Kennedy Junior High School

Lisle, Illinois

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Kennedy Junior
High School

2929 Green Trails Drive
Lisle, Illinois 60532-6262

Don Perry, Principal

Main Office: 630.420.3220
Fax: 630.420.6960
Attendance: 420.848-5636
Health Office: 630.420.3231

School Hours: 8 AM-2:50 PM

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Mrs. Croco

Overarching Expectations Geometry and Conceptual Physics

This classroom revolves around the principles of mutual respect and responsibility.

Communication is the key to success.

Geometry

The textbook for this year is Geometry for Challenge and Enjoyment by Rhoad, Milauskas, and Whipple. Cabri® Geometry is also used by the students as an interactive component for understanding geometric relationships.

The geometry class that your child takes in 8^th grade is the same as the class listed in the high school course catalog as honors geometry. We work at the same pace and have the same objectives. Your child's performance in this class determines his or her placement for 9^th grade. Most students continue in the honors sequence of honors advanced algebra, honors trigonometry and pre-calculus, AB or BC calculus, multivariable calculus or advanced placement statistics.

Trimester 1
- Basic Concepts and Proofs
- Congruent Triangles
- Lines in the Plane
- Parallel Lines and Related Figures
- Cabri Geometry
Trimester 2
- Lines and Planes in Space
- Polygons
- Similar Polygons
- The Pythagorean Theorem
- Circles
Trimester 3
- Area
- Surface Area & Volume
- Extended Coordinate Geometry
- Locus and Constructions
- Inequalities
- Counting, Permutations, Combinations

Conceptual Physics

Our text will be Conceptual Physics by Hewitt. Students are required to have a graphing calculator, graph paper, ruler and protractor each day for class. While the TI-83 or TI-84 families of graphing calculators are preferred and supported, any graphing calculator is permitted. This course is a prerequisite for enriched chemistry at the high school level.

Topics include:

Mechanics (Ch 1-11)
Chemistry (Ch 17-20, 38, 39)
Waves, Sound, Light, Color (Ch 25-31)

August – January

We explore mechanics with algebra, geometry and basic trigonometry, often using the graphing calculator as a tool to store, manipulate, and graph data. We cover chapters 2 – 11 in the text supported by labs using CPO™ Science equipment.

February – May

The material covers basic chemistry and particle physics using algebra and geometry. We explore chapters 17, 38, 39, 40, 25, 26, 27 in some depth with a brief overview of chapters 28 – 31 and 18, 19, 20.

This course is part of a double period math/science block. We look for examples of the use of mathematics (algebra, geometry, trigonometry) as the language of science (physics, chemistry, biology).

Email: scroco@naperville203.org

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