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Learning Opportunities 2024/2025, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Oct 2024

Learning Opportunities 2024/2025, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Course Catalogs

The graduation requirements of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy are established by the IMSA Board of Trustees. Each semester students must take a minimum of five academic courses (2.5 credits) for a letter grade (not Pass/Fail) not including Fine Arts, Wellness, SIR, Internship, and Independent Study. Students may enroll in a maximum of eight courses each semester including academic courses, Fine Arts, Wellness, SIR, Internship, and Independent Study. The College and Academic Counselor approves enrollment for students in all courses and experiences. Only courses taken for a letter grade will count toward graduation credit.


Sustainable Living At Imsa, Vignesh Tiruvannamalai, Zuyu Liu Apr 2024

Sustainable Living At Imsa, Vignesh Tiruvannamalai, Zuyu Liu

Goal 4: Intrapersonal Intelligence Narrative

Students will collect any recyclable materials they have discarded to create wing decorations in conjunction with everyone in the wing and learn about sustainability, including statistics and lifestyle guidance.


2024 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy Jan 2024

2024 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

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2024 Travel Study Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy Jan 2024

2024 Travel Study Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

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2024 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy Jan 2024

2024 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

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How To Create A Powerful Creative Brief, Taylor Jones Dec 2023

How To Create A Powerful Creative Brief, Taylor Jones

Goal 2: Life Skills Narrative

This guide provides students a glimpse of what to expect in a professional setting when working on major projects, allowing them to utilize this in their academic careers and to prepare them for the workplace.


Budgeting 102: Trip Budgeting, Kyla Harden Dec 2023

Budgeting 102: Trip Budgeting, Kyla Harden

Goal 2: Life Skills Narrative

The purpose of this program is for students to gain knowledge on how to create a trip budget.


Growth Vs Fixed Mindset Program, Alyssa Gehrke Dec 2023

Growth Vs Fixed Mindset Program, Alyssa Gehrke

Goal 4: Intrapersonal Intelligence Narrative

It is easy for adolescents, because their lives are full of constant change, to feel like any conflict, challenge, or criticism makes them a failure. However, these are actually opportunities to grow and learn, about oneself and others. They are opportunities to self-reflect, challenge your own assumptions and knowledge, expand your knowledge and skill sets, gain a broader understanding of different perspectives, and develop yourself on an individual level and within a relationship—friends, family, roommates, significant others, professional, and so on. Adapting a growth mindset during adolescence will prepare teens well for college and the professional world ahead of them. …


Imagination To Innovation: Design Thinking For Young Learners, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong Oct 2023

Imagination To Innovation: Design Thinking For Young Learners, Lindsey Herlehy, Cassandra Armstrong

Publications & Research

Design thinking is the intersection of engineering design and social-emotional learning. Today’s learners must be empathetic problem solvers capable of defining problems and designing appropriate solutions to meet the needs of the user. In this session, participants will experience design thinking through literature-based scenarios appropriate for early learners. They will analyze and compare their own models to those of others and compose a lesson that will engage students in the design thinking process.


This Is Me: My Past , My Present & My Future, Cynthia Smith Oct 2023

This Is Me: My Past , My Present & My Future, Cynthia Smith

Goal 4: Intrapersonal Intelligence Narrative

This “show & tell” activity will provide students with an opportunity to share important aspects of their lives including values, hobbies, and interests. This practice is important for individual growth in areas of self-love and acceptance, as well as, practicing the art of compassion for others and choosing to get to know others on a deeper level.


The Perfect World: Creating My Utopia, Cynthia Smith Oct 2023

The Perfect World: Creating My Utopia, Cynthia Smith

Goal 1: Social Responsibility Narrative

This activity allows students to tap into their imagination and creative skills. The goal is to create a utopia, the perfect world. This activity allows for complete autonomy, the only boundaries being respect for self and others, and maintaining an open mind. The idea is to sharpen critical thinking and problem solving skills, while also determining what values and beliefs are most important to their world view.


A Letter To My Future Self, Cynthia Smith Oct 2023

A Letter To My Future Self, Cynthia Smith

Goal 2: Life Skills Narrative

This letter is an opportunity for students to create a vision for their future selves, create goals that they would like to accomplish within a given period of time, and/or write an encouraging note to read in the future. For some students, this letter will represent the beginning of their journey at IMSA and for others, this will encourage them to create short term goals and something to look forward to. This letter is capturing a moment of time that the students will be able to look back on with nostalgia and gratitude for the progress they have, hopefully, made …


Naval Engineering For Grades 4-6, Patrick Young Mar 2023

Naval Engineering For Grades 4-6, Patrick Young

Publications & Research

Reading The Girl with a Mind for Math, we learn about the career of Raye Montague, an African-American woman who broke every barrier to pioneer computer-aided ship design and become the first female program manager in the United States Navy. Lessons are provided for using free, online software to design ships while exercising several Common Core Math standards and NGSS standards for engineering design.


E2: Equity And Excellence Framework, Adrienne Coleman, Traci Ellis Jan 2023

E2: Equity And Excellence Framework, Adrienne Coleman, Traci Ellis

Publications & Research

Both the United States and the United Nations have identified, examined, and put out a call to action to address the educational inequities that have disproportionately and negatively affected racially minoritized students, as well as those from a lower socioeconomic background, and poorer countries. Data from the Nations Report Card and the Global Monitoring Report provide evidence of disparities in academic performance and access to equitable educational resources. The outcome of these inequities impacts countries throughout the world, as their residents will not possess the skills and knowledge to thrive in a rapidly evolving global society, nor possess the critical …


01. Friday Funday, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

01. Friday Funday, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

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04. Leadership Skills For Life, Pt. I, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

04. Leadership Skills For Life, Pt. I, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

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2022-2023 Core Syllabus, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

2022-2023 Core Syllabus, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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05. Leadership Skills For Life, Pt. Ii, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

05. Leadership Skills For Life, Pt. Ii, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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03. Ethics In Leadership, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

03. Ethics In Leadership, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

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02. Civic Engagement, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

02. Civic Engagement, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

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06. Design Sprint, Pt. I, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

06. Design Sprint, Pt. I, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

CORE

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08. Leadership Situations, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

08. Leadership Situations, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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07. Design Sprint, Pt. Ii, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

07. Design Sprint, Pt. Ii, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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12. Final Project, Pt. Ii, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

12. Final Project, Pt. Ii, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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09. Intersectionality In Leadership, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

09. Intersectionality In Leadership, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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11. Final Project, Pt. I, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy Jan 2023

11. Final Project, Pt. I, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

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Imsa 2023 Profile, Office Of College And Academic Counseling Jan 2023

Imsa 2023 Profile, Office Of College And Academic Counseling

IMSA Profile

Ranked the #1 College Prep Public High School in Illinois, the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) develops creative, ethical leaders in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. As a teaching and learning laboratory created by the State of Illinois, IMSA enrolls academically talented Illinois students in its tuition-free residential Academy for grades 10-12. Students are challenged with a rigorous curriculum designed to develop them into problem solvers and critical thinkers.


2023 Travel Study Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy Jan 2023

2023 Travel Study Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

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2023 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy Jan 2023

2023 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

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2023 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy Jan 2023

2023 Intersession Catalog, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Intersession Catalogs

No abstract provided.