Algebra 2 | Math Resources
Review basic algebraic functions and extend your students' skills in graphing and in solving equations. Introduce exponential functions, logarithms, and trigonometry. Present more advanced topics such as complex numbers, rational expressions and equations, conic sections, and probability and statistics. A matrix algebra feature, Algebra Around the World, Algebra and Scripture, Dominion Modeling activities for graphing calculators, and biographical sketches of mathematics are included.
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Dominion Modeling
Each chapter in Algebra 2 for Christian Schools® begins with a segment on Dominion Modeling, an opportunity for students to pursue obedience to the Creation Mandate in Genesis 1:28. Some of the data sets in the text were limited because of available space; here are more complete data sets in tab-delimited text files. For some software, you may need to cut the first row of variable names.
Chapter 3:
Bladder, Lung, Kidney, Leukemia Deaths per 100,000 vs. Cigarettes Sold per Capita
Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Cigarette smoking and cancers of the urinary tract: Geographic variation in the United States. Journal of the National Cancer Institute (vol. 41, no. 5), pp. 1205-1211. Table from pp. 1206-1207.
Chapter 9:
Government Spending on Public Education vs. SAT scores
There are five variables in these data, Spending, SAT, Crime, Prof/Mng, and Income. The data were obtained from and are used with permission from the Beacon Hill Institute.