MATHEMATICAL LITERACY: GRADE 12: EXEMPLAR WORKSCHEDULE: 2008

TERM 1
WEEK 1 / WEEK 2 / WEEK 3 / WEEK 4 / WEEK 5 / WEEK 6 / WEEK 7 / WEEK 8 / WEEK 9 / WEEK 10

MEASUREMENT IN 2D AND 3D CONTEXTS

§  Units of measurement and conversions (different scales and systems, provide tables as required)

§  Length and distance
§  Perimeter and area ( polygons )
§  Volume ( right prisms, circular cylinders )
§  Surface area ( right prisms, circular cylinders )
§  Scale drawings ( plans )
§  Building of models /

DATA HANDLING

§  Formulating questions to investigate (social, environmental and political issues; human rights )
§  Methods of collecting data ( interviews, questionnaires )
§  Methods to summarise and display data ( charts )
§  Measures of central tendencies ( mean. median, mode )
§  Measures of spread (range)
§  Interpreting data and predictions ( trends, critique )
§  Quartiles ( interpretation only )
§  Percentiles ( interpretation only )
§  Misuse of data ( describe and recommend ) / CONSOLIDATION
AS 12.3.1; 12.3.2; 12.3.3 / AS 12.4.1; 12.4.2; 12.4.3; 12.4.4; 12.4.6
Daily informal assessment
INVESTIGATION/ PROJECT (10%) / Daily informal assessment
CONTROLLED TEST ( Week 1 to Week 9 ) (10%)

TERM 2

WEEK 11 / WEEK 12 / WEEK 13 / WEEK 14 / WEEK 15 / WEEK 16 / WEEK 17 / WEEK 18 / WEEK 19 / WEEK 20 / WEEK 21

PROBLEM SOLVING

§  Contextually based problems ( proportional representation, budgets, building of models, sporting results, fluctuating prices, social and environmental issues )
§  Interpreting answers
§  Reworking a problem if the answer is not sensible
§  Communicating processes and results /

MATHEMATICAL MODELLING

Contexts

§  Worded problems ( planning )
§  Tables ( real life situations )
§  Graphs ( including negative values, more than one graph on a system of axis, real life situations )
§  Formulae
§  The impact of compound change / MID – YEAR EXAMINATIONS
(25%)
AS 12.1.1 ; 12.1.2 / AS 12.2.1 ; 12.2.2 ; 12.2.3
Daily informal assessment / ASSIGNMENT (10%)

TERM 3

WEEK 22 / WEEK 23 / WEEK 24 / WEEK 25 / WEEK 26 / WEEK 27 / WEEK 28 / WEEK 29 / WEEK 30 / WEEK 31 / WEEK 32

FINANCIAL MATHEMATICS

§  Personal and business
The effects of
§  Taxation and Inflation
§  Changing interest rates
§  Currency fluctuations
§  Socially responsible trade /

PROBABILITY

§  Drawing conclusions
§  Making predictions
§  Simple notions of likelihood in order to make sense. /

MAPS AND GRIDS

§  Working with Maps and Grids
§  Compass directions
§  Location
§  Relative Position / EXAMINATION
(25%)
AS 12.1.3 / AS 12.4.5 / AS 12.3.4
Daily informal assessment
TEST (10%) / Daily informal assessment / Daily informal assessment
CONSOLIDATION
ASSIGNMENT (10%)

TERM 4

WEEK 33 / WEEK 34 / WEEK 35 / WEEK 36 / WEEK 37 / WEEK 38 / WEEK 39 / WEEK 40 / WEEK 41
FINAL EXAMINATION
(75%) / ADMIN