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reinforce understanding of fundamentals while encouraging experimentation and exploration. Students will learn about building a platform and applications using Python installation, variables, operators, strings, lists, tuples and maps, Turtle, drawing, conditional statements, loops, functions, objects and classes.
PYTHON PROGRAMMING FOR
THE RASPBERRY PI (2 hours)
Entering Grades 6 and 7; Entering Grades 8 and 9 (Offered for two age groups in separate classes)
The course builds on basic programming skills,
giving students the opportunity to apply programming knowledge to the Raspberry Pi and peripherals as
they mimic and debug real-world Python applications. Class sessions include time to work on programs with help from the instructor. The course fee includes the Raspberry Pi and associated components, including sensors and servos. Students will keep the Raspberry Pi that they use in class.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE
SPANISH – BEGINNING LEVEL
Entering Grades 6-9 –Students will learn basic vocabulary and grammar, including practical phrases, in a setting that integrates listening, speaking and reading skills. The class will also explore the culture and customs of Spanish-speaking countries.
MATHEMATICS
MATH PREPARATION – GRADE 6 ★
Entering Grade 6 – Students in this course will apply their knowledge of multiplication and division to
solve ratio and rate problems. They will extend their knowledge of fractions and learn to explain, in their own words, how dividing and multiplying fractions follows logical mathematical processes. Students will also learn problem-solving strategies and deepen their understanding of rational numbers, absolute value, expressions and equations.
MATH PREPARATION – GRADE 7 ★
Entering Grade 7 – Students in this course will extend their knowledge of ratios and apply proportionality concepts in solving single- and multi-step problems, expressions and equations. Students will learn problem- solving strategies as they deepen their understanding of two- and three-dimensional figures, while making connections to scale drawings.
MATH PREPARATION – GRADE 8 ★
Entering Grade 8 – Students in this class will extend their knowledge of expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation, and solving both linear equations and systems of linear equations. Students will also learn about functions and using functions to describe quantitative relationships. In addition, the class will explore problem-solving strategies as students deepen their understanding of two- and three-dimensional space and figures, while using distance, angle, similarity and congruence. The course also covers understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem.
★ Meets Common Core standards
The Math Preparation series is designed to introduce key Common Core math concepts from the upcoming year while reinforcing the prior year’s most essential carryover skills.
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June 17-July 12
GRADES 6-9
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS