$650

Explore the Wonders of Chemistry in Our 16-Week Science Adventure!

Designed for students in grades 5th-8th, this engaging 16-week chemistry course offers an exciting exploration of science, introducing foundational concepts and hands-on activities to ignite curiosity and inspire young scientists. Students will begin by mastering essential science practices, tools, and laboratory safety, laying the
groundwork for understanding the process of scientific inquiry. They’ll learn to design and conduct experiments by identifying control and experimental groups, variables, and creating investigation-worthy questions.

The course delves into the fascinating world of matter, teaching students to classify solids, liquids, and gases while exploring the dynamic processes of melting, freezing, vaporizing, and more. They’ll discover how heat and temperature affect changes in state and gain insights into thermal energy and its role in everyday life. As the course progresses, students will investigate physical and chemical changes, learning to identify reactants and products, calculate chemical reactions, and uncover the secrets of synthetic materials. Exciting hands-on projects, such as soapmaking and exploring the chemistry of food flavors, will bring abstract concepts to life.

This course combines fun, experimentation, and critical thinking, ensuring students not only build a strong foundation in chemistry but also develop a lifelong appreciation for science! Parents can expect a safe, stimulating, and interactive environment where their children will thrive.

Scope and sequence

Science practices and tools
- The process of scientific inquiry
- Identify laboratory tools
- Laboratory safety equipment
Designing experiments
- Identify control and experimental groups
- Identify independent and dependent variables
- Identify the experimental question
- Identify questions that can be investigated with a set of materials
- Understand an experimental protocol about plant growth
- Understand an experimental protocol about diffusion
- Understand an experimental protocol about evaporation
States of matter
- Classify matter as solid, liquid, or gas
- Identify solids, liquids, and gases
- Sort solids, liquids, and gases
- Change-of-state diagrams: solid, liquid, and gas
- Heating, cooling, and changes of state
- Change-of-state diagrams: melting, freezing, vaporizing, condensing and sublimating
- Heating, cooling, and changes of state
Thermal energy
- Predict heat flow and temperature changes
- How are temperature and mass related to thermal energy?
- Compare thermal energy transfers
Physical and chemical change
- Identify physical and chemical changes
- Compare physical and chemical changes
- Identify reactants and products
- Identify mixtures
- Count atoms and molecules in chemical reactions
- Calculate amounts of reactants or products in chemical reactions
- Describe energy changes in chemical reactions
- Compare physical and chemical changes
- Explore chemical structure and properties: soapmaking
- Explore chemical structure and properties: food flavors
- Synthetic materials

Spring

Week 1: Feb 3 & 6

Week 2: Feb 10 & 13

Week 3: Feb 17 & 20

Week 4: Feb 24 & 27

Week 5: March 3 & 6

Week 6: March 10 & 13

Week 7: March 17 & 20

Week 8: March 24 & 27

Week 9: March 31 & April 3

Week 10: April 7 & 10

Week 11: April 14 & 17

Week 12: April 21 & 24

Week 13: April 28 & May 1

Week 14: May 5 & 8

Week 15: May 12 & 15

Week 16: May 19 & 22