Friday Feb 8th

We started class today with our first mental math. Then Mr. Maksymchuk handed out a package of useful information on circular functions, which is our first unit. The page I found particularly interesting was the page listing some common mistakes students make and then the right answers. There were also learning techniques, like concept maps, word circles, and LAPS sheets. Then we went over questions 6 and 5 from our homework, as the slides beside and below show. For question 5, we first did it by converting from radians to degrees, then converting the answer back to radians, but then we realized it would be less complicated to do the entire question in radians.

The next thing we learned in class was how to post on the blog. We will be taking turns being the scribe. The scribe's responsibility is to post any notes from the day's class, then add relevant information. As far as uploading the day's notes, Mr. Maksymchuk will save the slides as notebook slides (which we don't have the proper software to open), pdf files (which we can view on any computer with Adobe Reader), and as png files. These image files (the png) are the ones that we can uplaod to the blog. We sign in to the blog, then click the new post link in the top right hand corner. There's an option to upload a picture. Browse to my computer, rsfiles, coursework, math, block four grade 12 precalculus, and find the images, which will be labeled by date and information. After we add the images, we add text and publish our amazing blog post.

There was no homework assigned for the weekend. Mr. Maksymchuk is going to be away on Monday, so be prepared to do some reading and more questions in the exercises.