MATHEMATICS Grade 12 Standards Met by Nature Net Sites

A.          MATHEMATICAL PROCESSES

A.12.1  Use reason and logic to

            •      evaluate information

            •      perceive patterns

            •      identify relationships

            •      formulate questions, pose problems, and make and test conjectures

            •      pursue ideas that lead to further understanding and deeper insight

            [ALNC*; BHNC+; CM*+; ICF+; MKE*; OBG+; UWA*]

A.12.2      Communicate logical arguments and clearly show

            •      why a result does or does not make sense

            •      why the reasoning is or is not valid

            •     an understanding of the difference between examples that support a conjecture and a proof of the conjecture

            [ALNC*; BHNC*; CM*+; ICF+; MKE*; OBG+]

A.12.3  Analyze nonroutine* problems and arrive at solutions by various means, including models* and simulations, often starting with provisional conjectures and progressing, directly or indirectly, to a solution, justification, or counter-example

            [ALNC*; CM*+; ICF+; UWA+]

A.12.4      Develop effective oral and written presentations employing correct mathematical terminology, notation, symbols, and conventions for mathematical arguments and display of data

            [ALNC*; ICF+]

A.12.5      Organize work and present mathematical procedures and results clearly, systematically, succinctly, and correctly

            [ICF+]

A.12.6  Read and understand

            •      mathematical texts and other instructional materials

            •      writing about mathematics (e.g., articles in journals)

            •      mathematical ideas as they are used in other contexts

            [BHNC*]

B.          NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

B.12.1  Use complex counting procedures such as union and intersection of sets and arrangements (permutations* and combinations*) to solve problems.   

            [UWA+]

B.12.2      Compare real numbers using

            •      order relations (>, <) and transitivity*

            •      ordinal scales including logarithmic (e.g., Richter, pH rating)

•    arithmetic differences

            •      ratios, proportions, percents, rates of change

            [ALNC*; CM*; ICF+]

B.12.3      Perform and explain operations on real numbers (add, subtract, multiply, divide, raise to a power, extract a root, take opposites and reciprocals, determine absolute value)

            [ALNC*; ICF+]

B.12.4  In problem-solving situations involving the application of different number systems (natural, integers, rational*, real*) select and use appropriate

            •      computational procedures

            •      properties (e.g., commutativity*, associativity*, inverses*)

            •      modes of representation (e.g., rationals as repeating decimals, indicated roots as fractional exponents)

            [ALNC*; CM*]

B.12.5  Create and critically evaluate numerical arguments presented in a variety of classroom and real-world situations (e.g., political, economic, scientific, social)

            [ALNC*; BHNC*; CM*; ICF+; MKE*; UWA+]

B.12.6      Routinely assess the acceptable limits of error when

            •      evaluating strategies

            •      testing the reasonableness of results

            •      using technology to carry out computations

            [ALNC*; UWA+]

C.          GEOMETRY

C.12.1  Identify, describe, and analyze properties of figures, relationships among figures, and relationships among their parts by

            •      constructing physical models

            •      drawing precisely with paper and pencil, hand calculators, and computer software

            •      using appropriate transformations* (e.g., translations, rotations, reflections, enlargements)

            •      using reason and logic

            [ALNC*]

C.12.2  Use geometric models* to solve mathematical and real-world problems

            [ALNC*]

C.12.3  Present convincing arguments by means of demonstration, informal proof, counter-examples, or any other logical means to show the truth of

·         statements (e.g., “these two triangles are not congruent”)

            •     generalizations (e.g., “the Pythagorean* theorem holds for all right triangles”)

            [ALNC*]

C.12.4  Use the two-dimensional rectangular coordinate system* and algebraic procedures to describe and characterize geometric properties and relationships such as slope*, intercepts*, parallelism, and perpendicularity

            [ALNC*; CM*]

C.12.5  Identify and demonstrate an understanding of the three ratios used in right-triangle trigonometry (sine, cosine, tangent)

            [ALNC*]

 

D.          MEASUREMENT

D.12.1  Identify, describe, and use derived attributes* (e.g., density, speed, acceleration, pressure) to represent and solve problem situations

            [ALNC*; CM¨]

D.12.2  Select and use tools with appropriate degree of precision to determine measurements directly* within specified degrees of accuracy and error (tolerance)

            [ALNC*]

D.12.3      Determine measurements indirectly*, using

            •      estimation

            •      proportional reasoning, including those involving squaring and cubing (e.g., reasoning that areas of circles are proportional to the squares of their radii)

            •      techniques of algebra, geometry, and right triangle trigonometry

            •      formulas in applications (e.g., for compound interest, distance formula)

            •      geometric formulas to derive lengths, areas, or volumes of shapes and objects (e.g., cones, parallelograms, cylinders, pyramids)

            •      geometric relationships and properties of circles and polygons (e.g., size of central angles, area of a sector of a circle)

            •      conversion constants to relate measures in one system to another (e.g., meters to feet, dollars to Deutschmarks)

            [ALNC*; BHNC*; CM*; UWA*]

E.          STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

 E.12.1   Work with data in the context of real-world situations by

            •      formulating hypotheses that lead to collection and analysis of one- and two-variable data

            •      designing a data collection plan that considers random sampling, control groups, the role of assumptions, etc.

            •      conducting an investigation based on that plan

            •      using technology to generate displays, summary statistics*, and presentations

            [ALNC*; BHNC*; CM*+; ICF+; OBG+; UWA+]

 E.12.2      Organize and display data from statistical investigations using

•      frequency distributions

            •      percentiles*, quartiles, deciles

            •     line of best fit* (estimated regression line)

            •      matrices

            [ALNC*; CM+]

E.12.3      Interpret and analyze information from organized and displayed data when given

            •      measures of dispersion*, including standard deviation and variance

            •      measures of reliability

            •      measures of correlation*

            [ALNC*; CM+; ICF+]

 E.12.4      Analyze, evaluate, and critique the methods and conclusions of statistical experiments reported in journals, magazines, news media, advertising, etc.

 E.12.5      Determine the likelihood of occurrence of complex events by

            •      using a variety of strategies (e.g., combinations*) to identify possible outcomes

            •      conducting an experiment

            •      designing and conducting simulations*

            •      applying theoretical probability  

            [ALNC*; CM+]

F.          ALGEBRAIC RELATIONSHIPS

F.12.1   Analyze and generalize patterns of change (e.g., direct and inverse variation) and numerical sequences, and then represent them with algebraic expressions and equations

            [ICF+]

 F.12.2   Use mathematical functions* (e.g., linear*, exponential*, quadratic*, power) in a variety of ways, including

            •      recognizing that a variety of mathematical and real-world phenomena can be modeled* by the same type of function

            •      translating different forms of representing them (e.g., tables, graphs, functional notation*, formulas)

            •      describing the relationships among variable quantities in a problem

            •      using appropriate technology to interpret properties of their graphical representations (e.g., intercepts, slopes, rates of change, changes in rates of change, maximum*, minimum*)

            [ALNC*; CM*+; ICF+]

 F.12.3   Solve linear and quadratic equations, linear inequalities, and systems of linear equations and inequalities

            •      numerically

            •      graphically, including use of appropriate technology

            •      symbolically, including use of the quadratic formula

            [ALNC*]

 F.12.4   Model and solve a variety of mathematical and real-world problems by using algebraic expressions, equations, and inequalities

            [ALNC*; BHNC]