US Grade 9 – 12
Looking for a summer Geometry class where your learner will be an active participant in their own learning? Well, look no further! This will be a highly interactive class, where learners participate throughout the entire class, in the way that they personally feel comfortable doing so. At Mind over Math, we believe that every learner should be given the opportunity to participate in ways that feel comfortable for them and promote learning and understanding, for their own individual learning style. Our classes are set up in such a way that does exactly that.

This class is an accelerated version of a full year High School Geometry class – we will cover the entire curriculum over the span of 11 weeks. This class is designed for learners that either:
a) have already taken Geometry and could benefit from a review class over the summer to keep their skills sharp and be fully prepared for Algebra 2 in the fall, or;
b) have not taken Geometry yet, but have completed Algebra 1, and are looking to get ahead and preview all Geometry topics over the summer to prepare to take a full year Geometry course starting in the fall

We will be using the following learning tools during class:

– Nearpod: an interactive learning tool that provides the teacher with real-time insights into student understanding through interactive lessons and activities
– Blooket: an exciting new take on the modern classroom review game. It aims to match action with education to create the ultimate learning experience!

The class is taught with the following structure:

The teacher explains the concepts and discusses them with learners, presents an example, then after each example the teacher presents, the learners get a turn to try their own example on Nearpod. Once the teacher sees that learners have completed the example on Nearpod, they come back together as a group to take up the problem. They continue to go back and forth in this way for the duration of class, so that learners are always given the opportunity to try every concept learned on their own. Learners can participate by asking and answering questions out loud, through the chat, or by simply participating individually on Nearpod – however they feel comfortable and learn best. Blooket games will also be incorporated throughout the classes to consolidate learning, while having fun!

Learners in this class will need to have completed a full year of 8th grade math/Pre-Algebra as a prerequisite to this course. Algebra 1 is also highly recommended.

Here is a breakdown of the topics we will be covering each week in each of the sections:

Sections starting the week of June 3:

Week of…
Jun-3 Basics of Geometry
Jun-10 Reasoning and Proofs
Jun-17 Parallel And Perpendicular Lines
Jun-24 Transformations
Jul-1 Congruent Triangles
Jul-8 Relationships Within Triangles
Jul-15 Quadrilaterals And Other Polygons
Jul-22 Similarity
Jul-29 Right Triangles And Trigonometry
Aug-5 Circles
Aug-12 Circumference, Area And Volume

Sections starting the week of June 10:

Week of…
Jun-10 Basics of Geometry
Jun-17 Reasoning and Proofs
Jun-24 Parallel And Perpendicular Lines
Jul-1 Transformations
Jul-8 Congruent Triangles
Jul-15 Relationships Within Triangles
Jul-22 Quadrilaterals And Other Polygons
Jul-29 Similarity
Aug-5 Right Triangles And Trigonometry
Aug-12 Circles
Aug-19 Circumference, Area And Volume

Sections starting the week of June 17:

Week of…
Jun-17 Basics of Geometry
Jun-24 Reasoning and Proofs
Jul-1 Parallel And Perpendicular Lines
Jul-8 Transformations
Jul-15 Congruent Triangles
Jul-22 Relationships Within Triangles
Jul-29 Quadrilaterals And Other Polygons
Aug-5 Similarity
Aug-12 Right Triangles And Trigonometry
Aug-19 Circles
Aug-26 Circumference, Area And Volume