Beyond the regular 6th grade level coursework this year, Carlyle also took several online College courses, including: College Algebra (ongoing), Euclid’s Geometry (completed), and Dante’s Divine Comedy (completed). Also completed were skill-based courses: Lua scripting, Ubuntu. Skill-based courses still ongoing are: Codecademy’s UI/UX course, Skillshare’s Premiere Pro and Skillshare’s Japanese I.

Math

certificate of 6th grade math
Final Grade = A

Topics Learned

  • Whole Number Theory
  • Integer Operation and Word Problems
  • Overview of Decimals
  • Fraction Operations and Problem Solving
  • Creating and Analyzing Graphs
  • Basic Operations and Equations
  • Problem Solving Strategies
  • Ratios, Proportions and Percentages
  • Measurement Systems and Conversions
  • Types of Tables and Graphs
  • Lines, Points and Angles in Geometry
  • 2 and 3-Dimensional Shapes in Geometry

English / Language

Physical Science

Topics Learned

  • Matter states and change
  • Atoms and Bonding
  • Mixtures and Solutions
  • Periodic Table
  • Chemical Formulas and Reactions
  • Kinetic Molecular Theory and States of Matter
  • One Dimensional Motion
  • Mechanics and Newton’s Laws
  • Mass, Weight and Gravity
  • Density and Buoyancy
  • Energy and HEat
  • Waves in Physical Science
  • Light and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

World History

Topics Learned

  • Early Hominids
  • Ancient Sumerian City-states
  • Mesopotamian Empires
  • Ancient Egypt
  • Kingdom of Kush
  • Ancient Indian Civilization
  • Ancient Chinese Civilization
  • Life and Land of Ancient Greece
  • Roman Republic and Empire
  • Early World Faiths

Computer Science

Verification URL: Lua Scripting Certificate
Ubuntu Certificate

Topics Learned

  • File Commands (cat, ls, mkdir, rm, rv, sudo, grep, nano, diff, tar)
  • Sudo commands
  • Changing hostname
  • Removing and installing packages
  • Output redirection (Pipes)
  • Sed
  • Creating Users, Members
  • Permissions
  • SSH
  • ifconfig vs ip addr
  • Network Interfaces
  • Public Key Authentication
  • DNS
  • curl, ftp, scp
  • Shell script basics
  • Cron Job
  • Tcpdump, wireshark, tail and df

Hillsdale College Course: Dante’s Divine Comedy

Final Score: 93%

Topics Learned:

  • Poetry and Character
  • At the Gates of Hell
  • Confronting Disordered Loves
  • Freedom from the Inferno
  • Desire and Grace
  • The 7 Terraces: Learning How to Love Well
  • Repentance and Rebirth
  • Rising to Paradiso
  • Virtues
  • Celestial Rose

Hillsdale College Course: Mathematics and Logic

Topics Learned

  • Mathematics and Liberal Education
  • Fundamentals of Logic
  • Deductive Reasoning
  • “Begin at the Beginning”
  • Neutral Geometry
  • Fifth Postulate
  • Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
  • Number Theory and Solid Geometry
  • Euler
  • History of the Fifth Postulate
  • Non-Euclidean Geometry

Ongoing Coursework

College Algebra (Univ. of Arizona)

Japanese I (Skillshare)

UI/UX (CodeCademy)