Southside High School Mathematics Program

Overview
The Mathematics Department offers students the opportunity to build problem-solving skills and critical thinking skills in reading, writing, and mathematical concepts.

Major Course Offerings

Algebra I—
Students move from thinking about concrete quantities and arithmetic operations to thinking about and visualizing “quantity” in more general ways.  Part of this transition is the development of students’ capabilities to visualize, abstract, and generalize representations. The strands are: Number and Operation, Data Analysis and Probability, Patterns and Relationship, Variables, Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities, Functions with Growth and Change, Problem Solving, Representation, Reasoning and Proof, and Communication.

SpringBoard Algebra II--. Prerequisite: Algebra I.
This course extends Algebra I skills. The course emphasizes polynomial, exponential, and logarithmic functions, and extends the concept of number to include irrational and complex numbers. Students cover in-depth graphing, systems of linear equations and inequalities, and quadratics. Course work introduces probability, statistics, sequences, and series. Students enhance their skills through problem solving, representation, reasoning and communication.

SpringBoard Euclidean Geometry-- Prerequisite: Algebra I and Algebra II
This course is a study of shapes, their properties, their location in a plane, and the relationship among shapes, attributes, models of planes and solid figures, and measurements including length, area, volume’ capacity, weight/mass, and time. Students enhance their skills through problem solving, representation, reasoning and proofs, and communication.

SpringBoard Pre-Calculus with Data Analysis — Prerequisites: Algebra l, Algebra II, and Euclidean Geometry
The students are introduced to trigonometry through the use of calculators and computers. Students explore real and complex numbers, vectors, matrices, sequences and series, probability, statistics, conic sections, functions. Students collect, summarize, and interpret data. Students enhance their skills through problem solving, representation, reasoning and communication.

Statistics / AP Statistics: Prerequisite: Algebra I, Geometry, and Algebra II
Students collect, organize, summarize, and interpret data. Students apply statistical methods in problem solving using data collected through experimentation, computer simulations, and various sources. This course provides opportunities for students to model statistical thinking though data analysis. Students enhance their skills through problem solving, representation, reasoning and proof, and communication

Calculus/AP Calculus— Prerequisites: Four Years of Mathematics.
This course follows the College Board syllabus for the Advanced Placement Calculus AP Examination. Students explore the use and application of functions, limits, continuity, derivatives, and integrals. Students enhance their skills through problem solving, representation, reasoning and communication.

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