The class will be all hands-on experiments using Sonlight Science C Discover & Do Level C Experiments Paper Packet (included in the price of the class).
NOTE: Sarah Mazur and Laurie Dragon will be working together to offer different experiments in each science class due to the overlapping ages (grade 3 & 4).
Description from their website:
“Sonlight Science C will prepare your children to become future scientists by training them to think scientifically. Beyond studying classic scientific topics, Sonlight Science C creates a learning environment in which students can gain the skills and practices used by scientists and engineers to answer questions, solve problems, and innovate and improve their own designed solutions. From electricity and magnetism to ecosystems, Science C nurtures children’s natural curiosity and provides daily opportunities to explore the world around them. They will use real scientific skills and practices as they explore living things, ecosystems, chemistry, meteorology, fossils, seas and oceans. Science C includes a high-level introduction to robots, inventions and other STEM topics that will prepare students for a lifetime of scientific curiosity, learning and application. Each easy-to-complete experiment helps the topics you’ve read about that week bloom into practical, real-world experiences. Each experiment provides students with a topic-related question to explore. As they discover answers to the questions for themselves, they gain experience in solving problems independently. How are Fingerprints Different? Or Will a Heavy or Light Airplane Fly Better? Have fun watching for the many “aha!” moments this course will provide.”
Materials Needed: notebook, pencil, eraser, pencil sharpener, glue stick, colored pencils.
Not Required:
You can check the following books out of the library or buy them, if you want your child to read the books before doing the experiments:
DK Weather (Open your eyes to a world of discovery)
DK Did You Know? Science (Amazing answers to more than 200 awesome questions)
Level 2 Science Let’s Read and Find Out: Fossils Tell of Long Ago
Traits and Attributes (Who Else is Like You?)
The Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip
Level 2 Science Let’s Read and Find Out: What Makes a Magnet?
Level 3 National Geographic Kids Robots
Electrical Wizard How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World
Bringing Back the Wolves; How A Predator Restored An Ecosystem Usborne First Encyclopedia of Seas and Oceans
