Online Classes

• Students with limited or no math competition experience are invited to join the Exploring course.
• In this course, students will be introduced to 2D and 3D visualization as well as the problem-solving strategies of Draw a Picture, Find a Pattern, Make an Organized List, Build a Table, Work Backwards, and Guess and Check through a mixture of games and plentiful exposure to Level 1-2 Kangaroo problems.
• Homework for this course will be problems very similar to those seen in class to reinforce the use of the strategies taught each week.
• The course will culminate in working through the entire 2012 Level 1-2 contest together as a group.
• This class is planned to meet 10 times for 1 hour each.
• The class size:12 students

Lesson Topics:

1. Patterns
2. Draw it out
3. Work backwards
4. Calendar and time
5. Make an organized list
6. Make a table
7. Guess and check
8. 2D visualization
9. 3D visualization
10. The 4-step method and MK2012

• Students with math competition experience or who are interested in competing at a high level in Math Kangaroo are invited to join the Navigating Course.
• This course draws on problems from the Level 3-4 competitions, and assumes students have some familiarity with problem solving strategies.
• This course is intense and fast-paced, and the required homework each week will be an entire Math Kangaroo exam to build the students’ persistence and stamina for the actual competition.
• The course will culminate in a math project that the students present.
• This class is planned to meet 10 times for 1 hour each.
• The class size: 12 students

Lesson Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Draw a picture or diagram
3. Make an organized list
4. Make a table
5. Find a pattern and solve a simpler related problem
6. Guess and check
7. Experiment and act out
8. Work backwards
9. Logic reasoning
10. Genius Hour Presentation

• Students in grades 5-6 with math competition experience or who are interested in competing at a high level in Math Kangaroo are invited to join the Discovering Course.
• This course draws on problems from the Level 5-6 competitions, and assumes students have familiarity with problem solving strategies.
• This course is intense but fun at the same time.
• At the end of the class the students will design their own problem.
• This class is planned to meet 10 times for 1 hour each.
• The class size: 12 students

Lesson Topics:

1. Introduction
2. Patterns
3. Algebraic thinking
4. Ratios and proportions
5. Factors and Multiples
6. Time, clocks, and calendar
7. 2D geometry
8. 3D geometry
9. Hands-on
10. Genius Hour Presentation

• Students in grades 7-8 with math competition experience or who are interested in competing at a high level in Math Kangaroo are invited to join the Investigating Course.
• In this course, students will work with rational numbers, algebra, multiples/factors, 2D and 3D Geometry, spatial and logical reasoning, combinatorics, clocks, calendars and percentages.
• The class will include Genius Hour Project where students will create their own MK-style problems.
• Homework for this course will be problems very similar to those seen in class to reinforce the use of the strategies taught each week.
• This class is planned to meet 10 times for 1 hours each.
• The class size: 12 students

Lesson Topics:

1. 1. Rational Numbers
   2. Multiples and Factors
   3. Algebraic Thinking
   4. Percent
   5. 2D Geometry
   6. 3D Geometry and Spatial Reasoning
   7. Clocks and Calendar
   8. Combinatorics
   9. Logic
   10. Genius Hour Project.