MiC is an exciting new curriculum that we have adopted in grades 5-8. MiC helps students develop mathematical thinking through contexts that make sense. Students in this program will study concepts in number sense, algebra, geometry, and statistics. I students study linear, quadratic equations, multiple variable equations, and problem solving. In Geometry students study formal logic, properties of parallel lines, congruent and similar figures, properties of right triangles, right-triangle trigonometry, area of plane figures, and surface area and volume of solids.
Students review basic skills through daily warm-up exercises.
A key component of the eighth mathematics is problem solving. Students in all programs are given the opportunities to use technology as a problem-solving tool. Examples of technology in use include graphing calculators, The Geometer's Sketchpad, spreadsheets, and calculator-based labs.