Virtual Learning Academy Charter School

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ALGEBRA I & ALGEBRA I HONORS

Course Code: 1200310
Honors Course Code: 1200320
AP Course Code:
Description:

Algebra I is the foundation! The skills you’ll acquire in this course contain the basic knowledge you’ll need for all your high school math courses. Relax! This stuff is important, but everyone can do it. Everyone can have a good time solving the hundreds of real-world problems that are answered with algebra.

Each module in this course is presented in a step-by-step way right on your computer screen. You won’t have to stare at the board from the back of a classroom. There are even hands-on labs to make the numbers, graphs and equations more real. It’s all tied to real-world applications like sports, travel, business and health.

This course is designed to give you the skills and strategies for solving all kinds of mathematical problems. It will also give you the confidence that you can handle everything that high school math has in store for you.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of 7th grade mathematics.

Estimated Completion Time: 2 segments / 32-36 weeks or 1 block/18 weeks

Major Topics and Concepts:

Segment 1

* Data Tables [creating and interpreting]
* Pie Charts, Line graphs, and Bar Graphs [reading and interpreting]
* Tree Diagrams and Stem and Leaf Plots [reading and interpreting]
* Central Tendencies [mean, median, mode]
* Ratios, Percentages, and Fractions [general review]
* Grouping Numbers [real, rational, irrational, integers, whole, counting]
* Order of Operations
* Translating English to Algebraic Equations
* Absolute Value [evaluating expressions]
* Exponents [ negative exponents, fractional exponents, 0 power]
* Naming Rules Using Algebraic Properties
* Combining Like Terms
* Solving Equations [one step and muti-step linear equations]
* Solving Absolute Value Equations
* Solving Literal Equations [variables only]
* Inverse and Direct Variation
* Relations and Functions [notating and evaluating]
* Applying Distance Formula
* Linear Equations slope intercept form and graphing components]
* Slopes and Intercepts [using standard form and the point slope formula]
* Advanced Slope
* Writing Equations of Lines
* Graphing Lines [three different methods, parallel and perpendicular lines]
* Applying Linear Equations
* Systems of Equations [solving simultaneous equations through addition or substitution method]

Segment 2

* Defining Polynomials
* Adding and Subtracting Polynomials
* Multiplying and Dividing Polynomials
* Powers
* FOIL
* Radical Expressions [multiplying, dividing, adding, subtracting]
* Pythagorean Theorem
* Areas and Volumes of Cylinders
* Greatest Common Factor
* Factoring By Grouping
* Factoring Trinomials [multiple methods]
* Solving Quadratics [by factoring and the quadratic formula]
* Discriminant
* Analyzing Graphs of Quadratic Equations
* Simplifying Rational Expressions
* Multiplying and Dividing Rational Expressions
* Adding and Subtracting Rational Expressions
* Solving Equations With Rational Expressions
* Scientific Notation
* Graphing Inequalities on a Number Line
* Solving Inequalities
* Solving Systems of Inequalities
* Graphing Systems of Inequalities

Course Assessment and
Participation Requirements:

Besides engaging students in challenging curriculum, VLACS guides students to reflect on their learning and to evaluate their progress through a variety of assessments. Assessments can be in the form of self-checks, practice problems, multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essays, labs, oral assessments, field trip assignments, and discussions. Instructors evaluate progress and provide interventions through the variety of assessments built into a course, as well as through contact with the student in other venues.