Welcome to Algebra I

Academic Options: Advanced, Academic
Grades 9-12
Prerequisite: 8th Grade math
This course serves as a foundation for all higher level mathematics courses. It focuses on the development of functions and the understanding of functional relationships. Students investigate algebra through problem-solving in real-world situations. Students will participate in developing tables, coordinate graphing, algebraic analysis and linear and quadratic equations and their graphs using appropriate technology.
 
Topical Outline

Semester I
Order of Operations
Probability and Statistics
Integers
Scatter Plots
Real Numbers
Equations and Inequalities
Functions and Graphs
Direct Variation

Semester II
Systems of Equations
Graphing Inequalities
Solving Quadratic Equations
Exponential Functions
Radicals
Polynomials
Quadratic Functions
Inverse Variation