Homeschool Class Descriptions We will choose from the list below (unless you have a suggestion that seems more interesting). Depending on the students’ interest, we may spend more time on certain topics and omit others, so actual lessons covered in the class may differ from this list. |
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Fall 2010 Teen Class (age 11-16): 1. TESLA COIL: Make a head that shoots arcs of electricity out of its eyes. 2. INDUCTORS AND CAPACITORS: Experiment with these to make a light turn on and off by itself. 3. MAGNETIC ENERGY: Use a coil of wire to make an electric guitar pick-up. 4. AMPLIFIERS: Use these handy gadgets to detect hidden cameras, microphones, and to listen in on computers. 5. SOUND BARRIER: Break the sound barrier with your own hands! 6. BURN MONEY: Borrow a twenty from mom or dad and then light it on fire! 7. FLASH PAPER: Discover how magicians make a bright flame appear out of nowhere. 8. UNDERWATER FIREWORKS: This is just weird… two innocent looking bubbles meet together and explode underwater. 9. SODA AND MENTOS: Experiment with ways to make diet cola squirt as high as possible. 10. TREBUCHETS: Let an ordinary falling chunk of steel throw something a long ways. |
Fall 2010 Middle Class & After-School Class (age 7-12): 1. DRY ICE: Make metal scream, bubbles defy gravity, create fog, and make cold water boil. 2. BOOMERANGS: If it doesn’t swoop around and conk you on the back of the head… try again! 3. RIGGED ROULETTE: Make a spinner that stops where you want with no connections. 4. Non-Newtonian Fluids: Mix it, smash it, bounce it, color it, and rip it to pieces. 5. SQUIRT GUNS: These things can shoot water, corks, and make loud obnoxious sounds. 6. PUDDLE JUMPERS: Make something go up without throwing. 7. FRISBEES: Try different shapes to discover what will fly best. 8. MIRROR MASKS: You can see them but they can’t see you. 9. CRAZY PENDULUM: Is this perpetual motion or just a dizzy minion? 10. FIRE EXTINGUISHER POWDERS: Is it possible to put stuff in water and take it out still dry? |
Students who attended the previous 10-week homeschool series receive priority when registering for the next homeschool class series. (Does not apply to summer camps.) Join our email list to receive announcements of future classes, programs, and videos. |
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“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.” |
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Homeschool
Dates and Fees
Weekly Classes:
Mon: Sep 27 - Dec 6
NEW!
Tues: Sep 28 - Dec 7
Thur: Sep 30 - Dec 9
Fri: Oct 1 - Dec 10
(NO CLASSES Thanksgiving week, Nov 21 - 27)
Tuition for each class series is $140 per child. There are no family discounts. If you sign up through a charter school, the fee is $170 per child (to cover all the paperwork). Rock-it Science is an approved vendor for Ocean Grove and Connecting Waters Charter Schools.
Tuition is not refundable unless another paying student can replace your child. The only exception is if we cancel a class or if the class you request is full.
You may sign up your child for more than one class as long as they meet the age requirement.
Classes may be filmed for training or promotional purposes. Parents, siblings, and visitors in camera range may also be filmed. |
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