Mars-Bound

by Evelyn Baldwin, Brigitte Wetz, and Liz Brown

Introduction

Anchor Video
Concept Map

Project Calendar

Lesson Plans

Letter to Parents

Assessments

Resources

Modifications

Grant

 Mars-Bound – Project Calendar – Pre-Calculus

 

Pre-calculus

Pre-calculus

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

Connect anchor video they watched in Physics with the project they will be doing as the "Mathematicians"

Matrices Introduction

Adding Matrices

Multiplying Matrices

~ Quiz in beginning of class over adding and multiplying matrices

~  Introduce inverse matrices

Week 2

Inverse Matrices

Solving matrices/ augmented matrices

Solving Matrices

Transformation Matrices

~ Quiz over inverse matrices and solving matrices

~  Introduce

Geometric Vectors

Week 3

Distance Learning Activity

Geometric and Algebraic Vectors

Algebraic Vectors and Parametric Equations

Parametric Equations

~ Quiz over Geometric vectors, algebraic vectors, and parametric equations

~ Introduce Parallel Vectors in 2 dimensional

space

Week 4

Parallel Vectors

Perpendicular Vectors in 2 dimensional space

Perpendicular vectors

Dot Product

~ Quiz over parallel, perpendicular vectors

Week 5

Dot Product

Vectors in Space: Cross product

Vectors in Space: Cross product

Test Review

Test over Vectors and Matrices