What are the units of the COMAP Course 1?
• Course 1, which is the first of three well-researched courses, covers the topics and skills that an algebra 1 course covers, but starting from modern applications organized as follows: • Unit 1: “Pick a Winner: Decision Making in a Democracy” • Unit 2: “Secret Codes and the Power of Algebra” • Unit 3: “Landsat” • Unit 4: “Prediction” • Unit 5: “Animation/Special Effects” • Unit 6: “Wildlife” • Unit 7: “Imperfect Testing” • Unit 8: “Testing 1, 2, 3” • What will my child be doing in math? • Your child will learn math as it occurs in the real world. This program presents real situations and problems and then teaches students to use a variety of methods to solve them. • Your child will use mathematical modeling to look at a situation, formulate a problem, interpret the problem in mathematical terms, and evaluate what the mathematics says in terms of the original problem. If the model needs fixing, students go back and reconsider the assumptions made earlier in the process. • Your child w
