Functions: An Adventure
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The Hero's journey is a common motif in literature - whether it's Cinderella, Star Wars, or the Hobbit, the protagonist goes on a journey into the unknown, gets help from a mentor and faces challenges and adventures, finally to come home.
Learning is a lot like the Hero's journey. We venture into new territory, leaving the known behind and facing the unknown. Are you ready for the excitement of a new adventure? |
Tentative Course Schedule
Legend: Course have been colour coded. Dark shades indicate a unit. Lighter shades indicate the unit will be discussed.
Tribes Classroom
Essential Course Questions
Throughout the year, we will be exploring the following questions and themes:
1. How can I represent this problem, function, etc.? What does this representation tell me about this function that this other representation doesn’t and vice versa? What representation(s) will be most useful to me and in what situation?
2. How can the procedures and methods I used for analyzing this function be reapplied to this new function? (Both within a family of functions: and ; and between families: and )
3. What is this problem asking? What information do I need to solve this problem? What is the best method for solving this problem? What are the tools I have available?
4. Does this make sense? How else could I solve this problem? Is the method I used the most elegant solution? Does this solution hold for all cases, and if not, where does it break down?
5. What would happen if….e.g. transformed or inversed this function?
6. How is this real-world issue modelled by this function? Is this the only way to model this issue? Why does this work?
7. If I know this to be true, what else can I say as a result? If the converse was true, would this relationship still hold true?
1. How can I represent this problem, function, etc.? What does this representation tell me about this function that this other representation doesn’t and vice versa? What representation(s) will be most useful to me and in what situation?
2. How can the procedures and methods I used for analyzing this function be reapplied to this new function? (Both within a family of functions: and ; and between families: and )
3. What is this problem asking? What information do I need to solve this problem? What is the best method for solving this problem? What are the tools I have available?
4. Does this make sense? How else could I solve this problem? Is the method I used the most elegant solution? Does this solution hold for all cases, and if not, where does it break down?
5. What would happen if….e.g. transformed or inversed this function?
6. How is this real-world issue modelled by this function? Is this the only way to model this issue? Why does this work?
7. If I know this to be true, what else can I say as a result? If the converse was true, would this relationship still hold true?
Class Trip
As a class, we will be going to the ROM.
Growth and Change in the Natural World. In the museum's life science and dinosaur galleries students discover the key role exponential growth plays in understanding how individuals and populations grow, famous predator-prey population cycles, and the consequences of unchecked exponential growth in invasive species. |