Unit Plan
EDCP 342A Unit planning: Rationale and overview for planning a 3 to 4 week unit of work in secondary school mathematics Your name: Brianna Ball School, grade & course: Lord Byng Secondary School, Math 9 Topic of unit: Polynomials Preplanning questions: (1) Why do we teach this unit to secondary school students? Polynomials are important to learn because they are used frequently in everyday life. They are incredibly useful for modeling real life scenarios and studying patterns. Some people use polynomials in their heads every day without even realizing it, while others do it more consciously. For example, we often use polynomials in our heads when shopping to calculate total costs. Some careers obviously require using polynomials. Engineers, economists, and medical researchers use polynomials to model real life scenarios. However, non-STEM careers can involve the use of polynomials too. For example, a taxi driver may want to know...