26-27 History of Science (1 pm)

Cost: $120/per semester

Class Description:

By reading about the lives of great scientists and inventors and then doing experiments to learn about their discoveries and inventions, the student will grow in their curiosity. This course is designed to be an introduction to scientific study by introducing scientists, inventors, and others as well as scientific principles, laws, and theories. This literature-based class is a study of history and science combined, and would suit both the independent learner, and those families wishing to learn together through reading chapter books aloud at home.

Homework: Weekly homework will be assigned on Fridays.  2-3 hours of homework will be typical. A science portfolio will be created by the student as they work through the course.

This will be a graded course.

Grades: 5-8

Instructor: Alan Arnold

Time: 1:00-1:50 pm

Required materials:

These books will be used the entire year. The combined cost is less than $28.

•  The Way Science Works by Robin Kerrod and Dr. Sharon Ann Holgate

•  The Picture History of Great Inventors by Gillian Clements

These books will be used first semester. The combined cost is less than $74.

•  Archimedes and the Door of Science by Jeanne Bendick

•  Amazing Leonardo da Vinci Inventions You Can Build Yourself by Maxine

• Anderson

•  Along Came Galileo by Jeanne Bendick

•  Isaac Newton The Scientist Who Changed Everything by Philip Steele

These books will be used second semester. The combined cost is less than $54.

•  Pasteur’s Fight Against Microbes by Beverly Birch and Christian Birmingham

•  The Story of Thomas Alva Edison by Margaret Cousins

•  George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden

•  Marie Curie’s Search for Radium by Beverly Birch and Chrisian Birmingham

•  Ordinary Genius, The Story of Albert Einstein by Stephanie S McPherson

Course Prerequisites: none

Teacher contact info: alanarnold899@gmail.com