Math 9 Syllabus
Unit 1 Patterns: The Patterns unit focuses on developing students' ability to identify, analyze, and extend mathematical patterns using various tools and contexts. Students explore patterns in real-world situations, using tools like graphing calculators and data analysis to understand and model these patterns. The unit emphasizes mathematical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills, encouraging students to work collaboratively and express their ideas both orally and in writing.
8/21 In/Out Tables
8/20 Patterns Unit Intro and WS #1
8/19 Pre Assessment
Unit: Pit And Pendulum Exploring an excerpt from this Edgar Allan Poe classic, students use data from experiments and statistical ideas, such as standard deviation and normal distribution to develop a formula for the period of a pendulum.
Specific Topics:
Experimental error
Normal distributions Intuitively & Mathematically – by hand, then by calculator
Standard pendulum – mean and standard deviation of period
What affects the period?
Curve fitting
Experimental data to find equation for period
Enduring Understandings:
Find functions to fit data and make predictions.
Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution, estimate population percentages and decide if data is normal.
10/15 Data Spread
10/14 What's Rare, POW #2 Work time
10/11 Pendulum Data collection day 1
10/10 Histogram Data in class
10/9 POW #2 Due 10/16 POW Write up Information
10/8 Mean Median Mode, Histogram Review
Mini Unit 1 : Function Transformations
8/25 Garden Tiles
8/26 Border Varieties - Pre Test - X block sign up
8/27 Function Transformations Day 1
8/28 Function Transformation Day 2
8/29 IReady testing (no class)
8/30 POW #1
9/3 Quadratic Transformations
GC 4th Hour link
9/5 Pit and Pendulum Day 1
9/6 Desmos Graphing in class
9/9 Curve Fitting #3 on Desmos
9/10 POW #1 Due, Other Parent Functions
9/11 In class activity, function transformations
9/12 Other Functions , Whiteboards
9/13 Marble slides on DESMOS
TPOL Graphic Organizer
TPOL Schedule
The Game of PIG
Pig is an introduction to the core concepts of probability and expected value as well as the supporting ideas of “randomness,” “equally likely,” “independent events,” “in the long run,” “theoretical versus experimental probability,” and “mean, median and mode.” These concepts are contextualized in the unit problem, which involves determining the best strategy to win the most points in the Game of Pig. The concepts implied in solving Pig are represented in various ways using histograms, tree diagrams, area models or “rugs,” and sample spaces.
5/17 DP Update
5/16 Exhibition Prep
5/15 Unit Exam
5/10 Kahoot Review
5/1 Starter
4/30 Feedback Survey
4/29 Health Insurance Spreadsheet
4/26 POW #14 What's on Back? (Optional for students with a POW % above 70)
Ask the Actuary
4/25 Solving the Unit Problem - what is the best strategy for the game of pig??
4/24 More Pig Strategies
4/23 Little Pig Strategies , Strategies Continued
4/22 POW #13 Due , The game of Little Pig
4/19 PSAT
4/18 Quiz
4/17 Quiz Review, POW 13 work time
4/16 Aunt Zena's Health Care
4/08 Carrier Problems WS
4/07 A false Positive
4/05 A Fair Rug , POW # 13 Due 4/18
4/04 More Basketball
4/03 Career Field Trip
4/02 Basketball one and one
4/01 - PSAT Prep
3/29 Quiz
3/28 Mia's Card's , Notes
3/27 No Class
3/26 POW # 12
3/15 Spinner Give and Take
3/14 POW 11 Due
3/13 Pointed Rugs, POW 11 Work Time
3/12 Coins Coins Coins
3/11 Rug Games: Rug Games
3/8 More Pig Strategies, Kahoot, Choose best Strategy Here
3/7 Two Dice Sums
3/6 Gambler's Fallacy POW #11 Due 2/14
3/5 PIG Day 1
Current Unit: Shadows The central question of this unit is "How can you predict the length of a shadow?" The unit moves quickly from this concrete problem to the geometric concept of similarity. Students work with a variety of approaches to come to an understanding of similar polygons, especially triangles. Then they return to the problem of a shadow, applying their knowledge of similar triangles and using informal methods for solving proportions, to develop a general formula. In the last part of the unit, students learn about the three primary trigonometric functions and apply them to finding heights and distances.
2/27 - Whiteboard Review, DP Update, POW work time
2/26 - Test Corrections, DP Update
2/23 - POW #10
2/22 - Shadows Unit Exam
2/21 Review for Exam
2/20 - POW and Review
2/16 POW work Day - work with a partner on 2-3 other scoring systems
2/15 - Work Day (Finish WS from Yesterday, Finish all Khan Academy)
2/14 Right Triangle Application Problems WS
2/13 Khan Academy Trig Problems
2/12 - POW #9
2/8 - Inverse Trig
2/7 Career Fair
2/6 - SOH CAH TOA
2/2 Trig functions - ws#1
2/1 Spreadsheet
1/30/24 Right Triangles
1/29/24 Shadow and Mirror Problems
1/26/24 Review - Kahoot, Khan Academy
1/25/24 POW # 8 Due, Finish Shadow of a doubt
1/24/24 Shadow of a doubt
1/23/24 Shadow Experiments in class
1/22/24 Proportions 1
1/19/24 Similar polygons review in class
1/18/24 Shadows Quiz #1
1/17/24 POW #8
1/16/25 All About Angles
1/12/24 Growing your Triangle
1/11/24 POW # 7 Due Today , Similar Triangles
1/10/24 Similarity
1/9/24 Group Work in class Intro to Shadows
1/5/24 Skill Building #1
1/4/24 Algebra Review
1/3/24 POW # 7 Due 1/11
November 2023 Current Unit:
Alice In this unit one of Alice's adventures forms the basis for you to explore some ideas about numerical operations, graphs, and algebra formulas. Skills include:
12/8 Survey
12/6 POL Preview - Schedule - POL Example Video 1 - Video 2 (lots of Umms!) - Example 3 ( a bit long..)
12/5 Alice Unit Exam
12/4 Unit Review
12/1 LOG WS
11/30 Alice on a Log
11/29 Measuring Meals
11/28 A half ounce of cake
11/27 POW # 6
11/17 Posters - In Class
11/16 Eating and Drinking
11/15 Having your Cake and drinking too
11/14 Quiz 1
11/13 In search of the Law
11/10 Many Meals for Alice
11/9 Piece After Piece
11/8 POW #5 Colored Cubes
11/7 HW #3 A new kind of cake.
11/6 In Class Assignment - Alice
Graphing Alice
September 2023 Unit:
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Exploring an excerpt from this Edgar Allan Poe classic, students use data from experiments and statistical ideas, such as standard deviation and normal distribution to develop a formula for the period of a pendulum.
Specific Topics:
Experimental error
Normal distributions Intuitively & Mathematically – by hand, then by calculator
Standard pendulum – mean and standard deviation of period
What affects the period?
Curve fitting
Experimental data to find equation for period
Enduring Understandings:
Find functions to fit data and make predictions.
Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution, estimate population percentages and decide if data is normal.
11/1 Pit and Pendulum Unit Exam
10/31 Unit Reflection & Review
10/30 Curve Fitting Review
10/27 Finish Pendulum Variations , Begin POW #4
10/26 Data Analysis
10/25 Percent Review
10/24 Pendulum Data - Length & Weight
10/23 POW #3 Turn In & Pendulum Amplitude timing
10/20 Starter Spreadsheet
10/19 Standard Pendulum Timing use this spreadsheet
10/18 Quiz #1
10/17 Quiz Review
10/13 White board Practice POW #3
10/12 Field Trip ( No Math!)
10/11 Turn in POW #2
10/10 Normal Curve Practice
10/5 Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation
10/4 What's Rare (in class) & Data Spread p.335 - 338
10/3 Data Collection, Data Spread p.335 - 338
10/2 POW #2 Work Time
9/29 POW #2 Due 10/11 Rubric
9/28 Read Pit and Pendulum, the Question p. 308 - 311
9/27 Posters in class
9/26 POW #1 presentations/ turn in
9/25 Curve Fit #3 on TI 84
9/22/23 Desmos Marbleslides in class
9/21/23 Curve Fitting Day 2
9/20/23 Curve Fitting Day 1
Day 1 9/19/23
POW #1 Scrambled Eggs
Shadows Unit Test 3/7/23
POW #13 Due 3/9
Inverse Trig Lesson
2/27/23 Inverse Trig Side 1 Side 2
If you've been absent, you need this lesson: Intro to Trigonometry
2/22/23 Trigonometry! Side 1 Side 2
2/21/23 55 Degree Triangle Activity - Spreadsheet
POW #12 Squares in Squares
2/9/23 Quiz #1 Angles, parallel lines and similar polygons
2/8/23 Mirror Madness
2/7/23 Spiders!
2/6/23 Pool Math
2/3/23 Skill Building - Radicals Edpuzzle invite class code: hojfovk
2/2/23 Similar Triangles
2/1/23 Career Fair
1/31/28 Inside Similarity
1/30/23 Parallels and Transversal
1/28/23 POW #11
1/27/23 Skill Building - Review
1/26/23 POW work time
1/25/23 Why are Triangles Special?
1/24/23 Polygon Similarity
1/23/23 p. 419
1/20/23 Skill Building Distributive property
1/17/23 POW #10 Due Jan 27th
1/11/23 POW 9 presentations, shadow data in groups
1/10/23 Angles + POW work time
1/9/23 Group Activity
POW #9 Due Jan 11th
All about Alice In this unit one of Alice's adventures forms the basis for you to explore some ideas about numerical operations, graphs, and algebra formulas. Skills include:
12/1 Review
11/29 Review for Unit Exam
11/17 Scientific Notation
11/15 Practice with Logarithms
11/14 Alice on a Log
11/11 POW #8 Due 11/18
11/8 Measuring Meals
11/7 Review!
11/4 A half ounce of cake
11/3 POW #7 Challenge Extension
11/2 Work Day
11/1 POW #7 Due Nov 8th
10/31 Exponent Practice Worksheet
10/28 POW #6 Due
10/27 Eating and Drinking
10/25 Exponents Quiz 1
10/24 Quiz Review
10/21 In class review and posters
10/20 Having your Cake and drinking too
10/19 Finish Many Meals for Alice, In search of the Law
10/18 POW #5 Due, Finish Piece after Piece, Many Meals for Alice
10/13 Piece After Piece
10/12 Here Goes nothing & HW #3 A new kind of cake.
10/11 Starter In Class Assignment - Alice
10/10 POW #5 Due Oct 18th Class Data Here
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Exploring an excerpt from this Edgar Allan Poe classic, students use data from experiments and statistical ideas, such as standard deviation and normal distribution to develop a formula for the period of a pendulum.
10/7 Unit Reflection Instructions
10/5 Final Pendulum Prediction! Use this data
10/3/22 Data analysis - 1st Hour Spreadsheet here!
Spreadsheet!
9/30 POW 4 work time
9/29 Pendulum data collection - Spreadsheet of results
9/28 Quiz 1 in class
9/22 POW #4 Due October 4th
9/21 Normal Distribution Practice
9/20 Normal Distribution Notes and page 343
9/19 Data Spread p.335 - 338
9/16 Pow #3 Due 9/23
9/15 Pow #2 Due
2 Curve Fits on Desmos
9/14 Data Collection in class
9/13 Pendulum Observations
POW 2 Rubric
9/12 Begin Unit 1 'Into the Pit' -Reading
Pre Unit work - Curve Fitting
Fitting a curve or function to a set of data allows us to make predictions.
9/9 Marbleslides on desmos
POW #2 How many squares? Due 9/15
9/7 Parent Function Posters in class activity
9/6/22 Curve Fitting 3
9/1/22 Academic Mindset Survey
8/31/22 Curve Fitting Day 2
8/30/22 Curve Fitting Day 1
POW #1
Unit 1 Patterns: The Patterns unit focuses on developing students' ability to identify, analyze, and extend mathematical patterns using various tools and contexts. Students explore patterns in real-world situations, using tools like graphing calculators and data analysis to understand and model these patterns. The unit emphasizes mathematical reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills, encouraging students to work collaboratively and express their ideas both orally and in writing.
8/21 In/Out Tables
8/20 Patterns Unit Intro and WS #1
8/19 Pre Assessment
Unit: Pit And Pendulum Exploring an excerpt from this Edgar Allan Poe classic, students use data from experiments and statistical ideas, such as standard deviation and normal distribution to develop a formula for the period of a pendulum.
Specific Topics:
Experimental error
Normal distributions Intuitively & Mathematically – by hand, then by calculator
Standard pendulum – mean and standard deviation of period
What affects the period?
Curve fitting
Experimental data to find equation for period
Enduring Understandings:
Find functions to fit data and make predictions.
Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution, estimate population percentages and decide if data is normal.
10/15 Data Spread
10/14 What's Rare, POW #2 Work time
10/11 Pendulum Data collection day 1
10/10 Histogram Data in class
10/9 POW #2 Due 10/16 POW Write up Information
10/8 Mean Median Mode, Histogram Review
Mini Unit 1 : Function Transformations
8/25 Garden Tiles
8/26 Border Varieties - Pre Test - X block sign up
8/27 Function Transformations Day 1
8/28 Function Transformation Day 2
8/29 IReady testing (no class)
8/30 POW #1
9/3 Quadratic Transformations
GC 4th Hour link
9/5 Pit and Pendulum Day 1
9/6 Desmos Graphing in class
9/9 Curve Fitting #3 on Desmos
9/10 POW #1 Due, Other Parent Functions
9/11 In class activity, function transformations
9/12 Other Functions , Whiteboards
9/13 Marble slides on DESMOS
TPOL Graphic Organizer
TPOL Schedule
The Game of PIG
Pig is an introduction to the core concepts of probability and expected value as well as the supporting ideas of “randomness,” “equally likely,” “independent events,” “in the long run,” “theoretical versus experimental probability,” and “mean, median and mode.” These concepts are contextualized in the unit problem, which involves determining the best strategy to win the most points in the Game of Pig. The concepts implied in solving Pig are represented in various ways using histograms, tree diagrams, area models or “rugs,” and sample spaces.
5/17 DP Update
5/16 Exhibition Prep
5/15 Unit Exam
5/10 Kahoot Review
5/1 Starter
4/30 Feedback Survey
4/29 Health Insurance Spreadsheet
4/26 POW #14 What's on Back? (Optional for students with a POW % above 70)
Ask the Actuary
4/25 Solving the Unit Problem - what is the best strategy for the game of pig??
4/24 More Pig Strategies
4/23 Little Pig Strategies , Strategies Continued
4/22 POW #13 Due , The game of Little Pig
4/19 PSAT
4/18 Quiz
4/17 Quiz Review, POW 13 work time
4/16 Aunt Zena's Health Care
4/08 Carrier Problems WS
4/07 A false Positive
4/05 A Fair Rug , POW # 13 Due 4/18
4/04 More Basketball
4/03 Career Field Trip
4/02 Basketball one and one
4/01 - PSAT Prep
3/29 Quiz
3/28 Mia's Card's , Notes
3/27 No Class
3/26 POW # 12
3/15 Spinner Give and Take
3/14 POW 11 Due
3/13 Pointed Rugs, POW 11 Work Time
3/12 Coins Coins Coins
3/11 Rug Games: Rug Games
3/8 More Pig Strategies, Kahoot, Choose best Strategy Here
3/7 Two Dice Sums
3/6 Gambler's Fallacy POW #11 Due 2/14
3/5 PIG Day 1
Current Unit: Shadows The central question of this unit is "How can you predict the length of a shadow?" The unit moves quickly from this concrete problem to the geometric concept of similarity. Students work with a variety of approaches to come to an understanding of similar polygons, especially triangles. Then they return to the problem of a shadow, applying their knowledge of similar triangles and using informal methods for solving proportions, to develop a general formula. In the last part of the unit, students learn about the three primary trigonometric functions and apply them to finding heights and distances.
2/27 - Whiteboard Review, DP Update, POW work time
2/26 - Test Corrections, DP Update
2/23 - POW #10
2/22 - Shadows Unit Exam
2/21 Review for Exam
2/20 - POW and Review
2/16 POW work Day - work with a partner on 2-3 other scoring systems
2/15 - Work Day (Finish WS from Yesterday, Finish all Khan Academy)
2/14 Right Triangle Application Problems WS
2/13 Khan Academy Trig Problems
2/12 - POW #9
2/8 - Inverse Trig
2/7 Career Fair
2/6 - SOH CAH TOA
2/2 Trig functions - ws#1
2/1 Spreadsheet
1/30/24 Right Triangles
1/29/24 Shadow and Mirror Problems
1/26/24 Review - Kahoot, Khan Academy
1/25/24 POW # 8 Due, Finish Shadow of a doubt
1/24/24 Shadow of a doubt
1/23/24 Shadow Experiments in class
1/22/24 Proportions 1
1/19/24 Similar polygons review in class
1/18/24 Shadows Quiz #1
1/17/24 POW #8
1/16/25 All About Angles
1/12/24 Growing your Triangle
1/11/24 POW # 7 Due Today , Similar Triangles
1/10/24 Similarity
1/9/24 Group Work in class Intro to Shadows
1/5/24 Skill Building #1
1/4/24 Algebra Review
1/3/24 POW # 7 Due 1/11
November 2023 Current Unit:
Alice In this unit one of Alice's adventures forms the basis for you to explore some ideas about numerical operations, graphs, and algebra formulas. Skills include:
- exponentiation
- graphing simple exponential equations
- laws of exponents
- basic logarithms
12/8 Survey
12/6 POL Preview - Schedule - POL Example Video 1 - Video 2 (lots of Umms!) - Example 3 ( a bit long..)
12/5 Alice Unit Exam
12/4 Unit Review
12/1 LOG WS
11/30 Alice on a Log
11/29 Measuring Meals
11/28 A half ounce of cake
11/27 POW # 6
11/17 Posters - In Class
11/16 Eating and Drinking
11/15 Having your Cake and drinking too
11/14 Quiz 1
11/13 In search of the Law
11/10 Many Meals for Alice
11/9 Piece After Piece
11/8 POW #5 Colored Cubes
11/7 HW #3 A new kind of cake.
11/6 In Class Assignment - Alice
Graphing Alice
September 2023 Unit:
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Exploring an excerpt from this Edgar Allan Poe classic, students use data from experiments and statistical ideas, such as standard deviation and normal distribution to develop a formula for the period of a pendulum.
Specific Topics:
Experimental error
Normal distributions Intuitively & Mathematically – by hand, then by calculator
Standard pendulum – mean and standard deviation of period
What affects the period?
Curve fitting
Experimental data to find equation for period
Enduring Understandings:
Find functions to fit data and make predictions.
Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution, estimate population percentages and decide if data is normal.
11/1 Pit and Pendulum Unit Exam
10/31 Unit Reflection & Review
10/30 Curve Fitting Review
10/27 Finish Pendulum Variations , Begin POW #4
10/26 Data Analysis
10/25 Percent Review
10/24 Pendulum Data - Length & Weight
10/23 POW #3 Turn In & Pendulum Amplitude timing
10/20 Starter Spreadsheet
10/19 Standard Pendulum Timing use this spreadsheet
10/18 Quiz #1
10/17 Quiz Review
10/13 White board Practice POW #3
10/12 Field Trip ( No Math!)
10/11 Turn in POW #2
10/10 Normal Curve Practice
10/5 Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation
10/4 What's Rare (in class) & Data Spread p.335 - 338
10/3 Data Collection, Data Spread p.335 - 338
10/2 POW #2 Work Time
9/29 POW #2 Due 10/11 Rubric
9/28 Read Pit and Pendulum, the Question p. 308 - 311
9/27 Posters in class
9/26 POW #1 presentations/ turn in
9/25 Curve Fit #3 on TI 84
9/22/23 Desmos Marbleslides in class
9/21/23 Curve Fitting Day 2
9/20/23 Curve Fitting Day 1
Day 1 9/19/23
POW #1 Scrambled Eggs
Shadows Unit Test 3/7/23
POW #13 Due 3/9
Inverse Trig Lesson
2/27/23 Inverse Trig Side 1 Side 2
If you've been absent, you need this lesson: Intro to Trigonometry
2/22/23 Trigonometry! Side 1 Side 2
2/21/23 55 Degree Triangle Activity - Spreadsheet
POW #12 Squares in Squares
2/9/23 Quiz #1 Angles, parallel lines and similar polygons
2/8/23 Mirror Madness
2/7/23 Spiders!
2/6/23 Pool Math
2/3/23 Skill Building - Radicals Edpuzzle invite class code: hojfovk
2/2/23 Similar Triangles
2/1/23 Career Fair
1/31/28 Inside Similarity
1/30/23 Parallels and Transversal
1/28/23 POW #11
1/27/23 Skill Building - Review
1/26/23 POW work time
1/25/23 Why are Triangles Special?
1/24/23 Polygon Similarity
1/23/23 p. 419
1/20/23 Skill Building Distributive property
1/17/23 POW #10 Due Jan 27th
1/11/23 POW 9 presentations, shadow data in groups
1/10/23 Angles + POW work time
1/9/23 Group Activity
POW #9 Due Jan 11th
All about Alice In this unit one of Alice's adventures forms the basis for you to explore some ideas about numerical operations, graphs, and algebra formulas. Skills include:
- exponentiation
- graphing simple exponential equations
- laws of exponents
- basic logarithms
12/1 Review
11/29 Review for Unit Exam
11/17 Scientific Notation
11/15 Practice with Logarithms
11/14 Alice on a Log
11/11 POW #8 Due 11/18
11/8 Measuring Meals
11/7 Review!
11/4 A half ounce of cake
11/3 POW #7 Challenge Extension
11/2 Work Day
11/1 POW #7 Due Nov 8th
10/31 Exponent Practice Worksheet
10/28 POW #6 Due
10/27 Eating and Drinking
10/25 Exponents Quiz 1
10/24 Quiz Review
10/21 In class review and posters
10/20 Having your Cake and drinking too
10/19 Finish Many Meals for Alice, In search of the Law
10/18 POW #5 Due, Finish Piece after Piece, Many Meals for Alice
10/13 Piece After Piece
10/12 Here Goes nothing & HW #3 A new kind of cake.
10/11 Starter In Class Assignment - Alice
10/10 POW #5 Due Oct 18th Class Data Here
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM Exploring an excerpt from this Edgar Allan Poe classic, students use data from experiments and statistical ideas, such as standard deviation and normal distribution to develop a formula for the period of a pendulum.
10/7 Unit Reflection Instructions
10/5 Final Pendulum Prediction! Use this data
10/3/22 Data analysis - 1st Hour Spreadsheet here!
Spreadsheet!
9/30 POW 4 work time
9/29 Pendulum data collection - Spreadsheet of results
9/28 Quiz 1 in class
9/22 POW #4 Due October 4th
9/21 Normal Distribution Practice
9/20 Normal Distribution Notes and page 343
9/19 Data Spread p.335 - 338
9/16 Pow #3 Due 9/23
9/15 Pow #2 Due
2 Curve Fits on Desmos
9/14 Data Collection in class
9/13 Pendulum Observations
POW 2 Rubric
9/12 Begin Unit 1 'Into the Pit' -Reading
Pre Unit work - Curve Fitting
Fitting a curve or function to a set of data allows us to make predictions.
9/9 Marbleslides on desmos
POW #2 How many squares? Due 9/15
9/7 Parent Function Posters in class activity
9/6/22 Curve Fitting 3
9/1/22 Academic Mindset Survey
8/31/22 Curve Fitting Day 2
8/30/22 Curve Fitting Day 1
POW #1
