Teacher: Juan Pablo Barillas (read about his biography here)
Dates for 4-week course:
March 24 to April 25, 2025 (with one week for Spring Break)
Times for Live Sessions: Monday through Thursday. Each session lasts between 35 and 60 minutes. Please note that all times are given in Mountain Time (MT), which is two hours behind ET, and one hour ahead of PT.
- Option #1: Starts at 8am MT
- Option #2: Starts at 11am MT
Course Description
This block introduces the sixth grader to laboratory science. Working from a phenomenological approach, we utilize the senses to determine what we experience in the world around us. We attempt to find answers to the emerging questions of “What is happening here? How do I know? Where else do I experience this in the world? How are things connected?” Group discussion is an opportunity for students to discover the relationship between the conditions and what we are able to observe. Within this block, we explore the phenomena of optics, sound, warmth and coolness, magnetism, and tribo-electrics (static electricity). We do this through laboratory experiential activities. Students observe how conditions impact our personal experience of these phenomena and their qualities. They also observe how they shape our experience of the physical world around us. These topics form a foundation of further study and experience in the later grades.
Topics covered:
- Optics
- Sound
- Warmth
- Triboelectrics
- Magnetism
If you register your student for a science program and live outside the US, we will send you an invoice for an additional $30-$50 for your science kit shipping, depending on your location.
