Download CURRICULUM SUMMARY * September to October 2008

CURRICULUM SUMMARY – January to April 2017
SUBJECT: Mathematical Studies SL
Week
Dates
YEAR GROUP: IB1
Learning objectives
1
2
2-5 Jan
9 -13 Jan
3
16-20 Jan
4
23-27 Jan
5
30 Jan-3 Feb
6
6 – 10 Feb
BIVARIATE STATISTICS
 Scatter plot. Correlation. Pearson’s correlation
coefficient.
 Line of best fit. The least square regression line.
 Interpolation and extrapolation.
THE  2 TEST FOR INDEPENDENCE
 Independent variables.
 The null hypothesis.
 Degrees of freedom, critical value.
 The formal test for independence.
7
13 - 17 Feb
HALF – YEAR REVISION
8
20 – 24 Feb
27 Feb -3 Mar
9
6 – 10 Mar
CORDINATE GEOMETRY - revision
SEQUENCES, DESCRIPTIVE STATISTIC, COORDINATE
GEOMETRY - revision
CORDINATE GEOMETRY - revision
TEACHER: Agata Piskorz
Activities (in brief)
Solving past paper problems.
Solving past paper problems.
Solving past paper problems.
Solving revision sets from the student textbooks
(Review set 13A-13D)
Writing a test. Feedback of the test.
Describing correlation.
Using the equation for prediction purposes.
Mathematical and contextual interpretation of the regression line.
Analysing and interpreting data.
Analysing contingency tables. Finding the expected contingency
table. Finding number of degrees of freedom.
Calculating  2 . Reading the critical value.
Performing the formal test for independence.
Revision – solving problems at class and at home.
Writing a test. Feedback of the test.
Solving past paper problems.
Writing a half-year assessment test.
Mid-Term Break
SETS
 Basic concepts of set theory - members
(elements) of a set; the empty set; equal sets;
subsets; appropriate notation.
 Venn diagrams - union; intersection.
 The universal set. Complement of a set.
 The relationship between sets of natural
Introducing new symbols; definitions and algorithms.
Solving problems – individual or group work.
Shading regions in Venn diagrams – Interactive White Board
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numbers, integers, rational numbers and real
numbers.
Set of prime numbers; multiples and factors.
Venn diagrams to illustrate set operations. Venn
diagram regions.
Set operations with three sets.
Numerical problems with three sets.
10
13 – 17 Mar
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11
20 – 24 Mar
PROBABILITY
 Basic concepts of probability: outcome, event,
sample space.
 Theoretical probability of an event
 Compound events. Independent events.
 Probabilities from Venn diagrams.
 Conditional probability
12
27 – 31 Mar
13
3 – 7 Apr
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Complementary events and their probabilities.
Probability from tree diagrams.
activity.
Solving practical problems – numbers in regions of Venn diagrams.
Using the set builder notation.
Shading regions in Venn diagrams – three sets.
Problem solving with Venn diagrams.
Revision – solving past paper problems.
Writing a test. Feedback of the test.
Chance investigation. Estimating probability from data.
Using tables of outcomes; grids and tree diagrams to represent
the sample space and calculate probability.
Solving problems at class– individual or group work.
Using Venn diagrams to calculate probability of events.
Calculating conditional probability with Venn diagrams.
Solving problems at class– individual or group work.
Using tree diagrams to calculate probability of events.
Revision – solving past paper problems.
Writing a test. Feedback of the test.