Jessica's Math Material

Step-by-step guide to writing numbers in scientific notation, and how to convert them from scientific notation back to standard form. Includes practice examples. Jessica

This PowerPoint presentation covers the following topics: - Rotation of the Earth and how it creates day and night - Revolution of the Earth and details about how its tilted axis contributes to creating the seasons - Solstices and equinoxes - Why it is hot at the equator and cold at the poles. Lots of pictures and diagrams to demonstrate the concepts!

This presentation discusses - homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures, provides examples - explains how a particle dissolves. - separation of mixtures: filtration, sedimentation, decantation, and distillation. NEW ADDITION! Basics of solubility, solubility curves. Jessica Rickhaus

This is a 17-slide presentation that is meant to introduce students to the atom, its components, elements, and how they are arranged in the periodic table. Lots of pictures and animations! Also, on slide #9, the word Element is a link to a website of a song about all of the elements, students love it! Enjoy!

An colourful and animated introduction to logarithms, including converting between log and exponential forms, solving basic exponential equations, and change of base formula, log properties, worked out examples of expanding or condensing log expressions.

This presentation introduces the 2 types of waves: transverse and longitudinal, using the classic slinky examples. It then goes on to define amplitude, frequency and wavelength for each type of wave, and then the speed of a wave formula.

This 19-slide presentation talks about the 3 states of matter, describing their particle movement and energy level. Then goes on to distinguish between characteristic (boiling point and melting point) and non-characteristic properties of matter (mass, volume and temperature). Some animations and cute examples!

ALSO AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT TO KEEP PAGE LAYOUT! 9-PAGE DOCUMENT of step-by-step notes and practice problems on the following topics: Definition of exponents and their parts (base, exponent, power) Special exponents (zero, one, negative, fraction) Multiplying and dividing powers with same base Multiplying and dividing polynomials (FOIL and distribution) Adding and subtracting polynomials.

Notes on the Greatest Integer Function: - definition of greatest integer - basic graph - transformed rule and graph - description of the role of parameters a, b, h, k - steps on how to graph - steps on how to find the rule from a graph - finding domain, range, sign, variation, zeros, initial value Lots of animations!

Notes with animations about the rational function: - basic and transformed rules - detailed role of each parameter - explanation of the asymptotes - how to graph - solving rational equations - finding the rule from a graph - converting from standard rule to general rule - domain, range, sign, variation

This is a 22-slide presentation discussing these topics: - puberty in males and females, glands and hormones involved, primary and secondary sex characteristics - female anatomy - oogenesis, the complete process - phases of the menstrual cycle - how to calculate ovulation date Lots of diagrams and animations, and some homour too!! - when a woman is fertile during her cycle - menopause - external anatomy

This is a 26-slide PowerPoint presentation with notes and solved examples (with step-by-step animations) that covers the following topics: - definition of a rational expression - finding the restrictions - simplifying - adding/subtracting with common and uncommon denominators - multiplying/dividing - solving a word problem This should be about 2 weeks worth of notes, when added to extra practice. Also, the slides are much nicer than they appear in the preview!!

Notes about the transformed exponential function, including: - explanations of each parameter - how each parameter affects the graph of the function - interactive questions to test students' understanding - how to identify the properties of the function - how to solve an exponential function (using change of base) - how to find the rule from a graph - finding the rule from a word problem

This 15-slide presentation solves 4 multiple choice problems about systems of linear relations, all to be solved by looking at the graph of the system given in the problem. The presentation gives detailed steps and reasons as to which choices are/not correct by the use of animations. It also starts off by showing the meaning of a and b (in y = ax + b) on a graph, and how changing those parameters affects the graph.

A colourful and animated presentation about the logarithmic function, including its graph when parameters ``a`` and ``b`` have different signs, converting from exponential to logarithmic function, finding domain, range, zero, initial value and sign, and finding the rule from a graph.

This presentation introduces compressible and incompressible fluids, and explains pressure and how to calculate it. It then discusses the way fluids cause pressure. Jessica Rickhaus

This presentation is about physical and chemical changes. It talks about the 6 changes of state, how they relates to particle theory, and explains melting and boiling plateaus. It then continues by discussing chemical changes and signs that they have occurred, and the Law of Conservation of Matter.

This presentation describes sound waves and how they relate the the way the brain perceives them. It discusses longitudinal waves compared to transverse waves, amplitude, frequency, wavelength of a wave and relates them to volume and pitch of a sound. Jessica Rickhaus

This PowerPoint explains all the parts of the outer, middle and inner ear, including the Eustachian tube and the vestibular system.

This is a 5-slide ppt that contains notes and sample examples about like terms, multiplying and dividing powers with the same base, power of a power, and exponents of 0, 1, negative and half.