IB Prep Course: Math AA and AI - For Students Entering Year 1 IB /
Prerequisites
none
Course description
Coming in the Summer of 2024
For Students Entering Year 1 and Year 2 IB
The IB Prep Math Virtual course will focus on preparing students for the IB curriculum. The students will be exposed to the IB Mathematics Program and they will familiarize themselves with its expectations; the different terminology, levels, papers and the Internal Assessment requirements. They will also get a first glimpse of the extended essay in Group 5 which is an independent, self-directed piece of research.
The course will run for three weeks and the students will be investigating two major components of the syllabus: Statistics and Functions & Modeling.
Course Requirements: All students must have access to a Graphic Display Calculator throughout the course.
For further information and/or questions regarding the course material and objectives contact toumpakarie@acs.gr.
Course Start/End Date:
- June 24th to July 12th / Course duration 3 weeks
Cost: 300 Euros
Minimum Enrollment: 5 Students
If enrollment in a course fails to reach the minimum number of participants required for the class to run, the class will be canceled and tuition will be reimbursed.
Fellow/Online Instructor(s)
Toumpakari, Evelin, Fellow
Dr. Toumpakari was born and raised in Athens and attended the University of Athens where she studied Mathematics. She obtained a M.Sc. in Applied Statistics from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Chicago on a full scholarship from the University, while being an honorary scholar of the Onassis Foundation.
Dr Toumpakari has made presentations in several mathematics conferences in the US. Recently she presented at the 1st Congress of Greek Mathematicians on a statistical project she participated in at the Childhood Cancer Research group at Oxford. Her teaching experience includes a variety of undergraduate classes at the University of Chicago, mentoring gifted teenagers at a math-themed summer camp and teaching under-privileged students in the Chicago Public Schools as well as teaching A-levels in the UK. Since June 2019 she has been a Senior Fellow of the Institute at ACS Athens.
Dr Toumpakari has been a teacher of mathematics at ACS Athens since 2012 and this year is teaching Math 6, Pre-Algebra and Algebra 1 in the Middle School.
email: toumpakarie@acs.gr