Author: Kate Poirier (Page 2 of 14)

Tuesday, December 5 to Monday, December 11

Lessons

• 4.1.1: Angles and Triangles
• 4.1.2: Right Triangles and Trigonometric Ratios
• 4.1.3: Angles on the Coordinate Plane
• 4.1.4: Unit Circle
• 4.2: Trigonometric Equations

WeBWorK

• Trigonometry-Right Triangles Trigonometric Ratios
• Trigonometry-Coordinate Plane Unit Circle
• Trigonometry-Applications
• Trigonometry-Solving Trigonometric Equations

OpenLab

• Final exam review assignment
  • Part 1 and 2 due Monday, December 11
  • Part 3 due Thursday, December 14
• Catch up on old OpenLab assignments
  • Instructions linked from the Weekly Checklists
  • Make sure posts have the correct category; make sure comments appear as comments and posts appear as posts
  • Due Thursday, December 14 (hard deadline)

HOT topics

• Last HOT topics session Thursday, December 7

Other

• Use this spreadsheet to estimate your overall course grade
  • The last day to withdraw from the class is Monday, December 11
• Check your email for a link to the student evaluation of teaching survey (might be in your spam folder)
  • Sender Name: NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations
  • Address: SPSSurveys@scantron.com
  • Due Wednesday, December 13
• Reminder: if you missed Test #2, you must provide documentation to the Center for Student Accessibility so that they can excuse your absence in order to schedule a make-up test.
• The Math Department has strict criteria for scheduling a make-up final exam if you miss the final exam on Tuesday, December 19:
  • (1) Student must be PASSING the course (D or higher)
  • (2) DOCUMENTATION for a valid excuse such as:
    • ✓ Serious Illness *Requires Pre-Approval
      • Student must submit medical documentation to John Currie, (Student Accessibility Director)
    • ✓ Jury Duty (Summons) *Please present to Student Accessibility
    • ✓ Death in the Family (Bereavement) *Please present documentation to Student Affairs N325
    • Χ TRAVELING IS NOT AN EXCUSE

Coming up…

Tuesday, November 28 to Monday, December 4

Lessons:

• Graphs of quadratic equations in two variables (see this animation)
  • 3.2.1: Geometric Description and Solutions of Two Particular Equations: the Circle and the Parabola
  • 3.2.2: Graphs of Certain Quadratic Equations: Part I
  • 3.2.3: Graphs of Certain Quadratic Equations: Part II
• Systems of equations
  • 3.3.1: Systems of Linear Equations with Two Variables
  • 3.3.2: Systems of Nonlinear Equations with Two Variables

WeBWorK

• Graphs-Graphs of Quadratic Equations
• Graphs-Systems of Equations

OpenLab

• Test #2 solutions (individual post)
• Read the MAT 2680 students’ advice comments on this post. Reply to the one that resonated with you the most.
  • You may start your comment with “Hi [their name]! My name is [your name]. Thank you for your advice. I found it to be helpful because [explain why it was helpful to you specficially]. I was surprised that [something that surprised you] because [explain why]. In the future I will keep in mind that [something from their comment that resonated with you].”

Other

• Use this spreadsheet to estimate your overall course grade
• Check your email for a link to the student evaluation of teaching survey
  • Sender Name: NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations
  • Address: SPSSurveys@scantron.com
  • Due Wednesday, December 13

Coming up

Week 15

• Trigonometry
• Intro to exponential/logarithmic expressions

Week 16

• No class Tuesday, December 12
• Last class Thursday, December 14

Week 17

• Final exam: in class Tuesday, December 19