2025-26 Course Descriptions - Catalog - Page 10
MATHEMATICS
GEOMETRY
How much paint would it take to paint the outside
of the gym? How do I draw and then build a
scale model of a tiny house? Geometry develops
students’ questioning skills by emphasizing logic
and reasoning, and building geometric de昀椀nitions,
postulates, and theorems. Students explore,
generate, and utilize resources in both abstract
and real situations. Students use vocabulary
and construct models to form a foundation for
understanding core course concepts, defending
their reasoning using precise notation, naming
conventions, and units. Students explore angle
pair relationships, similarity, and congruence.
They solve right triangles using right-triangle
trigonometry and special triangle relationships,
apply properties of polygons and circles, calculate
the area of polygons, and explore surface area and
volume of three-dimensional 昀椀gures. Throughout
the course, problems reinforce algebraic methods
and processes in geometric contexts so students
are well-prepared for future algebra-focused
mathematics courses. Field students leave the
course ready to make sense of the shapes and
the world around them and apply their geometric
knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite: Algebra I or Algebra B
ALGEBRA II WITH DATA AND MODELING
Students often ask, “How will I use math in my
life beyond school?” In Algebra II with Data
and Modeling, students expand their algebraic
foundations to investigate topics and phenomena
relevant to the modern world. How do mathematical
models predict population changes? Does the
Electoral College 昀椀t the mathematical de昀椀nition
of a function? How do quadratics help us
determine the path of a rocket? Mathematical skills
explored include function types (linear, quadratic,
exponential, logarithmic), algebraic manipulations
(fractions, exponents, factoring), visualization (with
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and without technology), and statistical graphs
and bivariate data. Students completing this course
will con昀椀dently carry their mathematical toolkit,
complete with real world applications skills, with
them to the future in both math courses and in their
lives beyond the classroom.
Prerequisite: Geometry
