Tag Archives: IMP

Functions

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Jackie

We’re in the “World of Functions” unit in IMP4. This may be my favorite unit in the whole curriculum. Instead of a separate sections on linear, quadratic, radical, rational, exponential, …, we’re studying functions. Delving deeper into the relationship between … Continue reading →

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Surprised again

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Jackie

We’ve begun our second unit, “As the Cube Turns” in my IMP4 classes. We are about two weeks into the unit and today students started asking, “When are we ever going to use programming in real life?”.  I honestly didn’t … Continue reading →

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High Dive

Posted on September 15, 2008 by Jackie

I really, really like my new prep – IMP4. Our first unit is High Dive. It covers topics from trigonometry with some physics thrown in for fun. Students are given the following situation and are asked to determine when to … Continue reading →

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What’s Normal?

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Jackie

We’re about a third of the way in The Pit and the Pendulum unit and I think most of the cherubs are getting a nice understanding the importance of sample size, controlled experiments, and representing data with histograms. After our … Continue reading →

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