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