IB Mathematical Studies (Standard Level)
1st Quarter 2015-16
Date
Tue/Wed 8/4-5
Day 1 Thu/Fri 8/6-7
In-Class
 Welcome, introductions (15 minutes)
 Syllabus and Class Expectations
 Hands-on Math Explorations
Senior Field Trip & Seminar
Day 2 Mon/Tue
8/10-11
Diagnostic Test
Day 3
Special Number Sets
Wed/Thu 8/12-13
Time and Temperature
Assigned Today
Get the acknowledgement
signed
No Homework
Scientific Notation /International System of Units
Study for the quiz on sets, time
and temperature, scientific
notation, and rates
Rates
Preview the lesson powerpoint
Day 4
Accuracy of Measurements
Fri/Mon 8/14-17
Error and Percentage Error
Study for the TEST!!!
Currency Exchange
Day 5
Test 1
Tue/Wed 8/18-19
Day 6
Thu/Fri 8/20-21
Day 7
Preview the lesson powerpoint
Unit 2 – Statistics
Types of Data
Simple Quantitative Discrete Data
Grouped Quantitative Discrete Data
Quantitative Continuous Data
Measuring the Center of Data
Study for the quiz on data types
and measuring center of data
Measuring the Spread of Data
Box and Whiskers Plots
Quiz on the spread of data and
box and whiskers plots
Mon/Tue 8/24-25
Preview the lesson powerpoint
Preview the next lesson
powerpoint
Day 8
Cumulative Frequency Graphs
Wed/Thu 8/26-27
Quiz on cumulative frequency
graphs
Preview the next powerpoint
Day 9
Standard Deviation
Fri/Mon 8/28–31
Day 10
Tue/Wed 9/1-2
Quiz on standard deviation
Preview the next powerpoint
The Normal Distribution
Quiz on the normal distribution
Preview the next powerpoint
Day 11
Quantiles or k-values
Thu/Fri 9/3-4
Day 12
Quiz on quantiles
Preview the next powerpoint
Correlation and Measuring correlation
Line of Best Fit or Linear Regression
Tue/Wed 9/8-9
Quiz on correlation and the line
of best fit
Preview the next powerpoint
Day 13
The Chi-Squared Test for Independence
Study for Unit 2 – Statistics
Test!!!
Unit 2 – Statistics Test
Preview the next lesson
powerpoint.
Day 15
Unit 3 – Sets and Venn Diagrams
Wed/Thu 9/16-17
Sets and Interval Notation
Quiz on sets and complement
of sets
Thu/Fri 9/10-11
Day 14
Mon/Tue 9/14-15
Complement of Sets
Day 16
Venn Diagrams
Fri/Mon 9/18-21
Venn Diagram Regions
Preview the next lesson
powerpoint
Study for the Venn Diagrams
TEST!!!
Numbers in Regions
Problem Solving with Venn Diagrams
Day 17
Unit 3 Test
Preview ‘Intro to logic’
powerpoint
Day 18
Unit 4 – Logic
Quiz on Logic
Thu/Fri 9/24-25
Propositions and Compound Propositions
Preview the next powerpoint
Tue/Wed 9/22-23
Truth Tables and Logical Equivalence
Day 19
Implications and Equivalence
Mon/Tue 9/28-29
Converse, Inverse, and Contrapositive
Study for Unit 4 Test!!!
Valid Arguments
Day 20
Wed/Thu 9/30-10/1
Unit 4 Test
Day 21
Introduction to Math Studies Project
Fri/Mon 10/2-5
Day 22
Research project ideas
Tue/Wed 10/6-7
Day 23 Thu-10/8 A
DAY (1/2 day)
Research project ideas
Project Planning sheet due next
class!!!!!