Hunter will research the characteristics of current Supreme Court justices, list and explain factors that influence nomination selection for justices, and use that information to create a resume for an ideal Supreme Court nominee based on the ideology of the current President and Senate.

Bathroom lockset will not lock. Hunter and I research and determine that it is in fact broken and should be replaced. A quick trip to The Home Depot to purchase a new lockset. Hunter, with very little assistance is able to remove old lockset and install a new one. Great session.

I explained what a summation is to Hunter, and then showed him an alternative way to write combinations. We watched a Khan academy video about the binomial theorem, then expanded a few binomials using the theorem. We then watched a Khan academy video about Pascal's Triangle, which is a simpler way to expand binomials. We worked a few problems by expanding binomials using the exponent pattern and the coefficients from Pascal's Triangle. Hunter understood the basic concepts, but not the more advanced mathematical explanation.

Hunter will be given a worksheet that will breakdown the different sections of the page. He will have to describe himself, give his work experience, describe what his company is all about, and contact information. Each answer must be written in complete sentences.

Hunter will be introduced to Wordpress, a website creating application. Hunter will be shown the front end and back end of a website so that he can see the makeup of a website. We will go over the dashboard and its components.

Hunter and I read aloud in "The Book Thief" and contnued to stop and discuss vocabulary, themes, and figurative language used by the author.

Hunter finished exercises p.348 (29-32) on combinations. I then taught him the Rational Root Theorem. It states that the factors of the constant of a polynomial, divided by the factors of the coefficient of the leading term, give you all of the possible roots (or zeros) of a polynomial. Those possible roots can then be tested to see if they are actual roots. The process is tedious, and each problem takes several steps. Hunter did p. 339 (1-3, 6)

Hunter and I looked at several different theorems today. The Rational Root Theorem tells you how to find possible roots of polynomials. The Irrational Root Theorem, and the Imaginary Root Theorem, both deal with conjugates as roots. We used these theorems to work some exercises on p. 339(13-18). I then taught Hunter about Gauss's Fundamental Theorem of Algebra, which states that the number of roots of a polynomial is equal to the degree of the polynomial. Hunter used the theorems to list the number of real and complex roots of a variety of polynomials p.343 (13-18). I also started to review Hunter on classifying polynomials p.359 (6-10)

I taught Hunter about Pascal's Triangle today. Pascal was a French mathematician and philosopher, and the triangle he created can be used for binomial expansion. We expanded the triangle, I had Hunter look for patterns in the humbers and rows. I then showed Hunter how to expand a binomial raised to the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th powers. We then talked about the relationship between the numbers on the triangle and the coefficients on a binomial expansion.

We are continuing the lesson from yesterday on the structure of the US government and continuing reading and analyzing Supreme Court Cases.