Welcome!
The Adventures of Science Club is a hands-on science program designed to
introduce topics and science and critical thinking skills to children from grades 1 – 8.
The purpose of the program is to teach children lessons in all disciplines of science in a fun and interesting way.
While the program doesn’t follow the scholastic curriculum, the lessons learned
are usually in advance of the schools, so that it is more of a review
when they learn the lesson in school, allowing them to succeed.
The students will be introduced to topics in the fields of
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy, Earth Science, and Electricity.
ABOUT US
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CLASS ORGANIZATION
A typical class will find the students reading
aloud to one another, improving both their reading skills and their public
speaking ability. This usually lasts approximately 15 – 30 minutes. Then a
hands-on experiment is performed, lasting about 30 – 45 minutes. They finish
the lesson by working on worksheets designed to reinforce the lesson they
learned about after cleaning the classroom. At the very beginning of the class,
there is a short quiz of the previous lesson to help them retain what they
learn. This method
of continual reinforcement is instrumental in allowing the students to become
familiar and comfortable with the material. The program is most beneficial when
taken for multiple years in a row, as the yearly lessons build upon each other.
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CLASS DIVISION
The program
is arranged by sorting the children upon grade level. Grades 1 – 3 are doing
separate lessons and experiments than grades 4 – 5, and grades 6 – 8 are
separate from the other two. The separation is further divided into the number
of years of the program they have attended in a certain grade level. A second
grader returning to the program for a second year will be in a different class
than a second grader attending for the first time. The classes are also kept to
a smaller number of students to maintain a good one on one relationship with
the teachers, but a large enough number so that the students can learn to work together
in groups and help each other learn.
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