【Featured Class 閃光課堂】Music & MYP Math 音樂課程和初中部數學課程

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Music class online may sound like an impossible task, but students have pivoted beautifully to their online classes. While online, we can focus on music literacy, music history, and songwriting. We can even record our voices for a virtual choir!線上音樂課似乎是一項不可能完成的任務，不過我們的學生們還是很好地適應了在線課程。學生們可以在線上課堂上著重學習音樂素養、音樂史和歌曲創作。我們還可以以線上合唱團的形式錄制我們的歌聲！Music class is not just music - it is performing arts! Students in MYP1 have been writing a drama to be performed virtually next month. They learned about scriptwriting and acting, so stay tuned to see the final product! MYP 3 students are recording tracks to create a virtual choir that will virtually perform next month.音樂課不僅僅有音樂，還包括表演藝術！MYP1的學生學習了劇本寫作和表演，目前他們在寫一部戲劇，戲劇將于下個月在線上表演，非常期待看到學生們的最終作品！MYP3的學生正在錄制曲目組建線上合唱團，下個月也將進行線上表演，敬請期待！This term, students are focusing on algebra and learning skills needed forsolving, rearranging, graphing, and interpretating at all levels. The algebra focus, depending on the class,will range from simple oneor two-step equations, to linear equations, to quadratics and exponentials. Towards the end of the units, students will begin using sequences and series.

本學期學生主要學習代數各級的方程式、排列、繪圖和解答的方法。代數的學習重點也會因學生的班級而不同，學習范圍從簡單的一兩步方程式到線性方程，再到二次方程和指數。到本單元結束，學生將會進入序列的學習。

Figure 1: MYP 2 Comparing the slopes of lines

圖1：MYP2線的比較坡度

Figure 2: MYP 2 Solving simultaneous equations

圖2：MYP2求解聯立方程

To take advantage of our recent reliance on computers, students have developed Microsoft Excel spreadsheet skills. Excel is a tool that provides needed application support for students to report and analyze data across all subjects. Currently, students are focusing on the use of autofill, functions, and creating charts and graphs.

由于目前學生都已經在用電腦上網課，因此我們將會花一些時間學習微軟辦公軟件Excel。這一直是我們的一個教學計劃，因為學生將來在報告和分析任何學科時都會使用這一工具。目前，我們學習的技能是自動填充、函數編寫和繪制圖形相關。

△Figure 3: MYP 3 student work. Comparing the shapes of different graphs

△圖3：MYP3學生作業：不同圖標的比較坡度

△Figure 4: MYP 2 Investigating the shape of inverse proportional graphs

△圖4：MYP2研究反比例圖的形狀

These skillswill be used together ontheirfinance projects that mimic real life experiences. Students will use Excel and their algebraic skills to compare different products. Students will make calculations in simple and compound interest, and some with more advanced skills will be able to look at basic loans or annuities. Studentsinterested in pure mathematicswill be able to study the natural exponent e, as they learn about calculating continuousinterest.

這些技能將在他們的金融項目中發揮重要作用，并與現實生活息息相關。屆時學生們將使用 Excel 和代數技能來比較不同的產品。這也將涉及到單利和復利的計算，以及更高程度的學生能夠查看基本貸款或年金。對于對純數學更感興趣的學生，在學習連續利率的時候將有機會研究自然指數 e。