Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute
Upper Grand District School Board
Course Outline
Department: Mathematics and CS
Course Title: Mathematics for Everyday Life
Course Type: Workplace Preparation
Grade: 11
Course Code: MEL 3E
Credit Value: 1.0
Department Head: G. McMillan
Teachers: C. Warren
Teacher email: (not mandatory) carrie.warren@ugdsb.on.ca
Date of Development: September 3, 2015
Curriculum Document: (copy subject-specific
document from secondary curriculum
website http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum
/secondary/)
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/s
econdary/math1112currb.pdf
Course Prerequisites/Corequisites:
MFM 1P-C
MPM 1D
Grade 10 LDCC course in Mathematics
Course Description:
This course enables students to broaden their understanding of mathematics as it is
applied in the workplace and daily life. Students will solve problems associated with
earning money, paying taxes, and making purchases; apply calculations of simple and
compound interest in saving, investing, and borrowing; and calculate the costs of
transportation and travel in a variety of situations. Students will consolidate their
mathematical skills as they solve problems and communicate their thinking.
Term Work (70% of the final mark)
Unit Title
Big Ideas
Unit Culminating Tasks
Earning and Purchasing
Unit Task, Unit Test
Saving, Borrowing and Investing
Unit Task, Unit Test
Transportation and Travel
Unit Task, Unit Test
Culminating Tasks/Exams (30% or the final mark)
Course Culminating Task/Exams
Task/Final Exam
Description
30%
Based on the range of students’ learning needs, a selection from the strategies listed below may be
utilized. Refer to list of teaching and assessment strategies.
Teaching Strategies:
• cooperative learning
• field trips
• guest speakers
• media presentations
• surveys
• seminars
• independent research assignments
• lectures
• case studies
• home assignments
Assessment and evaluation strategies:
- self-assessment
- peer feedback
- exit cards
- quizzes
- daily homework
- observation, conference, interview
- self-reflection
- tests
- final exam
Textbooks/Learning Resource Materials (align with Policy 603)
Mathematics 11: Workplace and Everyday Life 2nd Edition
Fees for Learning Materials/Activities
Learning Materials/Activities
Cost
none
Please refer to the GCVI Student Handbook for our school policies on:
● academic integrity
● late and missed assignments
none