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Course: MCR3U
FUNCTIONS & RELATIONS, Math11 - University Preparation
Instructor: Chris
A. Anderson
Course
Outline Topics:
i. Financial
Applications of Sequences and Series
ii. Trigonometric
Functions
iii. Tools for Operating and Communicating with
Functions
iv. Investigations of Loci and Conics
Evaluation
Procedure:
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
Assignments/Homework
15%
Journal Entries
15%
Labs adn Reports
10%
Quizzes/Other
10%
Tests
20%
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
Final Project
10%
Final Exam
20%
Total
100%
*If a student is absent for a class, it will be the responsibility for the student to make up the
work for that day.
All students must
write the final exam.
Tentative Dates for Unit Tests:
i)
Thursday, October 13*
ii) Thursday, November 16*
iii) Thursday, December 14*
iv) Thursday, January 18*
Exam Week:
Monday, January
29th – Friday, February 2nd
Topics and Time Allocations:
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Unit |
Unit Titles and Chapters |
Time |
Tentative Unit Test Date
*subject to change |
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Unit 1 |
Forces and Motion: Dynamics
Chapter 1 – Kinematics
Chapter 2 – Dynamics
Chapter 3 – Circular Motion |
27 hours |
Thursday, October 5, 2006 |
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Unit 2 |
Energy and Momentum
Chapter 4 – Work and Energy
Chapter 5 – Momentum and Collisions
Chapter 6 – Gravitation and Celestial Mechanics |
27 hours |
Tuesday, October 31, 2006 |
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Unit 3 |
Electric, Gravitational, and Magnetic Fields
Chapter 7 – Electric Charges and Electric Fields
Chapter 8 – Magnetic Fields and Electronegativity |
18hours |
Tuesday, November 21, 2006 |
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Unit 4 |
The Wave Nature of Light
Chapter 9 – Waves and Light
Chapter 10 – Wave Effects of Light |
18 hours |
Tuesday, December 12, 2006 |
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Unit 5 |
Matter-Energy Interface
Chapter 11 – Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity
Chapter 12 – Waves, Photons, and Matter
Chapter 13 – Radioactivity and Elementary Particles |
27 hours |
Thursday, January 18, 2006 |
Assessment and Evaluation:
Students will be assessed and evaluated utilizing
the TACK system. Every assignment will address TACK by the breakdown below. The weight of each assignment, journal entry,
quiz, and test, which will be used to assign a final mark, is also listed below.
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Knowledge and Understanding............................................................................... 35%
understanding concepts, principles, laws, and theories (e.g., identifying assumptions;
eliminating misconceptions; providing explanations); knowledge of facts and terms; transfer of concepts to new contexts;
understanding of relationships between concepts.
Inquiry.................................................................................................... 20%
application of the skills and strategies of scientific inquiry (e.g., initiating
and planning, performing and recording, analyzing and interpreting, problem solving); application of technical skills,
and procedures (e.g., procedures in using microscopes); use of tools, equipment,
and materials.
Communication............................................................................... 25%
communication of information and ideas; use of scientific terminology, symbols, conventions, and standard (SI) units;
communication for different audiences and purposes; use of various forms of communication (e.g. reports, essays); use of information technology for scientific purposes (e.g.,
specialized databases)
Making Connections........................................................................................ 20%
understanding of connections among science, technology, society, and the environment; analysis of social and economic
issues involving science and technology; assessment of impacts of science and technology on the environment; proposing of
courses of practical action in relation to science and technology-based problems. |
Formative Assessments
Assignments.........................................15%
Journal Entries*..................................15%
Labs and Reports...............................10%
Quizzes/Other ..................................10%
Tests ...........................................................20%
Summative Assessments
Final Project....................................
10%
Final Exam .....................................
20%
Total................................................. 100% |
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