High School Math Lessons

by Joe Mercer

Here I have placed some lessons I wrote a long time ago before I retired from teaching in Illinois. All lessons have been transferred to Microsoft Word 4.0 on a Macintosh, can be downloaded, and are readable by both Macs and PC's that have a version of MS Word or Microsoft Word installed.

I retired in June, 1993, from teaching math and computer science at Glenbrook North High School (Northbrook, IL) and am currently living in Albuquerque, NM, where I am currently teaching at Sandia High School.

After retirement from Illinois,I organized my lessons and hand-outs for easy transfer to other teachers. That's what these pages are all about. Help yourself to anything you find useful!

My Credentials

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Category	Contents
Java Demos	Sample Java programs I wrote to demonstrate important concepts in learning mathematics
Algebra 1	Areas and Perimeters, Algebraic Notation, The Distributive Property through Areas, FOIL through Areas, Generalizing tho Negative Numbers, Simple Fractions, Algebraic Fractions, Solving Word Problems by Guess-and-Check, Solving Word Problems With Algebra, Understanding Exponents, Radicals
Geometry	Basic Postulates, Angle Sum in Triangles, Congruence, Similarity, Pythagorean Theorem
Algebra 2	Rules of Formation for Algebraic Expressions, Graphing with the TI-81, Basic Graphs: lines, parabolas, absolute value, Solving Equations by Graphing, Combinatorics and Probability
Analysis	Math Analysis or PreCalculus; Includes trigonometry.
AP Calculus	Limits,Derivative, Mean Value Theorem
Probability and Statistics	Probability, Statistics, AP Statistics

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Last Updated on 10/7/2005