Preventing Summer Slide
Looking for activities and resources for students of all ages during the summer? Below are in-coming math preparation lessons, arts and crafts activities, movement activities, at home experiments, video activities, and summer enrichment programs to prevent the summer slide.
Preparing for next year's math
As an IB world school, Meridian's math track is intentionally accelerated. This will ensure that the majority of our students will complete algebra 2 by the end of sophomore year and be on track to pursue the IB diploma.
We highly recommend students spend time improving their prerequisite skills during the summer before the beginning of the school year.
Step 1: Watch the tutorial videos
Step 2: Read the text explanations
Step 3: Work the practice problems
Step 4: check your answers with the answer key
You can find the links for each below based on what grade the student is going into.
Incoming 6th grade
Long division
1. Video
2. Explanation
Operations with decimals
1. Video
2. Practice
Operations with fractions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Fraction, decimal, and percent conversions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Measurement conversions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Operations with integers
Incoming 7th grade- Pre-algebra
Operations with decimals
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Operations with fractions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Fraction, decimal, and percent conversions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Operations with integers
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Writing expressions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving 1 step equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving 2 step equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Plotting points on a coordinate grid
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Graphing linear equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Inequalities
Incoming 8th grade- algebra 1
LCM
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
GCF
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Order of operations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving multi-step equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Combining like terms
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Distributive property
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Factor by GCF
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Plotting points on a coordinate grid
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Graphing linear equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Substitution
Incoming 9th grade- geometry
Solving equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Plotting points on a coordinate grid
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Graphing linear equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving systems of equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Writing linear functions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Parallel and perpendicular linear functions
Incoming 10th grade- algebra 2
Order of operations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Graphing linear equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving multi-step equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving multi-step inequalities
Factoring via GCF
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Factoring via x-method
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving quadratic functions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Graphing quadratic functions
Solving systems of equations
Unit Circle
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Properties of exponents
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Simplifying radicals
1. Video
2. Practice
Independent and dependent probability
Incoming 11th grade- applications and analysis SL Y1
Solving multi-step equations
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving multi-step inequalities
Factoring via GCF
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Factoring via x-method
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Solving quadratic functions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Graphing quadratic functions
Solving systems of equations
Unit Circle
Finding inverse functions
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Independent and dependent probability
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Mutually exclusive vs combined probability
Incoming 12th grade- analysis and approaches SL and HL Y2
Product rule
1. Video
2. Explanation
3. Practice
Chain rule
Arts and crafts activities
Independent arts and crafts
Adult supervision required arts and crafts
Movement activities
Independent movement activities
Adult supervision required movement activities
At home experiments
Independent experiment activities
Adult supervision required experiments
Fun with videos
Independent video activities
Adult supervision required video activities
Summer enrichment programs
List of external programs
Listed below is a sampling of summer enrichment programs. If interested, Google these programs for current information on their offerings. Many other colleges host summer programs as well, and you can search by college or topic to expand your search for summer opportunities.
Barnard Summer Programs (scholarships available)
Writing, coding, human rights, literature, film, theatre film studies, psychology, architecture, religion and political science.
Boston University (scholarships available)
High School Honors Program
RISE Internship
Intro to Medicine
Summer Challenge
Summer Preview
Pre-College Online Learning
California College of the Arts
Immerse yourself in a creative community while learning three college credits.
Carnegie Mellon Summer Pre-College Programs
Advanced Placement/Early Admission
Architecture
Art & design
Drama Music
National High School Game Academy
Writing, coding, human rights, literature, film, theatre film studies, psychology, architecture, religion and political science.
Boston University (scholarships available)
High School Honors Program
RISE Internship
Intro to Medicine
Summer Challenge
Summer Preview
Pre-College Online Learning
California College of the Arts
Immerse yourself in a creative community while learning three college credits.
Carnegie Mellon Summer Pre-College Programs
Advanced Placement/Early Admission
Architecture
Art & design
Drama Music
National High School Game Academy
Champlain College offers summer pre-college opportunities for high school students to immerse themselves in a subject they're passionate about, get a taste of college life and add strength to their college applications.
Coding for Medicine for High School https://hs.coding4medicine.com/online/
Summer enrichent courses at the intersection of coding and biology
Summer enrichent courses at the intersection of coding and biology
Hardin Simmons University (scholarships available)
Health Science Summer Enrichment Program
Harvard High School Programs
Pre-College Program
Health Science Summer Enrichment Program
Harvard High School Programs
Pre-College Program
Secondary School Program
Invest In Education (in the UK)
Summer Residential Programmes: Young Investment Banker, Young Doctor, Young Engineer
Summer Residential Programmes: Young Investment Banker, Young Doctor, Young Engineer
Two-Day Programmes: Young Investment Banker, Young Doctor, Young Lawyer, Young Engineer, Young Business Leader
Programmes for Ages 12-14: Beyond Science, Beyond Maths
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Northwestern
Over 300 Courses available for college credit.
Two week non-credit seminars.
Oxford Summer School
Summer courses are available in a variety of arts and STEM subject areas, including Medicine, Architecture, Law and Computer Science. Through Oxford Royale Academy's summer school taught on the campus of the University of Oxford
Summer courses are available in a variety of arts and STEM subject areas, including Medicine, Architecture, Law and Computer Science. Through Oxford Royale Academy's summer school taught on the campus of the University of Oxford
Summer Seminars
Smith College
Summer programs for girls:
Writing
Engineering
Field Studies for Sustainable Futures
Women's History
College Admission
Smith College
Summer programs for girls:
Writing
Engineering
Field Studies for Sustainable Futures
Women's History
College Admission
Summer Academy -- a pre-college, residential program
This is a 10 session (25 hour) program that exposes high school students to fundamental AI concepts and guides them to build a socially impactful project. Taught by a team of Stanford grad students, students receive a personalized learning experience in small groups.
Summer Academy -- a pre-college, residential program
University of Chicago Neubaur Family Adelante Summer Scholarship Program
Full program scholarship for the students top students engaged in Hispanic and Latino communities.
University of Southern California
Four and two week programs
UT Austin:
Youth Outreach & Education -- Summer Camps and Programs
The University of Texas at Austin has supported student and community engagement in K-12 education since 1891, the year the College of Education was established. Almost every college, department and unit on campus has a pre-K-12 outreach initiative that is making a difference to young people across Texas by sharing the university’s knowledge and resources.
UT Austin: Applied Research Laboratories Apprentice Programs
Graduating seniors who will attend who have been admitted to UT Austin are invited to apply for a summer apprentice program. Preference will be given to students majoring in electrical, mechanical and aerospace engineering; physics; mathematics and computer science.
Washington University STL - Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
Architecture Discovery and Portfolio Plus programs
High School Summer Scholars Program
High School Summer Institutes
Yale Young Global Scholars Program
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