Course Catalog

Accelerate to Algebra 2 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in Algebra 2. It focuses on reviewing the essential skills and mathematical concepts that serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic techniques for representing relationships and use these relationships to solve problems. Students will also explore how statistics and probability can be used to draw conclusions and make predictions.

Accelerate to Michigan Algebra I is a short course designed to prepare students for success in Algebra I aligned to Michigan Academic Standards. It focuses on reviewing the essential skills and mathematical concepts that serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic techniques for representing relationships and use these relationships to solve problems. Students will also explore how statistics and probability can be used to draw conclusions and make predictions.

Accelerate to Michigan Geometry is a short course designed to prepare students for success in Geometry aligned to Michigan Academic Standards. It focuses on reviewing the essential skills and mathematical concepts that serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will apply their understanding of algebraic techniques to rewrite and solve expressions and equations. Students will also explore simple probability and revisit fundamental geometric relationships.

Algebra 2 v7.0 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the new lessons in the course are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for learners and intentionally grouped to reinforce connections. Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist learners in their understanding of the concepts. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help learners record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial. The course is built around learner engagement, with more interactive lessons, videos that work through examples and model problem-solving skills, and experiences to support multi-modal learning and sense-making. Scaffolding pieces are included throughout the course to provide learners with opportunities to build on foundational skills as well as prepare for greater success by drawing learners’ attention to common misunderstandings and articulating the big ideas that underpin learning. This fresh new look and feel for the course was inspired by educator feedback. Algebra 2 v7.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and learners first in all aspects of course design.

In Math 2, students will continue developing a strong number sense as well as mental math and problem-solving skills using researchbased methods. Students will also focus on three-digit numbers, addition and subtraction to 1000, data collection, money, time, and shapes. Engaging, project-based units promote critical-thinking skills and include activities such as designing a sneaker and organizing a fundraising event.

Math 4 dives deeper into addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers; fractions; data and graphing; measuring angles and symmetry; and calculating perimeter and area of squares and rectangles. In this project-based course, students will have the opportunity apply the skills they have learned in activities such as building a travel itinerary, preparing a budget for a trip, and using geometry to design a dream neighborhood.

Kindergarten Math focuses on the basics of counting to 100, simple addition, subtraction, measuring, and shapes. Students will engage in projects that utilize learning in useful ways, such as creating a number book and measuring and weighing an item to ship to a family in need. Students will practice skills in both offline and engaging online activities and in game-based practice.

Financial Algebra is designed to instruct students in algebraic thinking while also preparing them to navigate a number of financial applications. Students will explore how algebraic knowledge is connected to many financial situations, including investing, using credit, paying taxes, and shopping for insurance. In studying these topics, students will learn about the linear, exponential, and quadratic relationships that apply to financial applications. In addition, the course will help prepare students to tackle the wide variety of financial decisions they will face in life, from setting up their first budget to planning for retirement.

These two semester-long courses are designed to enable all students at the high-school level to develop a deep understanding of the math objectives covered and leave them ready for their next steps in mathematics. The courses are built to the Common Core State Standards. The three units in Semester A advance students through the study of single-variable expressions to systems of equations, while Semester B covers functions, advanced functions, and concludes with a practical look at the uses of geometry and trigonometry.

Beginning with the simplification of rational and polynomial expressions, Semester A takes students through the next steps in mastering the principles of integrated math. These two semester-long courses focus on meeting Common Core objectives with engaging and interactive content. Semester B begins with the derivation of the trigonometric formula for the area of a triangle, and proceeds through the use of functions and on developing the critical thinking skills necessary to make logical and meaningful inferences from data.

Math 7 builds on material learned in earlier grades, including fractions, decimals, and percentages and introduces students to concepts they will continue to use throughout their study of mathematics. Among these are surface area, volume, and probability. Real-world applications facilitate understanding, and students are provided multiple opportunities to master these skills through practice problems within lessons, homework drills, and graded assignments.

Michigan Algebra I A/B is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Michigan Academic Standards for Mathematics. The specific standard alignment for each lesson is visible to both educators and students. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the lessons in the new course are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for students. Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist students in their understanding of the concepts. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help students record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial. The course is also built around student engagement, with more interactive lessons and videos that work through examples and model problem-solving skills. This fresh new look and feel for the course was inspired by educator feedback. Educators were also involved in the course at the design-level, as many unit activities, worksheets, and video scripts were written by current algebra classroom teachers. Michigan Algebra I reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and students first in all aspects of course design.

Michigan Geometry A/B a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Michigan Academic Standards for Mathematics. A comprehensive examination of geometric concepts, each lesson provides thorough explanations and builds on prior lessons. Step-by-step instruction and multiple opportunities for self-check practice develop skills and confidence in students as they progress through the course. The course features animations, which allow students to manipulate angles or create shapes, such as triangles, engage students in learning, and enhance mastery. Labs extend comprehension by giving students hand-on experiences.

Accelerate to English 10 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 10. It focuses on the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, persuasive techniques, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also practice close reading to interpret texts and provide support for written analysis.

Accelerate to English 12 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 12. It focuses on developing the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also compose brief analyses to demonstrate your understanding of the historical and cultural perspectives in these texts.

Accelerate to Michigan English 10 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 10 aligned to Michigan Academic Standards. It focuses on the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, persuasive techniques, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also practice close reading to interpret texts and provide support for written analysis.

Accelerate to Michigan English 12 is a short course designed to prepare students for success in English 12 aligned to Michigan Academic Standards. It focuses on developing the reading and writing skills that will serve as the foundation for upcoming learning. Students will practice active reading strategies to analyze how authors use literary devices, structure, and language in their writing. Students will also compose brief analyses to demonstrate your understanding of the historical and cultural perspectives in these texts.

This course continues to build on and add to the foundational skills students learned in kindergarten through daily learning. Over the course of the year, students will develop a fuller range of phonics, comprehension, vocabulary, spelling, and fluency skills. Students will think critically about authentic texts and begin to practice writing to communicate their thoughts. During the course, students will practice narrative, informational, and persuasive writing. Project-based activities include writing a narrative about their favorite day and creating a persuasive poster about their favorite treat.

Students in ELA will apply critical thinking skills in their reading and learn the skills to become independent readers and writers. In this course, students will complete the foundations of reading independently and take more ownership of their learning. Students will read multiple genres of both literary and informational texts and use these texts as models for their own writing. The course emphasizes close reading opportunities that focus on the development of complex topics such as the organizational structure of text, nuance in word meanings, and the development of an argument. Projects include creating an informational brochure about unique places on the planet.

In ELA, students will prepare for the rigor of middle school curriculum by studying complex sentence structure and reading challenging nonfiction. Structured novel study prepares students for middle school, as does the examination of multiple types of texts and writing. Students will read both fiction and nonfiction texts, and are able to write opinion pieces with strong evidential support. Student choice is at the heart of all projects, and students will write their own sci-fi narrative and choose a topic for an opinion piece on issues that impact their community.

This course provides a strong foundation in grammar and the writing process. It emphasizes simple but useful composition and language mechanics strategies with multiple opportunities for modeling practical, real-world writing situations that will enable students to improve their written communication skills quickly. Through a variety of grade-appropriate reading selections, students develop a clear understanding of key literary genres and their distinguishing characteristics.

Extends the skills developed in English 7 through detailed study of parts of sentences and paragraphs to understand their importance to good writing. Students also acquire study skills such as time management and improved test-taking strategies. Other topics include punctuation, word choice, syntax, varying of sentence structure, subordination and coordination, detail and elaboration, effective use of reference materials, and proofreading.

English 9 with Augmented Reality v6.0 is a completely new course built for and 100% aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. A balance of fiction and nonfiction texts are used throughout the course, and each unit is designed around a thematic concept to provide cohesiveness to the skills-based lessons and activities that make up the unit. The course intertwines the development of reading skills with the development of writing, speaking and listening, and language skills. Students can look forward to a course where the information is delivered in easy-to-digest chunks using student-friendly language, with assessments that are tightly aligned to the concepts and skills learned in the lesson. The course design reflects educator feedback about student engagement by featuring a variety of interactions, videos, and new student resources, such as worksheets and guided notes. Educators were also involved with writing activities and worksheets for this course. English 9 with Augmented Reality v6.0 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and students first in all aspects of course design. This course also includes Augmented Reality activities in partnership with Boulevard Arts. The AR activities in this course are designed to immerse students in their English Language Arts learning while providing access to famous works of art for cross-curricular learning purposes.

English 11A explores the relation between American history and literature from the colonial period through the realism and naturalism eras. English 11B explores the relation between American history and literature from the modernist period through the contemporary era and presents learners with relevant cultural and political history. Readings are scaffolded with pre-reading information, interactions, and activities to actively engage learners in the content. The lessons in both semesters focus on developing grammar, vocabulary, speech, and writing skills.

Michigan English 09 A/B is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Michigan Academic Standards for English Language Arts. A balance of fiction and nonfiction texts are used throughout the course, and each unit is designed around a thematic concept to provide cohesiveness to the skills-based lessons and activities that make up the unit. The course intertwines the development of reading skills with the development of writing, speaking and listening, and language skills. Students can look forward to a course where the information is delivered in easy-to-digest chunks using student-friendly language, with assessments that are tightly aligned to the concepts and skills learned in the lesson. The course design reflects educator feedback about student engagement by featuring a variety of interactions, videos, and new student resources, such as worksheets and guided notes. Educators were also involved with writing activities and worksheets for this course. Michigan English 09 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and students first in all aspects of course design.

Michigan English 11 A/B is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the Michigan Academic Standards for English Language Arts. Semester A explores the relation between American history and literature from the colonial period through the realism and naturalism eras. Semester B explores the relation between American history and literature from the modernist period through the contemporary era and presents learners with relevant cultural and political history. Readings are scaffolded with pre-reading information, interactions, and activities to actively engage learners in the content. The lessons in both semesters focus on developing grammar, vocabulary, speech, and writing skills.

Students study the early history of the United States, its geography, and the cultures that inhabited it from the Native Americans to the colonists through video, timelines, and interactive maps and images. Students will also learn about U.S. government, economics, and trade concepts. They will demonstrate knowledge through project-based activities such as creating a travel guide of their favorite places and making a plan to earn and save money.

Students will focus on the geography and history of early North America from the Age of Exploration and colonial America to the American Revolution, and westward expansion up until the Civil War. Lessons employ the use of various historical thinking and close reading skills to investigate multiple sources of information, including primary sources to consider historical events from different perspectives of people at the time. Students will examine how the geographic location and environment of their state have influenced the state’s economic, cultural, and civic heritage through project-based learning opportunities.

This course introduces kindergarten students to America’s historical figures, symbols, and holidays. In project-based units, students will explore globes and maps by making their very own treasure maps. Students will also explore the concept of jobs and money by writing a résumé that highlights their special talents.

The Contemporary World is a year-long course designed to strengthen learners’ knowledge about the modern world. Multimedia tools including custom videos as well as videos from the BBC, custom maps, and interactive timelines will help engage learners as they complete this course. Learners will explore the importance of geography, the influence of culture, and the relationship humans have with the physical environment. They will also focus on the responsibility of citizens, democracy in the United States, U.S. legal systems, and the U.S. economy. Ultimately, learners will complete this course as global citizens with an understanding of how to help and better their community and the world.

Michigan high school students taking this course will get a true survey of world history. Beginning with the study of early human societies and the invention of agriculture, this course takes the students on a journey through time, from ancient societies up through the modern era. This course employs many interactive features like maps and images with clickable hot spots that students can explore to get more information about things such as regions, cities, and geographical features on a map and artistic techniques and features in famous works of art. Best of all, this course is aligned to the Michigan state standards of learning and to the English Language Arts (ELA) Standards for History and Social Studies.

In Middle School World History, learners will study major historical world events from early human societies through to the present day. Multimedia tools including custom videos as well as videos from the BBC, custom maps, and interactive timelines will help engage learners as they complete this year-long course. They will explore the development of early humans and early civilizations. They will be introduced to the origins of major world religions, such as Hinduism and Buddhism. Also, learners will study the medieval period. Historical thinking and geography skills will be taught and utilized throughout the course. 

This course not only introduces students to early U.S. History, but it also provides them with an essential understanding of how to read, understand, and interpret history. For example, the first unit, The Historical Process, teaches reading and writing about history; gathering and interpreting historical sources; and analyzing historical information. While covering historical events from the founding events and principles of the United States through contemporary events, the course also promotes a cross-disciplinary understanding that promotes a holistic perspective of U.S. History.

In World History, learners will explore historical world events with the help of innovative videos, timelines, and interactive maps and images. Learners will develop historical thinking skills and apply them to their study of European exploration, the Renaissance the Reformation, and major world revolutions. They will also study World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the benefits and challenges of living in the modern world.

This inquiry- and virtual-lab-based course is designed to support modern science curriculum and teaching practices. It robustly meets NGSS learning standards for high school biology. Content topics include cells, organ systems, heredity, organization of organisms, evolution, energy use in organisms, and the interdependence of ecosystems.

Each lesson includes one or more inquiry-based activities that can be performed online within the context of the lesson. In addition, the course includes a number of virtual lab activities in which students will exercise experimental design, data analysis, and data interpretation skills while working through a simulated laboratory situation.

Lab materials note: None of the virtual labs require specialized laboratory materials or tools. Some virtual labs do allow students to make use of common, household items—such as paper and a pencil—if they choose.

Students in grade 2 will use project-based learning to observe and construct evidence-based accounts of natural phenomena. Students will conduct virtual labs to observe properties, gather information, analyze data, test tools, and construct evidentiary arguments. Students will obtain information from various sources and compare findings to develop solutions. In Science 2, students will explore the various states and properties of matter and the impact of heating and cooling molecules. Students will also discover the impact of living things and the elements on the environment and use engineering principals to design tools to solve real-world concerns.