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Nick walking a Papillion in August of
2003 at a friend's wedding in PILOT NEW GENRES-GEOMETRY Student art from the Pilot
New Genres-Geometry Class will be featured here throughout the year: New Genres-Geometry Lab 1: This was an introduction to New
Genres for many students which involved a minimally compliant application of
New Genres principles in an outdoor setting inspired by common geometric
elements like polygons and parallel lines.
One exciting student project used the ersatz design of our immediate
environment as an interactive dialogue about shape. New Genres-Geometry
Lab 2: This was
an introduction to technology from the Keck Star Lab for many students which
involved use of digital video recorders and iMovie
editing software on the Mac G4. View an animation by Zoe
Moss inspired by the geometric construction of a perpendicular bisector, or
view a Chaplinesque silent film by Sam Parkin, Ashley
Gonzalez, Lindsay Styler & Eric Meza inspired
by the geometric construction of an angle bisector. (You will need Quicktime
to access these files.) New Genres-Geometry
Lab 3: This was a
blitz-krieg introduction to performance art,
involving the human body in dialogue with some important properties of
polygons, like the polygon sum formula and the exterior angle constant. View Christina Rose as a triangle midsegment, or view Christopher Nolen, Allison Dufford and Melissa Combar as a
set of exterior angles of a triangle. (Links pending) NOTE: CA HS Exit Exam
interrupted Lab 3 and disbanded class for much of the time allotted. Consequently, the technology component was
suspended in an attempt to stay on schedule. New Genres-Geometry
Lab 4: This was a
return to the Keck Star Lab, again using the digital video recorders and iMovie editing software on the Mac G4. View a stop-animation
by Ashley Gonzalez exploring the composition of a regular hexagon as it
calculates its area. (Quicktime needed to read this file) QUOTABLES "He shows the unmistakable sign
of genius, of not leaving a matter until he has dug it out as far as
possible.” ~ Gauss (of Bolyai) “The
primary question is not what we know but how we know it.” ~ Aristotle (of Mathematics) “The
most important thing that happens in my classroom happens the night
before. People need to come to class
having already engaged the material.” ~ Anonymous
Teacher (of LOCKING COMPASS The “locking compass” pictured above gets its
name from the stabilizing black lock that fixes its radius, greatly
facilitating the otherwise awkward and frustrating process of geometric
constructions. Note that any no. 2
pencil and some mechanical pencils can be used in place of the silver pencil
pictured. (Click on the picture to
purchase it online.)
SWING-ARM PROTRACTOR The protractor with swing-arm bar pictured above facilitates the
measurement of angles whose rays may not extend to the measurement arc. It is also transparent, which makes it
easier see the construction being explored beneath it. (Click on the picture to purchase it
online.) |
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts NICHOLAS D. ABRUZZO Phone: (323)343-6318
AP Calculus A/B, AP Calculus B/C CONTENT
STANDARDS Euclidean Geometry, Trigonometry, Math Analysis, AP Calculus A/B/C CONTENT
FRAMEWORK The California Department of Education Mathematics Framework for 2004 is a powerful document that shapes the curriculum and pedagogy of the mathematics courses at Arts High. STANDARDS TEST RELEASED ITEMS Euclidean Geometry, Summative Mathematics (for higher
topics) TUTORING
OPTIONS Office Hours, Student Tutors from LACHSA Chapter of the
California Scholarship Federation, University
Tutorial Center, AI Robot, Dr. Math, Ivy West ($), Kumon ($), Mnephonic Institute ($), Score ($), Sylvan
($), The
Tutor's Club ($) SUMMER SCHOOL OPTIONS Los Angeles Community College District represents junior colleges all over LA county, which offer six-week summer courses that are equivalent to high school mathematics topics. For instance, Algebra 1 is called Elementary Algebra (MATH 115); Algebra 2 is called Intermediate Algebra (MATH 125); and, Geometry is called Plane Geometry (MATH 120). For Algebra 1, you can take only first semester (MATH 114A), or only second semester (MATH 114B), if that is all you need. You might even be able to take your course at home through Instructional Television. Check it out! MATH COMPETITION Los Angeles City College Mathematics Department hosts an annual
high school math competition, in which students vie for $1500 in
cash prizes and top honors for their high school. Fill your wallet, and give the Arts High
Math Department something to brag about.
You need to register online before March 12 for the 2005-2006 annual
competition. GRADE SUMMARY At any point during the academic year, grade
summaries can be viewed online at MyGradeBook.com. This site is doubly password protected, so
each student must have a lachsa student id and a classword to access the summary. The lachsa
student id is four digits long and is written on the student locator card
issued at the beginning of the year.
The classwords this semester are arts1,
arts2, arts3, arts5, arts6: the classword for first
period is arts1; the classword for second period is
arts2; etc. The first grades for the
Fall semester will be posted in early October. Feel free to begin checking then. CLASS POLICIES ACADEMIC:
Class Participation, Homework, Portfolio, Final Exam DISCIPLINARY:
Profanity, Bullying, Intolerance, Insubordination, Irritation, Incompliance,
Disrespect, Interruption are inappropriate behaviors. Students will be reprimanded for exhibiting
any of them and detained during lunch for disciplinary intervention. Repeat offenders will be recommended for
disciplinary probation and ultimately returned to home district. Cheating of any kind (i.e., plagiarism,
forgery, deceit) will NOT be tolerated and will immediately result in
disciplinary probation. CLASS MATERIALS APPROPRIATE:
Textbook, TI-30Xa Calculator ($10 at CSULA student store), Lock-It
or Locking Compass ($3 at fiskars.com), Protractor
With Swing-Arm Bar ($3 at officedepot.com), 12’’ Ruler with Inches and
Centimeters, Organized Folder, Paper, Mechanical Pencil (0.7mm or 0.9mm), no.
2 pencil, eraser. INAPPROPRIATE: Cell Phone (even as a calculator), Gameboy,
iPod.
Inappropriate materials will be confiscated indefinitely; however,
cell phones can be retrieved from the assistant principal after school. LINKS TO IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS SCHOOL COMPACT (Sign and submit this by the
next class meeting.) FORM H (to be completed for every
homework assignment in Geometry) FORM P (to be completed for every
portfolio entry in Geometry & Trigonometry) GRADE SUMMARY ASSIGNMENT (Complete and submit during the first quarter.) SUBSTITUTE TEACHER (Find out what your sub should
be teaching.) EXETER’S
HARKNESS TABLE (team learning model) RADIO
INTERVIEW WITH DANICA MCKELLAR (actress talks math) ARTICLE ABOUT MELANIE WOOD (drama/math double
major) REP. JESSE JACKSON, JR., DEBATES VOTING IRREGULARITIES (next president) |
