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IB MATHEMATICS. IB Phrases to Know. SL – Standard Level: A course that has 150 seat hours. Students must take three SL courses. HL – Higher Level: A course that has 240 seat hours. Students must take three HL courses.
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IB Phrases to Know • SL – Standard Level: A course that has 150 seat hours. Students must take three SL courses. • HL – Higher Level: A course that has 240 seat hours. Students must take three HL courses. • * NOTE * In some instances, a student may take four HL classes and two SL classes.
IB Phrases to Know • Internal Assessment: An evaluation instrument that is graded by the teacher but is moderated by another teacher somewhere in the world. • External Assessment: The culminating exam given in May of a student’s senior year
There are fourIB Maths courses • Maths Studies SL • Maths SL • Maths HL • Further Maths SL
To begin with, we will choose only two • Mathematics SL • Mathematics HL
Math SL – 150 hours • 140 Class hours • 2 Portfolio Entries – 10 hours • Mathematical Investigation • Mathematical Modeling
Math HL – 240 Hours • 190 Class hours • 2 Portfolio Entries – 10 hours • Mathematical Investigation • Mathematical Modeling • One of the “Options” – 40 hours
Math HL Options • Statistics and Probability • Sets, Relations, and Groups • Series and Differential Equations • Discrete Mathematics
What is a GDC? Graphical Display Calculator The TI-84 Plus or Silver Edition
What is a GDC? Graphical Display Calculator Oxford Science Solutions www.oxsci.co.uk
What is CASE? CASE (computer algebra system enabled) calculators TO COME!
A Research paper on a personally meaningful topic Must be less than 4000 words The Subject must be chosen from the list of available IB subjects. The Extended Essay
Books Haese and Harris
Books IBID PRESS
Haese and Harris IBID Press EXPENSIVE! – Shipping charge! Australian Publishers
HEATH BOOKS The IB Bookshop, Heath Books, Willow House, Willow Walk, Sutton, Surrey SM3 9QQ, UK.Tel: 020 8644 7788, Fax: 020 8641 3377 British Supplier
Harper Collins Oxford University Press Heinemann Cambridge University Press Hodder Murray Mathematics Publishing Other Suppliers
www.livemaths.co.uk www.mymaths.co.uk www.mathtutor.ac.uk/viewdisks.php www.mathtutor.ac.uk/ipod.shtml IB Online Curriculum Support Sites
Further Maths SL • Statistics and Probability • Sets, Relations and Groups • Discrete Mathematics • Series and Differential Equations
Comparison with A LevelMaterial unique to the IB and A level mathematics syllabuses. Source: EXPERT GROUP REPORT
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Internal Assessment • Mathematics Studies • Examples of Projects • Calculating beauty—the golden ratio • Periodic Functions • Infant mortality • Calculating time of sunrise and sunset
Internal Assessment • Mathematics SL and HL • Type I Tasks • Mathematical Investigation • Matrix powers (SL) • Zeros of the Cubic Function (HL)
Internal Assessment • Mathematics SL and HL • Type II Tasks • Mathematical Modelling • Sunrise over New York (SL) • Flow Rate (HL)
CASE CALCULATORS FURTHER MATHEMATICS HL – 5 Options OPTION PAPERS (GDC OR CASE) FOR SL AND HL TECHNOLOGY CRITERION TO BE INTRODUCED IN MATHS STUDIES CHANGES