Teacher: Juan Pablo Barillas (Read more about his biography here)
Dates for 4-week course:
December 9 2024 – January 17 2025 (with two weeks for Winter 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
As the sixth grader shifts their bodily center of gravity towards the Earth and their bones mineralize, it is important to give them an opportunity to look up and out at the bigger world. In this block we once again combine both personal observation and scientific data to familiarize ourselves with the members and movements of the Heavens.
Topics covered:
- Relationship between global position and observable space
- Observing the apparent movement of the stars, Moon, and Sun
- Telling time by circumpolar constellations
- Earth, Sun, Moon relationships
- Phases of the Moon
- Solar, Lunar, and Zodiac calendars
- Anatomy, Cycles, and Effects of the Sun
- Planets of our Solar System; Copernican and Galilean models
- Other heavenly bodies
- Star knowledge of Native Americans, Peru, Babylonia, Persia, China
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.
