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On Monday, 10-5-09 This class will begin their second Unit, The Overland Trail, which will continue into Quarter 2.

This unit looks at the mid-nineteenth century western migration across the United States in terms of the many linear relationships involved. These relationships grow out of the study of planning what to take on the 2,400-mile trek, estimating the cost of the move, and studying rates of consumption and of travel.

Students construct mathematical models and draw graphs by hand and with a graphing calculator. They interpret graphs in terms of the "stories" the graphs tell, and create graphs from "stories." They write algebraic expressions that represent situations, use manipulatives to represent variables, and solve systems of equations using graphs made by hand and by a function-graphing facility on a calculator. In the process of graphing equations, they see the need to solve equations for one variable in terms of another, and learn techniques for doing so.

(Taken from: Appendix A: A Unit-by-Unit Summary of the IMP™ Curriculum)