizes questioning by emphasizing
logic and reasoning, building geometric de昀椀nitions, postulates, and theorems. Students
explore, generate, and utilize resources in both abstract and real situations. Students
construct vocabulary and models to form a foundation for understanding concepts,
defending their reasoning using precise notation, naming conventions, and units.
Students explore angle pair relationships, similarity, and congruence. They solve right
triangles using right-triangle trigonometry and special triangle relationships, apply
properties of polygons and circles, calculate the area of polygons, and explore
surface area and volume of three-dimensional 昀椀gures. Throughout the course,
problems reinforce algebraic methods and processes in geometric contexts so
students are well-prepared for future algebra-focused mathematics courses.
Field students leave the course ready to make sense of the shapes and the world
around them and apply their geometric knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite: Algebra I or Algebra B
ALGEBRA II WITH DATA AND MODELING
Have you ever wondered, “How will I use math in my life?” In Algebra II with Data
and Modeling, students expand their algebraic toolkit and use it to investigate
topics and phenomena relevant to the modern world. Do electric vehicles really
pollute less over time compared to gasoline vehicles? Does the Electoral College
昀椀t the mathematical de昀椀nition of a function? Did the Laffer Tax Curve increase
or decrease tax revenue? Mathematical skills explored include function types
(linear, quadratic, exponential, logarithmic), algebraic manipulations (fractions,
exponents, factoring), visualization (with and without technology). Students
completing this course will con昀椀dently carry their mathematical toolkit with them
to the future.
