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These four-week classes will be taught in person on the De Anza College campus.
INTRODUCTION TO HIGH SCHOOL GEOMETRY* Entering Grades 9-12 – This course will introduce students to Euclidean geometry and assist them in understanding two- and three-dimensional space. Students will develop important basic geometry skills and explore various proofs through logical deduction. The course will include hands-on explorations of geometric transformations, similar and congruent polygons, area and volume of solids, two- and three- dimensional polygons and polyhedra as well as the Pythagorean theorem.
SCIENCE
ESSENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL CHEMISTRY PRINCIPLES**
Entering Grades 9-12 – This course is designed
to preview some of the main topics in high school chemistry. Students will learn about dimensional analysis, the periodic table, stoichiometry and gas laws. The class will investigate the structures and properties of matter, chemical reactions and the energy and forces that drive these interactions. Students will be expected to use algebra to explain these ideas. Students will be challenged to solve problems and answer complex questions in pairs and group work. This is not a lab class, but students will complete activities and projects such as building their own periodic table and creating molecule models to promote understanding and retention.
*Meets Common Core standards
**Meets Next Generation Science standards
ESSENTIAL HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS PRINCIPLES** Entering Grades 10-12 – This course will help students prepare for high school physics. The instructor will emphasize conceptual understanding in describing natural phenomena, while introducing the use of mathematical reasoning in the central concepts of physics. The class will cover basic mechanics, including the properties of matter, motion, forces and energy. Students will examine basic physical laws as they apply to everyday physical phenomena. Students will use verbal logic, critical thinking and some mathematics in this course.
Register at deanza.edu/academy For questions, email communityeducation@deanza.edu
15
July 1-26
GRADES 9-12
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS