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Osaka International School |
Middle/High School Course Descriptions |
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Grade 6 math is the first year of a 2 year program
published by Oxford University Press. The topics covered will
include computations with fractions, decimals, integers, and
percentages, sequences, perimeter and area, statistics,
probability, geometry, and basic algebra. The students will be evaluated using the MYP
descriptors (see below), and an Attitude and Effort grade. Grade
7 math is the second year of a two year program published by Oxford
University Press. The seventh grade topics covered will be a
continuation of the grade 6 topics with more emphasis on geometry and
algebra. The students will be evaluated using the MYP descriptors
(see below), and an Attitude and Effort grade. Grade 8 Mathematics is the
first year of a three-year integrated math program. The
texts used show that mathematics is not a subject in
isolation but has applications in many other areas. This
course will cover topics in all the main mathematical
areas. Some of the topics covered are trigonometry,
equations and inequalities, algebraic operations,
statistics and probability. In addition there will be
mathematical activities and investigations which will
help improve mathematical exploration, communication and
reasoning. Grade 9 Mathematics is the
second year of an integrated mathematics program. It
continues to develop an awareness of mathematics as a
subject that is not in isolation but has many other
applications. The class will follow a series of textbooks
that build on previous work as well as bring in new
concepts and topics from all areas of mathematics. The
class will also have mathematical activities and
investigations that continue to exercise and expand this
developing area. Grade 10 Mathematics will cover
topics in all areas of mathematics - geometry, algebra,
number and statistics. The text extends previous topics
as well as introduces new topics such as optimization and
iteration. This course will encourage an investigative
and practical approach to mathematics through a series of
teaching and learning styles. Additional topics will be
chosen from a variety of areas, all deemed necessary to
help prepare the students for the demanding mathematics
courses in grades eleven and twelve. |