Courses

Explorations

16 week semester course

Course Description:

For learners who want to know all the things about all the things!

Join us each week as we stream a short video and then dive in to explore the content. Over the course of the semester, we will dive into different types of activities triggered by the different videos, including explorations of: social issues, social science topics, science topics, and so much more. 

Class includes a half hour of supervised social time.

As this age group does best with structured social time on Zoom, we will be continuing with a range of games and sharing during this social time.

Additional details:

A parent of students in the class explained the course this way:
“It’s a discussion based class that takes deep dives into a wide range of topics. They usually start by watching video or two on the topic. Eliyanah shares information and resources, and then the kids’ curiosity leads the way. It’s a great space for curious kids that want to know all the things about all the things. The topics are a mix of things Eliyanah plans and things the kids request, and have included things like word origins, unusual Lego uses including using LEGO in the context of disability (as a prosthetic limb and braille blocks), periodic table, and Miyawaki Forests. It’s really a class of introducing interesting topics and then “following the rabbit trails” with Eliyanah following the kids’ curiosity. Last year she introduced a video exploring archaeology in connection with Indigenous pottery traditions of a tribe in Canada. That led to a student wondering about the history of pottery around the world, so the next class they explored that topic.”

 

Schedule and Cost:

 

This 16 week semester course will be offered in Semester 1 and again in Semester 2 with priority registration going to those already enrolled.

Ages 9-13 (gr.4-8)     

Monday 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. ET     NOTE: This class includes social time from 6:30-7:00 p.m. ET.

Course Dates (click to download pdf)

For Tuition Fees, Code of Conduct, and all the details, see THE FINE PRINT

Required Homework:

None.

Course Materials:

Depending on the topics and interest of the group, we may do a range of hands-on activities that would require some supplies. For example, this semester we combined snails, paleontology, and casting chocolate as a way of experimenting with brown sugar to make a moldic fossil and chocolate to make the cast. While we won’t be repeating that specific experiment, it is representative of the sort of shenanigans we may get up to. 🙂