Algebra/Biology Block
Grade Level: 9
Meets UC/CSU Requirements
Year Course (5 credits per semester)
Prerequisite: Recommendation of Advisor
The Biology/Algebra Block is a one-year course consisting of a set of 3 consecutive periods designed to provide additional support to those students who have struggled in middle school science and math. Sandwiched between the biology and the algebra periods is a period in which both biology and algebra teachers are present and actively engaged with students. The format of this middle hour is dictated by the instructional needs of the day (for example, on biology lab days the lab experience and debriefing may consume the better part of the middle hour.) Like their non--blocked counterparts, both the biology and algebra components are designed to meet the California State Standards defining each course. Admission to this class is through advisor recommendation.
Algebra A/B P
Grade Level: 9-12
Meets UC/CSU Requirements
Year Course (5 credits per semester)
Prerequisite: None
Students begin the formal development of algebraic skills and concepts necessary for those who plan to pursue the college preparatory sequence.
Topics include: quadratic equations, expressions and equations containing two variables, linear functions and probability, properties of exponents, operations with polynomials, rational algebraic expressions, radical algebraic expressions and inequalities.
Algebra A/B is the first year of the college prep sequence. Grades are earned for daily daily warm-ups and assignments, group and individual projects, and unit evaluations. Students will use scientific calculators.
Algebra A/B P - Immersion
Grade Level: 9-12
Meets UC/CSU Requirements
Year Course (5 credits per semester)
Prerequisite: Limited to students who have been in the Immersion Program at Edison and Adams, or Spanish-speaking students.
Students begin the formal development of algebraic skills and concepts necessary for those who plan to pursue the college preparatory sequence.
Intermediate Algebra A/B P
Grade Level: 9-12
Meets UC/CSU Requirements
Year Course (5 credits per semester)
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of C in Algebra A/B and Geometry A/B
This course is the third year of a college prep sequence. Grades will be given for daily warm-ups, daily assignments, group and individual projects, and unit evaluations. Scientific calculators will be used at all times.
Topics include: polynomials; powers and roots; quadratic equations and functions; equations of second degree; exponential and log functions; trigonometry functions, and identities and equations.
It is recommended that students maintain a minimum grade of C to advance to Pre-calculus.
Intermediate Algebra A/B HP
Grade Level: 9-12
Meets UC/CSU Requirements
Year Course (5 credits per semester)
Prerequisite: Minimum grade of A in Geometry A/B or B in Geometry A/B HP
This course is designed for the most talented math students. Topics are the same as Intermediate Algebra A/B, but with more rigor. Heavy emphasis on trigonometry, challenging problems, and term projects.
Students should earn a first-semester minimum grade of B- to continue into the second semester or repeat first semester to master the necessary skills.