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Th 5/1/03
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HW due: §13.5 #1, 2 (make
diagram), 3 (make diagram), 9; §13.6 #1-10 (no work needed), 11 (show work).
This HW must be essentially complete, by a large majority of the class, in
order for us to proceed with our scheduled Day of Rest on Friday.
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F 5/2/03
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D period: Everyone must report at the regular Friday time (11:15 a.m.) for a shortened class.
E period: Day of Rest for 12 students. (If your parents received a
phone call at home last night, please report to class at the regular time.)
Everyone else, enjoy the Flower Mart and have a pleasant weekend!
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M 5/5/03
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E period will meet in Room R today.
No additional HW due. However, make sure you are up to date on your HW, including
all of #11 in §13.6.
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T 5/6/03
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HW due today: §13.7 #1, 3,
4, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18. An answer key
is available, but please do not check it until you have finished.
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W 5/7/03
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HW due: Review problems
from pp. 644-647 (35 minutes’ worth). Use the answer key to check your answers.
In class: Review for test.
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Th 5/8/03
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Test on Chapter 13.
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F 5/9/03
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HW due: Coordinate Geometry Worksheet. I will
accept this without penalty until 3:00 p.m. under my office door or delivered in person.
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M 5/12/03
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HW due: §14.1 #2-10 even,
16. If possible, answer each of these two ways: (a) for the xy-plane
and (b) for 3-dimensional space. You may answer the questions as posed in the
book for full credit, but it is more fun to do them two ways.
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T 5/13/03
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HW due: §14.2 #1-9 odd;
§14.3 #1-5 all. Please remember that constructions are to be performed using ruler and straightedge only; show your
tick marks.
In class: Learn about the amazing 9-point circle.
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W 5/14/03
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HW due: §15.1 #1-4 all, 10,
12; §15.2 #1, 5, 10, 12, 13, 14.
If 3 dice (call them A, B, and C) are such that C usually beats A, and A
usually beats B, then can you conclude that C usually beats B? The answer is,
“NO!” Please read about nontransitive dice.
Additional assignment for E period class: Please watch the greatest TV commercial
ever made. (You can tell your friends in other classes that there is also
a link on www.modd.net under the “Fun
Links” section.)
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Th 5/15/03
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Quiz on Locus and
Concurrence (Chapter 14). The quiz
will consist of 7 questions as follows:
1-4. Identify four diagrams as showing centroid, circumcenter, incenter, or
orthocenter. Remember that one of these has a second name, and you must write
both names for full credit.
5. Compound locus (similar to the problems we did in class on Tuesday, 5/13).
6. Construction using ruler and compass.
7. Simple locus.
HW due: §15.3 #1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 14, 16. A solution key to problems 14 and 16 is available.
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F 5/16/03
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HW due: Review problems on pp.
703-704 #1-3, 6-11, 13, 14, 16, 17; pp. 683-684 #1, 2, 4-6, 8, 9, 12, 14-17,
24. Answers
to these review problems and the proofs in
§15.3 are available, but please work them first (on the honor system)
before checking.
Also, hand in your Concurrence Sketchpad Lab (printed version, not available
on Web) today or early next week. You may submit it for full credit anytime
before 3:30
p.m. next Tuesday.
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M 5/19/03
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Test on Chapter 14 (§§14.1–14.3 only) and all of
Chapter 15. Required equipment: Calculator, pencils, compass, straightedge. While studying, please consult the answers
to review problems and the proofs in
§15.3. Be sure to contact me by voice mail or e-mail if you have any
unresolved questions.
Note: This test is required for
those who missed class on Friday for sports commitments. I was in the Math
Lab Tuesday, Wednesday, and part of Thursday, and very few people came to see
me with questions on recent material. Since we covered no new material on
Thursday and Friday, I can only deduce that the people who did not ask
questions on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were either behind on HW (which
is their responsibility) or were planning to do all their studying over the
weekend anyway (which, although not necessarily the best practice, is
certainly their decision to make). Please keep in mind that although sports
are very important in your life and the life of the school, academics are
always a slightly higher priority.
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T 5/20/03
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Field trip to the National Cryptologic Museum. Bus will
depart promptly at 8:00 a.m. and will return to STA at about 1:00 p.m.
Where to board: Bus will load in front of the Lower School. We will try to send runners to a few other places
around campus to round up people who may be in the wrong place.
What to wear: Free dress, but please remember that you are
representing STA. I reserve the right to deny boarding for sloppiness. To be
safe, please wear a shirt with a collar, and avoid sandals, cutoffs, and
soiled or torn clothing.
HW due by 3:30 p.m. today:
Concurrence Sketchpad Lab. Remember, this was handed out in class and is not
available on the Web.
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W 5/21/03
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Review for final exam. Work
on the Review Problem Compendium
a little bit each day.
Some people have not handed in the Concurrence Sketchpad Lab. I will accept
it today without penalty, but don’t forget.
In class: Practice multiple-choice questions to prepare for final exam.
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Th 5/22/03
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HW due: Correct yesterday’s
practice test to 100%. This will be a graded assignment—not the answers, but
the corrections. In other words, you should be learning from your mistakes,
and believe me, there were lots of mistakes. Check out the scoring results to see how you did.
You may work with friends, but it is more helpful to try to puzzle the
answers out by yourself and then cross-check (i.e., using an alternate
method) to make sure they are correct. Miles, Alex W., and Joe need to see me
first thing in the morning to pick up their papers.
In class: Review for final exam.
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F 5/23/03
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Last day of school.
In class: Go over the Chapter 13 test in
detail.
Regarding the Chapter 14-15 test (given 5/19/2003), please note that it is not yet graded. Luckily,
there is a solution key available, and only
the Chapter 15 material (inequalities and Hinge Theorem) will be on the final
exam anyway. (A small “locus bonus” question may occur at the end, but other
than that, you may skip Chapter 14 when studying for the final exam.) If you
come by my office next week, I should have the graded test papers ready for
you to pick up.
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