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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2024-2025 Schedule of Topics

Week Subject Topics Explanatorium Reading Encyclopedia of Science Readling 100 Scientists Reading
1 Chemistry Acids and Bases 94-97 84-87 Humphry Davy
2 Chemistry Intermolecular Forces 26-27, 38-39 72-75 Niels Bohr
3 Chemistry The Periodic Table 48-49 24-33 Dmitri Mendeleyev
4 Chemistry Nuclear Chemistry 46-47, 162-163 114-117 Wilhelm Röntgen
5 Chemistry Carbon Chemistry 58-59 50-53 Friedrich Kekule
6 Physics Newton's Laws 166-167 118-121 Isaac Newton
7 Physics Heat 128-131 110-113 James Joule
8 Physics Pascal's Law 184-185 132-133 Blaise Pascal
9 Physics Sound 134-135 202-211 Robert Boyle
10 Physics Light 140-143 212-215 Charles Hard Townes
11 Biology DNA 244-245 380-381 Nettie Stevens
12 Biology Viruses 194-195 386-387 Edward Jenner
13 Biology Cells 196-197 298-299 Rosalind Franklin
14 Biology Energy Conversion 206-207 332-333 -
15 Chemistry Conservation of Mass 68-69 76-79 Antoine Lavoisier
16 Chemistry Phases of Matter 16-25 18-23 Robert Boyle
17 Chemistry Combustion Reactions 76-77 76-79 Joseph Priestly
18 Chemistry Biochemistry 212-213 92-95 -
19 Chemistry Polymers 108-111 100-104 -
20 Astronomy Gravity and orbits 180-181 130-131 Henry Cavendish
21 Astronomy The Solar System 282-283 162-171 Henrietta Leavitt
22 Astronomy Telescopes 138, 148-149 220-223 Edwin Hubble
23 Biology Olfaction 228-229 374-375 -
24 Biology Cardiovascular system 214-215 350-351 -
25 Biology Human Vision 224-225 370-371 Andreas Vesalius
26 Physics Electricity and Circuits 156-159 228-231 Alessandro Volta
27 Physics Magnetism 152-153 232-235 James Maxwell
28 Physics Color 144-145 216-217 Christiaan Huygens
29 Physics Motors 160-161 -

Michael Faraday

30 Physics Bernoulli's Principle 188-191 142-145 Daniel Bernoulli

Suggested Books for 2024/2025:

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

The Usborne Science Encyclopedia (ISBN-10: ‎1805079018) - Available October 1st

Explanatorium of Science (ISBN-10:‎ 146548244X)