Mathematics Department Unit Plans

School Year : 2013-2014

Term : Michaelmas(One)

Class : Form Four

General Outcomes: On completion of this section, students should

understand the principles of interest and the variations in its applications

Skills to be Developed: Students will be able to

apply appropriate interest in various

situations
appreciate the importance of measurement to everyday life

determine secondary measurements

of 3D objects
understand the links between lines, angles and shapes

relate angle and line properties to

construction
appreciate the use of algebra as a language and a form of communication
appreciate the usefulness of trigonometry in solving real-world problems

apply algebra in practical situations

solve problems using Pythagoras

theorem/Trigonometric ratios

Week Of

Objectives
Students will be able to:

Sept 9th
13th

calculate simple interest

find principal given

interest, rate and time

find rate given interest

principal and time

Teaching

Content

Strategy
Inductive
Learning

Guided
Practice

Simple Interest = PRT/100

where P = Principal (Original
amt.)
and R = percentage Rate per
annum
and T = length of Time in
years

Varying forms of the primary

formula yields:
-

find time given interest,

principal and rate

I =PRT
I
P=
RT

Teaching/Learning

Assessment

Activities

/Evaluation

Group Activity
Students complete
sample loan agreement
forms in pairs

Individual Activity
Students will work to
create a question bank
for simple interest to
include problems
requiring them to find
interest, principal, rate or
time.

Class
Assignment
Students complete
questions on
simple interest
from their text
book.

Homework
Students are given
questions from the
text. Example:
Calculate the
interest earned on
$5000 invested for
3 years at 12% per
annum.

I =PRT

Resources

Diagnostic
Test Sheet

Mathematics:
A Complete
Course Bk 1
pg. 213
#1. P= $9600
R=8/100
T= 5

I =PRT

$ 9600
$ 1800

8
5
100

R=

I
PT

T=

I
PR

$ 5000

12
3
100

A=$ 9600+ $ 3840

$ 13440

$ 1800

Week Of

Objectives

Teaching

Students will be able to:

Content

Strategy

Teaching/Learning

Assessment /

Activities

Evaluation

th

Sept 16
20th

Differentiate between
simple and compound
interest

calculate compound
interest with the use of the
formula:

A=P 1+

R
100

Inductive
Learning

Guided
Discovery

The word compound indicates

more than one. In simple
interest, the same value is
added to the principal every
year. In compound interest, the
value that is added changes
every year because the
principal itself changes every
year.

Activity
Students will calculate
simple interest for
consecutive years using
the accrued amounts

Interest of 5% per annum

applied to 14000 for 3 years
Discussion
Students will argue the

Class
Assignment
Students are
instructed to
complete
activities from
the text

Homework
Students are
given a
worksheet to
complete at
home

Resources

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Bk 1

Worksheet

S.I. = 14000 x

5
100

x3=

merits and faults of the

two types of interests.
Test Sheets

$2100 which is $700 a year.

use the compound interest

formula to solve problems
involving depreciation

Class Test
Students will
complete an end
of unit test on
simple and
compound
interest

C.I. changes every year

I1=
I2=

5
100
5
100

x 14000 = $700
x (14000 + 700) =

$735
I3=

5
100

x (14000 + 700 +

735)= $771.75
C.I. = 700 + 735 + 771.75 =
$2206.75

Sept 23rd
27th

review area and

perimeter of simple and
complex shapes

Formula for
Area
2

Square

Guided
Practice

s
lw
( a+b ) h
2

Rectangle
Trapezium

Week Of

Objectives

Parallelogr
am

use appropriate formula

to find volume and
surface area of simple
solids

Students will be able to:

Sept 30th
Oct 4th

Shape

use appropriate
formula to find volume
and surface area of
simple solids

Triangle

Teaching

bh

bh
,
2
s ( sa ) ( sb ) (sc)

Content

Strategy
Solid
Cuboid

Presentation
Students present
summaries on how to find
the area of basic shapes.

TSA

Volu
me

lw+ wh+lh
2

lwh

Class
Assignment
Students are
asked to
complete
questions from
the text
Ex 4l # 1, 3, 6
Ex 4m # 10, 12
Ex 4n # 3, 6, 24
Ex 4o # 2, 7, 8

Teaching/Learning

Assessment /

Activities

Evaluation

Activity
Students identify uses and
importance of
measurement in everyday
life

Classwork
Students are
asked to use
appropriate
formula to find

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 132 135

Worksheet

Resources

Sample
Solids

Cooperative
Learning

Cylinder
Triangular
Prism
Tetrahedron

2 r 2 +2 rh
bh+al +bl + cl
2 bh

Sphere

4 r2

r 2h
bhl
2
Ah
3
4 r3
3

TEACHERS APPRECIATION
DAY
TEACHERS APPRECIATION DAY

find missing angles

using angle properties
in straight lines

Guided
Practice

Relationships between angles

Complementary
Supplementary
Corresponding
Alternating
Vertically Opposite

T.S.A. and
Volumes of
various shapes
Presentation
Students present the net
of various solids and use
the nets to find total
surface area (TSA).

Homework
Students are
given work from
the text

TEACHERS
APPRECIATION DAY
Activity
Students prove
relationships by measuring
the angles

Class
Assignment
Students are
asked to
complete
questions from
the text

Oct 7th
11th

Properties of Polygons
- Sum of exterior angles is
- Sum of interior angles is

find missing angles

using the properties of
polygons

(n2) 180
-

Week Of

Objectives
Students will be able to:

Teaching
Strategy

Sum of interior angle and

adjacent exterior is 180

Content

360

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 136 154

Activity
Students separate
polygons into triangles to
prove the formula for the
sum of interior angles

Quiz
Students
complete a quiz
on content
covered so far

Teaching/Learning

Assessment /

Activities

Evaluation

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 422 431

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 478 482

Resources

Oct 14th
18th

Construct basic
shapes with the use of
a compass and ruler
only

Constructing Angles using

Compass and Ruler
Guided
Practice

Bisecting Angles and Lines

Oct 21
25th

st

Demonstration
Students are shown how
to use the compass and
ruler to construct lines,
angles, and shapes
www.mathsisfun.com/geo
metry/ constructions.html

Bisect 90 and 60 angles

to create other angles

substitute numbers
for algebraic symbols
in simple algebraic
expressions

perform binary
operations other than
the four basic ones

CREOLE DAY

Guided
Practice

If x = 4 and y = -3 and z = 2, then

a 2x 3y + z = 2(4) 3(-3) + 2 = 19
b 5x (2y + 8z) = 20 (-6 + 16) = 2

Direct
Instruction

If a * b represents a2 +b2, then

a 2 * 3 = 22 + 32 = 4 + 9 = 13
b 3 * 2 = 32 + 22 = 9 + 4 = 13
c 3 * 5 = 32 + 52 = 9 + 25 = 34
d 2*(3*5)= 2*34 = 4 + 1156 = 1160
(2*3)*5 = 13*5 = 169 + 25 = 194

CREOLE DAY

Activity
Students will complete
questions from the text
Ex 6a & 6b
Worksheet
Students will complete a
worksheet comparing
binary operations to see if
they are commutative or
associative

Homework
Students are
given questions
from the
textbook to
complete

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 448 452
Pg 472 477
Projector

Project
Students will be
given
instructions for
a term project
on
measurement
and
construction.

Internet

Project
Sheets

Class
Assignment
Students will
complete
questions from
the text

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 229 - 233

Quiz
Students will
complete a quiz
on content
covered

Worksheet

CREOLE DAY
CREOLE DAY

Quiz Sheet

Week Of

Objectives
Students will be able to:
apply the distributive law
to expand algebraic
expressions

Teaching

Content

Strategy
Inductive
Learning

Activities
Multiplication is shared over
addition and/or subtraction.
3x (a 2b) = 3ax 6bx

st

Oct 28
Nov 1st

apply the distributive law

to factorize algebraic
expressions

Peer
Tutoring

Finding common factors and

pulling them out
4ab + 8bx 6bc = 2b(2a + 4x
3c)
Laws of Indices
1

use the laws of indices to

simplify algebraic
expressions

review Pythagoras
Theorem

Direct
Instruction

Guided
Practice

Nov 4th 8th

Inductive
Learning

Teaching/Learning

n
n0
na
na

=
=

n
1
nb = n
nb = n

a+b
ab

Pythagoras theorem
For any right triangle, the
square of the longest side is
equivalent to the sum of the
squares of the other two sides.

Activity
Students formulate a
generalization for
expanding brackets based
on examples done.

Activity
Students work on
problems from the text

Assessment /

Resources

Evaluation
Homework
Students are
given questions
from the text
Class
Assignment
Students are
given questions
from the text

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 238 242
Pg 242 246

Worksheet
Group Activity
Students work in teams to
complete a set of
problems quickly and
efficiently

Group
Assignment
Students work
together on a
prepared
worksheet

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 276 - 283

Activity
Students complete a
revision exercise with a
set of varied questions
involving Pythagoras
Theorem

Lesson
Evaluation
Students will
orally describe
the application
and usefulness of
Pythagoras
Theorem

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 462 465

Worksheet
Students solve real world
problems using
Pythagoras theorem.

Class
Assignment
Students find at
least three (3)
common
Pythagorean

Oxford
Mathematics
for the
Caribbean
Chapter 10

triples not
including
multiples.

Week Of

Objectives
Students will be able to:

differentiate between the

three primary
trigonometric ratios

Teaching

Content

Strategy
Inductive
Learning

Trigonometric Ratios

opposite
hypotenuse
adjacent
cos x=
hypotenuse
opposite
tan x=
adjacent

Nov 11th
15th

Teaching/Learning

Assessment /

Activities

Evaluation

Investigation
Students investigate right
triangles of different sizes
but with the same
value.

Resources

Class
Assignment
Students will
complete
questions from
the text

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 567 589

Homework
Students are
given a
worksheet to
complete for
homework

Worksheet

sin x=

find missing sides and

angles using appropriate
trigonometric ratios

Guided
Practice

Inverse Sine/Cosine/Tangent
The inverse of any of the ratios
will give the angle in question.
E.g.

x=sin 1

opp
hyp

Prove that the ratio of

sides

B1 C1 B 2 C 2 B 3 C 3
=
=
=sin A
A B1 A B2 A B 3

Show congruency among

triangles
Activity
Students will complete
questions from the text

Quiz Sheet
Quiz
Students will
complete a quiz
on content
covered

solve problems involving

angles of elevation and
depression

Deductive
Learning

Nov 18th
22nd
Guided
Practice

END OF TERM EXAMS

Demonstration
Teacher demonstrates
how trigonometric ratios
are used to solve
elevation and depression
problems
Angles of elevation and
depression are formed between
different horizontal lines of
sight.

END OF TERM EXAMS

Group Activity
Students will work in
groups to answer
questions from the text
END OF TERM EXAMS

Class
Assignment
Students are
given questions
from the text

Lesson
Evaluation
Students
complete a
worksheet on
angles of
elevation and
depression

Student Text
Mathematics:
A Complete
Course
Pg 592 596

Worksheet