by Jonathan ADAMS | Oct 23, 2016 | Grade 10, Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Grade 10s are taking a day or two to practice Paper 6 examples: investigations and modeling. If a circle is drawn with dots evenly spaced on its perimeter and all dots are connected to each other dot with straight lines, the result is called a mystic rose. How many...
by Todd DAVIS | Oct 13, 2016 | Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Secondary Maths, The Grades
This week, Mr. HM’s G6 class made a visit to some anxious G7 students who were ready and able to teach the important math skill of finding the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) and the Highest Common Factor (HCF). In order to explain this skill, the G7 students created a...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Oct 12, 2016 | Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Grade 9 found themselves running back and forth, acting out models of moving objects. Plotting distance versus time and then interpreting them physically, students Are preparing to wrap up the unit and take another assessment next week.
by Jonathan ADAMS | Oct 6, 2016 | Grade 11, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Modeling in mathematics is the process of developing an equation that describes an aspect of reality. Grade 11 is learning to model behaviors with quadratic functions, such as the dive in the image below.
by Todd DAVIS | Sep 8, 2016 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Grade 8, Secondary Maths, The Grades
This week G8 students looked at mathematics through the lens of history and discovered some surprising facts! We learned about people from the past like Euclid, who was alive 2,400 years ago, and developed the Euclidean Geometry system which is still in use today. We...
by Jonathan ADAMS | Sep 7, 2016 | Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 9, Secondary Maths, The Grades
Every class will enjoy their first test in the week after the Eid break… Grade 9 – surds and percents Grade 10 – vectors and geometric transformations Grade 11 MSSL – sets, vent diagrams, probability Grade 11 Math SL – binomial expansions...
