Science Explorers

Science Explorers is a FUN elementary science program for elementary aged students, grades K-6th.

Try a class for FREE! Just message us here or email docreid@thinkingreeds.com to let us know you're coming.

Classes will cover the worlds of physics, chemistry, and biology in alternating 5 week units. Each week, we'll do a 'deep dive' into a specific topic, such as magnetism, static charge, or chemical reactions. Every single hands-on class will be packed with activities, experiments, and demonstrations to ignite the imagination and maximize the potential of your future scientist!

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2023-2024 Schedule of Topics

Week Subject Topics Explanatorium 100 Scientists
1 Chemistry Chemical Reactions 68-73 Humphrey Davy
2 Chemistry Phases of Matter 16-25 John Dalton
3 Chemistry Combustion Reactions 76-77 Antoin Lavoisier
4 Chemistry Electrochemistry 84-85,92-93 Dmitri Mendelev
5 Chemistry Polymers 108-111 William Henry Perkin
6 Physics Energy 126-127 Enrico Fermi
7 Physics Heat 128-131 James Joule
8 Physics Forces 166-167,170-171 Isaac Newton
9 Physics Sound 134-135 Carl Friedrich Gauss
10 Physics The Electromagnetic Spectrum and Light 136-137,140-147 Wilhelm Roentgen
11 Earth Volcanos 264-265
12 Earth Rocks and Minerals 258-261
13 Earth Fossils 262-263
14 Biology Osmosis 204-205 Gregor Mendel
15 Biology Plant Structure 216-217 Luther Burbank
16 Biology Plant Reproduction 206-207 Alexander Fleming
17 Chemistry Acids and Bases 94-97 Earnst Rutherford
18 Chemistry Intermolecular Forces 38-39,26-27 Joseph Priestley
19 Chemistry The Gas Phase 28-31 Joseph Gay-Lussac
20 Chemistry Reacton Rates 102-103 Robert Boyle
21 Chemistry Heats of Reactions 80-81 Jöns Jacob Berzelius
22 Physics Electricity and Circuits 158-159 Robert Watson-Watt
23 Physics Magnetism 160-161 Michael Faraday
24 Physics Friction 178-179 Joseph Henry
25 Physics Gravity and Kepler's Laws 180-181 Johannes Kepler
26 Physics Simple Machines 182-183 Henry Cavendish
27 Biology Orinthology Louis Agassiz
28 Biology Ecology 272-273 Carolus Linnaeus
29 Biology Musculoskeletal System 230-233 William Harvey
30 Biology Central Nervous System 228-229 Ivan Pavlov

Suggested Books for 2023/2024:

Explanatorium of Science (ISBN-10:‎ 146548244X)

100 Scientists Who Shaped World History (ISBN-10: 0912517395)