K–1 Earth Science (Grades K–1)
Thursday 11:00–11:55
Teacher: TBD
Friday 11:00–11:55
Teacher: Alida Luck
Description:
First Semester: Amazing Air, Weather-Watching, Sunshine, and Shadows
This year, the students will begin to gain a basic understanding of God’s world through a detailed analysis of earth sciences. The first semester introduces students to air, and its fascinating properties by providing hands-on experiments. Weather-watching is the next science topic they will explore using handmade weather tools. They will also explore rainbows, thunderstorms, and snowflakes. The semester ends with a look at shadows and ends with a full-fledged original performance in a shadow theater.
Second Semester: Finding the Moon, Sun, and Earth, and Exploring Soil
Students will compare the daytime and nighttime skies. Through direct observations and modeling exercises, they will discover that the Earth’s nearest neighbor in space is far more interesting than any storybook moon. The students will also take to the schoolyard with trowels in hand and explore soil components, weathering and erosion, minerals, and nutrients, and more. Once they understand what soil is, they find out how it is made and observe how earthworms mix and enrich the soil.
***This class is on a three–year rotation of subject matter. There is a $30 material fee and $10 copy fee included in the cost of this class.
Class, Material, and Copy Cost: $295
Supplies: Spiral notebook with pockets or 1” 3-ring binder with pocket folders and paper and pencils, crayons or markers.
No Prerequisite Required
2–4 Earth Science (Grades 2–4)
Thursday 10:00–10:55
Teacher:TBD
Friday 10:00–10:55
Teacher: Alida Luck
Description:
First Semester: Earth Movements, Rocks, and Minerals
This year, the students will begin to gain a basic understanding of God’s world through a detailed analysis of earth sciences. They will explore the massive movements that are constantly shaping the earth and learn how rocks provide clues to the earth’s structure and geological activities. They will explore rock and mineral properties and become geologists by performing field tests on mineral and rock samples. Students will also create rocks and grow salt crystals to model minerals.
Second Semester: Solar System and Solar Energy
Students will explore the Solar System through hands on activities, become familiar with the names and positions of the planets, and create model planets. They will also discover the concept of energy transfer from a source (the Sun) to a receiver (solar collector).
***This class is on a three–year rotation of subject matter. There is a $30 material fee and $10 copy fee included in the cost of this class.
Class, Material, and Copy Cost: $295
Supplies: Spiral notebook or 1” 3-ring binder with pocket folders, pencil; crayons or markers.
3–5 Earth Science (Grades 3–5)
Thursday 9:00–9:55
Teacher:TBD
Friday 9:00–9:55
Teacher: Alida Luck
Description
First Semester: Earth Processes and Weather Forecasting
This year, the students will begin to gain a basic understanding of God’s world through a detailed analysis of earth sciences. Earth Processes begins with activities to explain continental drift and plate tectonics. They will construct replicas that demonstrate our planet’s structure and the three main types of rocks. Then they explore, map, and measure the forces that result in earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and mountain-building and model the explosive events that make plate margins. Students will also be introduced to the world of weather forecasting and the data, instruments, and science that make forecasting accurate.
Second Semester: Shipwrecks and Astronomy.
During the second semester, students are introduced to the world of shipwrecks and marine archaeology. They will learn the methods and tools used to navigate, some of the most common causes of shipwrecks, and discover how archaeologists work in the marine environment to discover, map, and preserve historic shipwrecks of the past. Next, the students discover how Earth’s motion relates to day and night, the annual seasons, and the predictably changing night sky. They reproduce constellation patterns and investigate the lifecycles of stars, the shapes of galaxies, and the size of the universe.
***This class is on a three–year rotation of subject matter. There is a $30 material fee and $10 copy fee included in the cost of this class.
Class, Material, and Copy Cost: $295
Supplies: Spiral notebook with pockets or 1” 3-ring binder with pocket folders and paper; pencil, crayons or markers.
No Prerequisite Required