【Featured Class 闪光课堂】Music & MYP Math 音乐课程和初中部数学课程

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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!线上音乐课似乎是一项不可能完成的任务，不过我们的学生们还是很好地适应了在线课程。学生们可以在线上课堂上着重学习音乐素养、音乐史和歌曲创作。我们还可以以线上合唱团的形式录制我们的歌声！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.音乐课不仅仅有音乐，还包括表演艺术！MYP1的学生学习了剧本写作和表演，目前他们在写一部戏剧，戏剧将于下个月在线上表演，非常期待看到学生们的最终作品！MYP3的学生正在录制曲目组建线上合唱团，下个月也将进行线上表演，敬请期待！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.

本学期学生主要学习代数各级的方程式、排列、绘图和解答的方法。代数的学习重点也会因学生的班级而不同，学习范围从简单的一两步方程式到线性方程，再到二次方程和指数。到本单元结束，学生将会进入序列的学习。

Figure 1: MYP 2 Comparing the slopes of lines

图1：MYP2线的比较坡度

Figure 2: MYP 2 Solving simultaneous equations

图2：MYP2求解联立方程

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.

由于目前学生都已经在用电脑上网课，因此我们将会花一些时间学习微软办公软件Excel。这一直是我们的一个教学计划，因为学生将来在报告和分析任何学科时都会使用这一工具。目前，我们学习的技能是自动填充、函数编写和绘制图形相关。

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

△图3：MYP3学生作业：不同图标的比较坡度

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

△图4：MYP2研究反比例图的形状

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.

这些技能将在他们的金融项目中发挥重要作用，并与现实生活息息相关。届时学生们将使用 Excel 和代数技能来比较不同的产品。这也将涉及到单利和复利的计算，以及更高程度的学生能够查看基本贷款或年金。对于对纯数学更感兴趣的学生，在学习连续利率的时候将有机会研究自然指数 e。