MATH
CURRICULUM
9-12

Course References are as follows:
ALG Algebra
GEO Geometry
PRE Pre-Algebra
ALG2 Algebra 2 (Advanced Algebra)
ALG3 Algebra 3
FST Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry
PDM Pre-Calculus Discrete Math
STM Standards Math 1
STM2 Standards Math 2
9-12 means that all students in all math courses in these grades will work on this objective


12.1 NUMERATION/NUMBER SENSE

12.1.1 By the end of twelfth grade, students will describe and compare the relationships between subsets of real numbers.

ALG/STM2/PRE/ALG2 1.1a Draw Venn diagrams of sets of real numbers.
ALG/STM2/GEO 1.1b Find intersection and union of two sets.
ALG2/FST/PDM 1.1c Identify rational and irrational numbers.
FST/PDM 1.1d Justify why a number does not belong to a specific set.

12.1.2 By the end of twelfth grade, students will express the equivalent forms of numbers using exponents, radicals, scientific notation, absolute values, fractions, decimals, and percents.

ALG/STM2 1.2a
Use the four operations (+, -, *, /) to simplify algebraic fractions.
ALG/STM2/STM 1.2b Convert between fractions, decimals, and percents.
PRE/ALG/STM2 1.2c  Apply the rules of whole-number exponents.
ALG2 /FST/ ALG3 1.2d  Apply the rules of rational exponents.
FST/ ALG3 1.2e Convert between exponential form and logarithmic form.
ALG2/ ALG3 1.2f Simplify radicals.

12.2 COMPUTATION/ESTIMATION

12.2.1 By the end of twelfth grade, students will solve theoretical and  lied problems using numbers in equivalent forms, radicals, exponents, scientific notation, absolute values, fractions, decimals, and percents, ratios and proportions, order of operations, and properties of real numbers.

ALG/STM2/ 2.1a Solve problems using numbers in equivalent forms, exponents, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, order of
operations, and properties of real numbers.
GEO/STM 2.1b Solve problems using fractions, square roots, cube roots, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, order of operations, and absolute values
ALG2/FST/PDM/ ALG3 2.1c Solve problems using numbers in equivalent forms, radicals, exponents, absolute values, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios and proportions, order of operations, and properties of real numbers.


12.2.2 By the end of twelfth grade, students will justify solutions to mathematical problems.

9-12 2.2 Justify the reasonableness of solutions.

12.2.3 By the end of twelfth grade, students will perform estimations and computations of real numbers mentally, with paper and pencil, and with technology.

9-12 2.3 Perform estimations and computations of real numbers mentally, with paper and pencil, and with technology.

12.3 MEASUREMENT

12.3.1 By the end of twelfth grade, students will select and use measuring units, tools, and/or technology and explain the degree of accuracy and precision of measurements.

PRE/GEO 3.1a Measure angles to the nearest degree using a protractor.
GEO 3.1b Find the length of segments using the  appropriate unit of measurement for a particular degree of accuracy.


12.3.2 By the end of twelfth grade, students will convert between metric and standard units of measurement, given conversion factors.

ALG/STM2/FST/  3.2a
Use rate multiplication to convert between metric and standard units of measurement.
GEO 3.2b Convert given linear measurements between metric and standard units using conversion factors.

12.4 GEOMETRY/SPATIAL CONCEPTS

12.4.1 By the end of twelfth grade, students will calculate perimeter and area of two-dimensional shapes and surface area and volume of three-dimensional shapes.

ALG/STM2/STM 4.1a Calculate area of rectangles and volume of rectangular prisms.
PRE  4.1b Calculate perimeter and area of polygons and circles given relevant lengths.
GEO 4.1c Calculate perimeter and area of triangles, squares, rectangles, parallelograms, trapezoids, circles, and irregular-shaped regions.
GEO/STM 4.1d Calculate surface area and volume of cones, cylinders, spheres, pyramids, and prisms.
GEO/FST 4.1e Calculate arc measure and arc length.

12.4.2 By the end of twelfth grade, students will create geometric models to describe the physical world.

GEO/STM 4.2a Draw two- and three-dimensional figures in perspective.
GEO/STM 4.2b Create three-dimensional figures from two-dimensional nets.

12.4.3 By the end of twelfth grade, students will evaluate characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes.

GEO/STM 4.3a Compare and contrast characteristics of different types of triangles.
GEO/STM 4.3b Use the hierarchy of quadrilaterals to compare and contrast characteristics of different shapes.
GEO 4.3c Use transformations such as translations, rotations, reflections, and glide-reflections to compare and contrast two-dimensional and three-
dimensional shapes.
GEO 4.3d Determine if shapes are congruent using properties of transformations.
GEO 4.3e  Apply the properties of congruence to show/prove triangles are congruent.
GEO 4.3f Determine the effects of changing dimensions on perimeter, area, and volume.
GEO/STM 4.3g Classify three-dimensional shapes as surfaces or solids.
GEO/STM 4.3h Classify three-dimensional shapes as cylindrics, conics, or spheres.
ALG2 4.3I  Apply the Fundamental Theorem of Variation to determine the effects of changing dimension on volume and area.
ALG2/FST 4.3j Use matrices to  Apply transformations to compare and contrast two-dimensional shapes.
ALG/STM2 4.3k Find the ratio of similitude in size-change figures.
GEO 4.3l Find symmetry lines in shapes.
GEO 4.3m Find symmetry planes in three-dimensional shapes.


12.4.4 By the end of twelfth grade, students will  Apply coordinate geometry to locate describe objects algebraically.


PRE/ALG 4.4a Plot points on a coordinate plane.
ALG/STM2/GEO/ALG2 4.4b Graph lines on the coordinate plane.
ALG/STM2/GEO/ALG2 4.4c Find the slope of a line.
FST 4.4d Use the unit circle and right triangle trigonometry to locate missing points.
GEO 4.4e  Apply transformations to shapes located on the coordinate plane.
ALG/STM2/PDM/FST 4.4f  Apply two-dimensional slides and size changes to shapes located on the coordinate plane.
GEO 4.4g Plot points in three-dimensional space.

12.4.5 By the end of twelfth grade, students will  Apply right triangle trigonometry to find length and angle measures.

GEO/ALG2/FST/PDM 4.5a Use sines, cosines, and tangents to determine unknown lengths.
GEO/ALG2/FST/PDM 4.5b Determine sines, cosines, and tangents of angles.
FST 4.5c  Apply properties of angles to find sines, cosines, and tangents in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane.
FST/PDM 4.5d Use the Law of Sines and Law of Cosines to find missing side lengths and angle measures.
GEO/ALG2/FST/PDM 4.5e Use inverse trigonometric functions to find angle measures.

12.4.6 By the end of twelfth grade, students will  Apply geometric properties to solve problems.

ALG/STM2/GEO/STM 4.6a Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find missing side lengths in right triangles.
GEO/STM 4.6b Determine angle measures using properties of parallel lines (vertical angles, correlating angles, alternate interior angles, linear pairs).
ALG/STM2/ 4.6c Find missing lengths in similar figures using proportions.
ALG/STM2/GEO/STM 4.6d Find missing angle measures and side lengths by  lying the Triangle Inequality Postulate, Triangle Sum Theorem, and Polygon Sum Theorem.
ALG/STM2/GEO/STM 4.6e Determine relationships between angle measures (complementary, supplementary, acute, obtuse, straight, zero).
GEO 4.6f Find distance between two points on coordinate plane.
GEO 4.6g Write equations for circles.


12.4.7 By the end of twelfth grade, students will  Apply deductive reasoning to arrive at a conclusion.

ALG/STM2 4.7a Justify steps when solving an algebraic equation using properties of real numbers.
GEO 4.7b Prove the congruence of triangles using a two-column proof.
GEO 4.7c Determine if a statement is true or false using instances and/or counterexamples.
ALG/STM2 4.7d Create formulas based on instances of pattern.
GEO/PDM 4.7e Make conclusions using the Law of Detachment, Law of Transitivity, Law of Indirect Reasoning, and Law of Ruling Out Possibilities.
PDM 4.7f Prove statements using mathematical induction.
GEO/PDM 4.7g Write conditionals, converses, inverses, and contra positives.
PDM 4.7h Prove trigonometric identities

12.5 DATA ANALYSIS, PROBABILITY, AND STATISTICALCONCEPTS

12.5.1 By the end of twelfth grade, students will select a sampling technique to gather data, analyze the resulting data and make inferences.

 
FST 5.1a Make inferences using extrapolation and interpolation.
FST 5.1b Use samples to make inferences about populations

ALG2/FST 5.1c Analyze the linearity of data using a correlation coefficient

FST 5.1d Determine relationships and interpret univariate data.

FST 5.1e Display data in an  appropriate format (bar graph, circle graph, dotplot, stemplot, box plot, histogram, or scatterplot)

FST 5.1f Calculate measures of center and measures of spread for data

FST 5.1g Make inferences about data based on measures of center and spread

PRE/STM 5.1h Calculate mean, median, and mode.
PRE/STM 5.1i Compare and contrast mean, median, and mode.
PRE/FST 5.1j Display measures of center and spread using box-and-whisker plots.


12.5.2 By the end of twelfth grade, students will write equations and make predictions from sets of data.

ALG2/FST/  5.2a Display data in a scatter plot
ALG/STM2/ALG2/FST/  5.2b Fit a line to data using technology.
ALG/STM2/ALG2/FST/  5.2c Relate the slope of the regression line to the rate of change for the data set.
ALG/STM2/ALG2/FST/  5.2d Determine what the y-interceptor initial condition indicates about the data.
ALG/ALG2/FST 5.2e Make predictions using regression equations.
ALG2 5.2f Fit an  appropriate model to data (line, hyperbola, parabola, or inverse square curve).
 

12.5.3 By the end of twelfth grade, students will  Apply theoretical probability to represent problems and make decisions.

PRE/ALG/STM2/FST/PDM 5.3a Use theoretical probabilities to make predictions.
ALG/STM2/FST 5.3b Compare and contrast relative frequency with probability.

12.5.4 By the end of twelfth grade, students will evaluate how transformations on data affect the measures of central tendency and variability.

FST 5.4a
Describe the effects of data translation and scale changes on mean, median, mode, range, maximum, minimum, standard deviation, variance, and inter quartile range.
FST 5.4b Determine the effect of outliers on measures of center and measures of spread.
 
 
12.5.5 By the end of twelfth grade, students will interpret data represented by the normal distribution and formulate conclusions.

FST/  5.5a
Sketch a normal or bell curve.
FST/  5.5b Identify one standard deviation from the mean.
FST/  5.5c Identify a sample space and determine sample size.
FST 5.5d Make conclusions about data using the mean and standard deviation.
FST 5.5e Use properties of normal distributions and their parent function.

12.5.6 By the end of twelfth grade, students will calculate probabilities of independent events.

PRE/ALG/STM2/FST/PDM 5.6a Calculate probabilities using the fundamental counting principle.
PRE/ALG/STM2/FST/PDM 5.6b Calculate permutations and combinations.
FST/PDM 5.6c Calculate binomial probabilities.


12.6 ALGEBRAIC CONCEPTS


12.6.1 By the end of twelfth grade, students will graph and interpret algebraic relations and inequalities.


ALG/STM2 6.1a a graph by identifying intercepts, slope, increasing and decreasing intervals.
ALG2 6.1b Describe a graph by identifying intercepts, slope, increasing and decreasing intervals, parallels and perpendiculars.
GEO 6.1c Describe a graph by identifying y-intercept, slope, parallels and perpendiculars.
FST/PDM 6.1d Describe a graph by identifying intercepts, slopes, increasing, decreasing, maximum, minimum, parallel, perpendicular and asymptotes.
ALG2/FST 6.1e Use families of curves to describe the effect of changing coefficients of an equation.
ALG2/FST 6.1f Describe the effects of translations and scale changes on functions and their graphs.
ALG2/FST/PDM 6.1g  Apply the Graph Translation Theorem to make or identify graphs and find transformation images.
ALG2/ ALG3 6.1h Create and  Apply inverses of relations and their properties.

12.6.2 By the end of twelfth grade, students will solve problems involving equations and inequalities.

9-12 6.2a Solve linear equations and inequalities.
ALG/STM2/GEO 6.2b Solve equations of the form y=k2.
ALG2/FST/PDM 6.2c Solve quadratics using the quadratic formula.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.2d Solve polynomials by graphing, factoring, and/or the quadratic formula.
GEO 6.2e Solve equations of the form y=k3.

12.6.3 By the end of twelfth grade, students will solve problems involving systems of two equations, and systems of two or more inequalities.

ALG/  6.3a Solve systems by graphing, substitution, or elimination.
ALG2/FST 6.3b Solve systems by graphing, substitution, elimination, or matrices.

12.6.4 By the end of twelfth grade, students will solve problems using patterns and functions.

9-12 6.4a Represent a problem in multiple formats(words, tables, graphs, and symbols).
PRE/ALG/STM2 6.4b Evaluate numerical and algebraic expressions.
ALG2/FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4c Find the nth term of an arithmetic or geometric sequence.
ALG2/FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4d Create recursive and explicit formulas for arithmetic and geometric sequences.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4e Evaluate arithmetic and geometric series.
ALG2 6.4f  Apply direct and inverse variation.
ALG2/FST/ ALG3 6.4g Recognize the properties of families of functions.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4h Recognize patterns of exponential growth and decay and their significance to real-life situations.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4i Solve problems involving exponential growth and decay.
ALG2/FST/ ALG3 6.4j Solve problems using power functions and step functions.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4k Solve problems using logarithmic functions.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 6.4l Expand polynomials using patterns in Pascal's Triangle.
PDM 6.4m Find limits and end behavior of functions.
FST 6.4n Find limits of sequences.

12.7 OBJECTIVES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE NEBRASKA STATE STANDARDS

GEO 7a
Identify and design tessellations using properties of transformations and features of polygons.
FST/PDM 7b Find the quotient and remainder using long division of polynomials.
FST/PDM 7c  Apply the Remainder Theorem to verify division of polynomials.
FST/PDM 7d Identify complex numbers.
ALG2/FST/PDM 7e Perform operations using complex numbers.
FST/PDM 7f Find the conjugate of a complex number.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 7g  Apply the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra to determine the number of zeroes for any polynomial.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 7h Determine the types of zeroes (real and/or complex) for any given polynomial.
FST/ ALG3 7i Factor polynomials using advanced techniques(sums/differences of squares, cubes, odd powers, and grouping).
FST/ ALG3 7j Given zeroes of a function, determine factors, solutions, roots, x- intercepts, and degree of the polynomial.
FST/PDM 7k  Apply trigonometric identities to find trigonometric values --- cos (a±ß),sin (a ±ß),cos(2ø),and sin(2ø).
FST/ ALG3 7l Find inverses of functions and matrices.
FST 7m Perform matrix multiplication.
FST/PDM/ ALG3 7n Find the composite(s) of functions.
PDM 7o Solve problems using modular arithmetic.
PDM 7p Find the quotient and remainder using synthetic division of polynomials.
PDM 7q Identify and graph the reciprocal trigonometric functions.
PDM 7r  Apply trigonometric identities to find trigonometric values --- tan (a ± ß).
PDM 7s Solve equations involving trigonometric functions.
PDM 7t Graph polar equations.
PDM 7u Find roots and powers of complex numbers.
PDM 7v Write complex numbers in 4 forms --- a + bi, rectangular, polar, and trigonometric.
PDM 7w Perform addition, subtraction, and multiplication of vectors.
PDM 7x Find the derivative of a function. Using an equation and/or graph of a function, interpret the derivative and  Apply its meaning.
ALG2 7y Determine whether a relation is a function.
ALG2/FST/PDM/ ALG3 7z Identify domain and range of a function.
PRE/  7aa Identify and implement the 4-step problem solving process.
ALG2 7bb Add, subtract, and multiply matrices.
ALG2 7cc Translate quadratic equations from vertex to standard form and vice versa.
ALG/ ALG3 7dd Multiply and simplify polynomials.
ALG/ ALG3 7ee Find common monomial factors of polynomials.
GEO 7gg  Apply graph theory to solve networks.
PDM 7hh Represent integers in other bases (not base10).
PDM 7ii
Perform base 2 addition.
ALG3 7jj Write equations for ellipses, parabolas, circles and hyperbolas.