Dean's Transcript ~ Math I -- 9th grade

Dean spent his 9th grade year making many math concepts concrete and expanding his knowledge Algebraic expression. He used a large variety of resources. He achieved an 89% as his final grade. He completed 144 hours of study.

Books and websites he completed ~

• Life of Fred Fractions
• Life of Fred Zillions of Practice Problems Fractions
• A Gebra Named Al
• Math Lessons from the website, Thinking Like an Engineer
• Scholastic Math Magazines
• About 15 lessons from Khan Academy
• Spectrum Word Problems
• Hands-On Math Projects with Real Life Applications (3 lessons)

Games used to support lessons and increase logic skills ~

• Stratego
• Quizmo Geometry
• Equate
• Chess
• Cash Flow for Kids
• Mastermind
• Sequence
• Monopoly Deal
• Q-Bitz Exteme
• Take Out

Projects ~

• Built a 1:50 scale of a park
• Measuring and building a desk with Grandpa
• Working out all tips in restaurants during several trips
• Making a wooden axe, which required lots of math conversions
• Project on saving the math behind saving endangered species

Topics covered ~

• Ratios
• Fractions
• Probability
• Statistics
• Percents
• Decimals
• Metric system
• Converting metric system
• Measuring 
• Area
• Simple interest
• Units of length
• Graphing
• Intro to stocks

Blessings, Dawn