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JAMES RUSE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS PROGRAMME YEAR 10 – 2011

LIST OF TOPICS

TOPIC 1 – ALGEBRA REVISION
TOPIC 2 – GEOMETRY PROOFS REVISION: PART 1
TOPIC 3 – CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY
TOPIC 4 – VARIATION
TOPIC 5 – GEOMETRY PROOFS REVISION: PART 2
TOPIC 6 – TRIGONOMETRY
TOPIC 7 – GEOMETRY PROOFS
TOPIC 8 – PROBABILITY REVISION
TOPIC 9 – GRAPHING REVISION
TOPIC 10 – FURTHER GRAPHS
TOPIC 11 – TRIGONOMETRIC EQUATIONS AND IDENTITIES
TOPIC 12 – GENERAL REFERENCE and YEARLY REVISION
TOPIC 13 – QUADRATIC THEORY
TOPIC 14 – LOGARITHMS
TOPIC 15 – RADIAN MEASURE
TOPIC 16 – ABSOLUTE VALUES

JAMES RUSE AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
YEAR 10 PROGRAMME

OBJECTIVES:
To consolidate year 9 work, particularly algebra and geometry and introduce a wide variety of experiences in co–ordinate geometry and trigonometry.

PRINCIPLES:
In year 10 it is intended that:

(i) consolidation and development of algebraic and geometric skills should occur,

(ii) the various trigonometry rules be introduced and practiced,

(iii) a wide variety of techniques and formulae be used in co–ordinate geometry,

(iv) problem solving skills be further developed.

OUTCOMES:
Students should, by the end of Year 10,

(i) be competent in the algebraic techniques required in the Years 11, 12 courses,

(ii) be competent in geometrical proofs to the standard specified in the Year 11–3 unit course,

(iii) be motivated for further work in mathematics through their encounter with interest areas and problem solving techniques.

(iv) have improved their strategies in solving of a problem in which areas of required knowledge are unspecified.

PROBLEM SOLVING:

(i)
Problem solving should be integrated into the total programme and be incorporated into the teaching and learning of other topics continuously throughout the two years. It should not be taught as a single topic at one time only.

(ii)
Opportunities should be provided for: * teaching