Foundations of Mathematics and Functional Programming
A semester-length class to deepen math and coding skills adapted to the level of the students. We will customize the material and timing of the class for a group of three or more learners.
Fondation STaBL Foundation
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(16)
What's included
20 live meetings
20 in-class hoursHomework
1 hour per week. We will assign "think about" tasks, and children will be encouraged to continue coding on their own throughout the week. Coding help is available through chat, but it is not live help.Assessment
You will know your child is learning by what they create. We will let you know near the end of the class what was covered, what probably needs more practice, and what should come next in a camp or continuing class.Class Experience
What will be taught?
Coding and the math behind it in order to create advanced animations and interactive programs.
What topics will you cover?
Week 1: Cartesian coordinates & negative numbers
Week 2: Order of operations
Week 3: Variables
Week 4: Fractions
Week 5: Basic animation
Week 6: Trigonometric functions
Week 7: Advanced animation (repetitive movement)
Week 8: if-then-else expression
Week 9: State Diagram
Week 10: Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) activity
How is your class structured?
We will cover new topics in the first half, and children will use the rest of the class to perfect their creations. Children will be encouraged to set goals which will take several weeks to complete, and topics will be reorganized to help them reach their goals.
How will you teach?
The instructor introduces a topic as a how-to, for example, "This eye is in the middle of my face, how can we move it to the right?" and the children then try to duplicate it, and then make their own version.
How much will learners get to interact with you and each other?
Working in a small group, each child will get a chance to ask questions, and where appropriate other children will be encouraged to explain their understanding of the problem and solution. Younger children often want to discuss their work in detail, and time will be taken to allow this because it is important to develop general communication skills and especially technical communication skills.
Any required experience or knowledge learners need?
They must have completed the intro Start Creating with Code.Learning Goals
Children will deepen their math knowledge by creating animations and interactive applications from basic shapes and transformations together with algebraic and trigonometric functions.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
To access the Elm Coding Platform, please agree to the privacy policy at the bottom of this website and follow the pop-up link:
https://stablfoundation.org/privacy.html
Each child will need an account to access the Elm Coding Platform. Please use the username and password given when you register for the introduction class (Start Creating With Code in Elm!)
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined April, 2022
4.9
16reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Our coding curriculum, designed at McMaster University and tested in hundreds of schools, is designed to
(1) introduce Algebraic Thinking so children are primed to succeed in high school algebra,
(2) build problem-solving, team-working skills and self-confidence, and
(3) be fun!
We can do all these things by starting to draw with 2D shapes in the first minute, building on the knowledge they already have about shapes, colours, transformations and symmetry, and teaching them that coordinates are easy to learn and a really fun way to create animations.
Founded by Professor Christopher Anand and members of McMaster Start Coding (https://outreach.mcmaster.ca), our non-profit is the first step in our journey to teach the next billion coders! We use our own open-source graphics library in the Elm programming language modelled on algebraic notation. This will prepare children for the leap to high school algebra–the gateway to careers in STEM.Reviews
Live Group Class
$50
weekly or $500 for 20 classes2x per week, 10 weeks
60 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-12
3-6 learners per class
