2024-2025 Course Flipbook v2 - Flipbook - Page 9
ALGEBRA 1B
In Algebra 1B, students uncover
how algebraic thinking
allows us to model the world
mathematically. Throughout
the year, students leverage their
understanding of proportional
relationships and quantitative
reasoning to incorporate more
nuance and abstraction in
their mathematical thinking.
We explore, construct, and
analyze linear models and
systems of linear functions
through simulations and
pattern analysis. Finding a
balance between abstract and
applied mathematics, students
continually move among
representations of relationships
to develop equations, graphs, descriptions, and visual models. Students develop and
re昀椀ne the idea of slope as a constant rate of change, develop 昀氀uency with cardinal
operations and their inverses to isolate variables, and use graphs as a powerful tool to tell
stories of change over time. Course content includes, but is not limited to, expressions in
one or many variables, equations and inequalities in one or two variables, factoring, and
quadratic equations.
ALGEBRA I
Note: This course is for 9th grade students who did not complete Algebra I in
middle school.
EMPOWERED
STUDENTS
MATHEMATICS
Algebra I, for upper school students, opens the door to all other areas of study in
mathematics. In Algebra I, students learn how to model real-world phenomena
using variables, expressions, equations, and inequalities. Students develop
critical-thinking skills as they transfer their concrete mathematical knowledge
to more abstract algebraic generalizations. Students recognize patterns and
use tables, graphs, and equations to investigate linear relationships. Students
develop and re昀椀ne the idea of slope as a constant rate of change, develop 昀氀uency
with cardinal operations and their inverses to isolate variables, and use graphs
as a powerful tool to tell stories of change over time. Students explore and solve
real-world application problems and learn to communicate mathematical ideas
clearly. Students build their mathematical literacy throughout their study of linear
equations and inequalities and their graphs, function notation and manipulation,
exponents and radicals, and quadratic functions and their graphs.
