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Online Homeschool Elementary School Class - January Week 3 (Your Senses)

  • Long Island Science Center 40 Peconic Avenue Riverhead, NY, 11901 United States (map)

Our online homeschool programs are a month by month subscription. Each month, a materials kit will be mailed to your home and will include some simple household materials your student will need for the class experiments. The weekly class schedule is below. Class will be every Tuesday. $50 per month, 50% off for members (includes class materials kit and four online classes).

Week 1 - Rainforest Ecosystems: Take a journey through a tropical rainforest to discover this unique ecosystem and its effect on the world. Students will learn about forest layers, animals, plants, and products using a variety of unusual and rare materials. A slide show of photos of the Amazon and Australian rainforests emphasize the importance of this resource.

NGSS Learning Standards: P-LS1-1, P-LS1-2; K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, 2-LS2-2, 2-LS4-1; 3-LS4-3, 3-LS4-4, 3-LS4-2, 3-ESS2-2; 4-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2; 5-LS1-1, 5-ESS3-1; MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-4, MS-LS2-5, MS-ESS3-4

Week 2 - Magical Molecules: Experience the magic of combining molecules to create new substances. Participants make glue using household materials. When they add additional substances, something totally different is created!

NGSS Learning Standards: 5-PS1-1, 5-PS1-2, 5-PS1-3, 5-PS1-4; MS-PS1-1, MS-PS1-4, MS-PS1-8, MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5

Week 3 - Your Senses: Students will touch, taste, listen, see and smell their way to discovering how all 5 senses are used to interpret the world around them. They learn how the senses are part of an interrelated system.

NGSS Learning Standards: P-LS1-2; 4-LS1-1, 4-LS1-2, MS-LS1-8

Week 4 - Science of Sound: Discover what sound is and how vibrations travel through the air to create it. Learn about the parts of the ear that help you hear and make a musical instrument that uses vibration.