The beginning of this unit is a review of solving systems. The rest of the unit is about matrices, a relatively new branch of math (about 100 years old) that became more prominent with the advances in calculators.
1/05 Solving Systems by Graphing p.2-5
1/06 Solving Systems Algebraically p.6-8
1/07 Word Problems (Modeling systems) p.9-12
1/10 Quiz of 4.1; Defn of a Matrix, Matrix Operation p.13-16
1/12 Matrix Multiplication p.17-19; Half Day - B A G F
1/13 Snow Day
1/14 Matrices on the Calculator p.20-22; Matrix Operation Word Problems
1/17 Martin Luther King Day - no school
1/19 Systems on the Calculator p.23-25
1/20 Review p.26-28
1/21 Snow Day
1/24 Quiz of 4.2; End of Term 2
1/26 Matrix Applications p.29-31, 34-36
1/27 Snow Day
1/28 Communication Matrices p.32-33
1/31 Transformation Matrices p.37-39
2/02 Snow Day
2/03 More Transformation Matrices p.30-42
2/04 Unit Review p.43-47
2/07 Review Activity
2/09 Unit 4 Test of Systems and Matrices