Mr. Quinn's Class dot com

Mr. Quinn's Class dot com
Info and links related to Mr. Quinn's 10th and 12th grade classes in North Berwick, Me.

Hi, and welcome to Mr. Quinn's Class dot com. That's me in the picture. The bald one.
I am a teacher at Noble High School in North Berwick, Maine. I'm teaching sophomore algebra and geometry as well as a section of statistics this year.
This page is intended to be a central place for access to information that might be useful to students and parents, with news, assignments, and other class-related content. Links are to the right, news is below. Enjoy!

Week 8

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Calculus has completed the material for the exam, and all that's left is review and prepping for the exam. We'll be working a ton of practice exams, and talking a lot about how the pieces we've studied fit together.

And in math B, we're taking a break from algebra (phew!) to talk about summation. It's not the toughest topic in the world, so consider it a bit of a break after the tough work we've been doing.

I'm optimistic and exhausted, so it must be almost April break.

Math B	Calculus
Lesson 15: Review of Imaginary Numbers, Intro to Summation Lesson 16: Summation Week 8 Homework	Review Part 1: Limits, Continuity, the Derivative Review Part 2: Methods of Differentiation No more homework - Work those practice exams!

posted by henry | 3:50 PM|

Online Help

Sunday, March 26, 2006

Parent-Teacher conferences were last week, and several people asked me for websites that might provide some support with the rational expressions we've been studying.

I found this, this, and this. The first is part of a great, great site called purplemath that's a good place to start any online inquiry into high school math.

Also, please feel free to contact me (link in the upper right of the page!) any time you have a question with anything school-related.

posted by henry | 2:59 PM|

Week 7

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

This is the last week of new material for AP Calculus. The exam is just about 5 school weeks away, so we'll turn to review and test prep next week. In Math B, this will be our final week on our big algebra push, and we'll spend the entire end of the week doing recap and prep for the Regents exam.

Parent-Teacher conferences are this week -- thursday night and friday afternoon -- and report cards will be distributed then. I'm pleased to report that pass rates and means are higher than ever for all of my classes -- congratulations on a very good first third of the term.

Math B	Calculus
Lesson 13: Solving with Radicals Lesson 14: Algebra Wrap-Up Week 7 Homework	Lesson 13: Integration by Parts Lesson 14: Separable Differential Equations Week 7 Homework

posted by henry | 7:44 PM|

Week 6 Notes

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Volumes of rotation and more and more algebra. Hooray!

It's also the last week of the marking period, so if you feel that your grade is inaccurate, this would be the time to let me know.

Math B	Calculus
Lesson 11: Solving Rational Equations Lesson 12: Adding Rational Expressions Week 6 Homework	Lesson 11: Volume of a Solid, 1 Lesson 12: Volume of a Solid, 2 Week 6 Homework

posted by henry | 7:53 PM|

Week 5

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

New week, new topics. Math B went very well last week in our discussions of variation, and we're holding it down as we move to more algebra. Calculus is looking at the area between curves -- the calculus isn't very difficult, figuring out how to use it is. And investing is working on a company research project using the good old internet.

Math B	Calculus	Investing 101
Lesson 9: Factoring Recap Lesson 10: Rational Expressions Week 5 Homework	Lesson 9: Area Between 2 Curves, 1 Lesson 10: Area Between 2 Curves, 2 Week 5 Homework	Project Description Project Rubric Project Mock Up

posted by henry | 5:35 PM|

links

Noble High School
PowerSchool

Agile Mind
PurpleMath
NY State Regents Exams
the College Board
Powerpoint Viewer

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