The major component of this course is Geometry with excursions into other areas of mathematics. Students will be introduced to descriptive statistics, review and explore Numbers, review Algebra I, study inductive reasoning, constructions, congruence, plane and solid geometry, transformations, tessellations, the Pythagorean Theorem, deductive proof, analytical geometry, triangular trigonometry, and set theory.
Heavy emphasis is placed upon methods of problem formulation and problem solving.
Projects in related science and technology will also be included. Calkins, Keith G. Introduction to Statistics , further revised. Zalman Usiskin, et al . Scott, Foresman and Company, Glenview, IL, 1997.