Online Algebra Workshop: Graphing

Schedule: 6-sessions, Meeting Tuesday and Thursday on Zoom for 3 weeks for one-hour live sessions with Michael Waski

Cost: $195

Each session will be offered at two times, 8am and 7pm ET, on session meeting days accommodate different time zones and schedules.

This online workshop will concentrate on the foundational lessons on graphing, including the coordinate plane, activities on the coordinate plane, and transformation of graphs.

• Course length: 3 weeks   
• Webinar dates: Aug 3, Aug 5, 10, 12, 17, 19 
• Live Webinar times: 8:00am ET-US and 7:00pm ET-US (you can choose to attend the one which suits your schedule)

Course content:   

Session 1: The Coordinate Plane

The Coordinate Plane: History, Parts, and Activities

x-y Charts: History and Activities

Symmetry (Time Permitting)

Session 2: Algebra on the Coordinate Plane

Midpoint

Distance

Slope

Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Session 3: Relating Lines to Applications

The Babysitting Problem

Slope-Intercept Form

Jersey’s Pizza Project

Systems of Equations

Session 4: Work with Linear Equations

Vertical and Horizontal Lines

Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Rewriting Linear Equations

Point-Slope Form

Line Given Two Points

Intercepts

Mixed Linear Equations (Time Permitting)

Session 5: Parent Graphs and Translations

Parent Graphs

Vertical Translations

Horizontal Translations

Session 6: Complete Graphing

Combining Translations

Scaling Factor

Combining Transformations

Activities             

Format: 6 live-webinars with lesson instruction, then optional independent work and videos. (All webinars will be recorded and shared with participants.)      

Wish to purchase Teaching Algebra to the Adolescent: A Montessori Approach? Follow this link.      

Certificates of Completion will be emailed to the participants at the conclusion of the workshop (16 hours)