Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute

MICHELS ACADEMY COURSE OUTLINE

DEPARTMENT: MATHEMATICS ____

Headmaster: Henry Michels

Course Name: Mathematics for Everyday Life Grade: 11 Course Code: MEL3E

Pre/Co-requisite: Grade 9 MPM1D or MFM1P Recommended Preparation: ______Or Grade 10 LDCC Textbook: Mathematics for Everyday Life 11 Replacement Cost: $TBA

Materials: ______Replacement Cost: ______

Course Description This course enables students to broaden their understanding of mathematics as it is applied in important areas of day-to-day living. Students will solve problems associated with earning money, paying taxes, and making purchases; apply calculations of simple and compound interest in saving, investing, and borrowing; and calculate the costs of transportation and travel in a variety of situations. Students will consolidate their mathematical skills as they solve problems and communicate their thinking

Overall Expectations By the end of this course, students will:

• interpret information about different types of remuneration, and solve problems and make decisions involving different remuneration methods; • demonstrate an understanding of payroll deductions and their impact on purchasing power; • demonstrate an understanding of the factors and methods involved in making and justifying informed purchasing decisions; • describe and compare services available from financial institutions; • demonstrate an understanding of simple and compound interest, and solve problems involving related applications; • interpret information about different ways of borrowing and their associated costs, and make and justify informed borrowing decisions; • interpret information about owning and operating a vehicle, and solve problems involving the associated costs; • plan and justify a route for a trip by automobile, and solve problems involving the associated costs; • interpret information about different modes of transportation, and solve related problems.

Units of Study 1. Earning and Purchasing…… 10 hours 2. Net Income ………………… 10 hours 3. Purchasing………………… 14 hours 4. Banking………………… 10 hours 5. Saving………………… 10 hours 6. Borrowing………………… 10 hours 7. Automobile Ownership…… 15 hours 8. Automobile Travel………… 10 hours 9. Transportation……………… 10 hours Assessment and Evaluation Strategies In order to ensure that assessment and evaluation are valid and reliable, and lead to improvement of student learning, teachers of this course use a variety of the following strategies to assess student learning and to provide them with feedback:  teacher observation  oral presentations, interviews  essays, reports, reviews, critiques, letters, journals, creative writing, computer lab work  media works  quizzes, tests, examinations  performance tasks, dramatic presentations  portfolios, design projects, lab work  self-assessment, peer assessment  check lists, rubrics  questions and answers Some of these strategies are also used for evaluation. However, evaluation is the responsibility of the teacher and is based on individual student demonstration of course expectations. Evaluated group tasks likewise must reflect individual accountability for learning and demonstration of course expectations through work submitted.

Achievement Categories/Strands Calculation of Final Mark

Knowledge / Understanding 35% Term Evaluation: 70 % Thinking 15 % Application 35% Final Evaluation: 30 % Communication 15% Levels of Achievement Learning Skills . Responsibility Level 4 80 % - 100 % . Organization Level 3* 70 % - 79 % . Independent Work . Collaboration Level 2 60 % - 69 % . Initiative Level 1 50 % - 59 % . Self-regulation Level R < 50 % Learning skills are necessary for success and affect level of * Level 3 is defined as the Provincial standard. A student achievement. They will be reported as follows: achieving a Level 3 should be well prepared for work in the E – Excellent S – Satisfactory next grade level or the next course. G – Good N – Needs Improvement EVALUATIONS

Evaluation Mark Content Sesssion 1 Session 2 Tentative Dates Test # 1 4% Job Earnings Test # 2 4% Net Income Sound Purchasing Test # 3 4% Test # 4 4% Banking Test # 5 4% Saving Investing Test # 6 4% Borrowing Money Test #7 4% Automotive Mathematics Test #8 4% Travel by Automobile Test #9 4% Transportation In-class assignments, 34% Ongoing Ongoing tasks SUMMATIVE 1 10% Full Course Material Final Summative 20%