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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $170 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $50 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum: $ 35 Homework: Yes Hours/Week: 2-3 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  6-8   Astronomy   This Astronomy class will take you on a fantastic journey through the solar system covering  subjects such as supernovas, red shift, the planets, and much much more! We will learn about major constellations and bright stars, how different objects move through the heavens and the effect those motions have on the earth, seasons, and our calendar. Students will uncover the philosophy and history of astronomy. Students will build models of the solar system: the Earth as planetary model, the moon, terrestrial planets and moons, gas giant planets and moons, asteroids/comets/meteors and the formation of the solar system.  This  unit offers a variety of investigative, exploratory and cooperative lessons that engage students in becoming active learners. Students will also utilize math, language arts and graphing skills during this unit. This class will have a field trip to the planetarium Class Time: 1 1/2 hours.   This is a 14-week, one-semester class.

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Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $150 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $45 per month) Payment Plan available Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  K-3   A Journey through Fairy Tales   This class is sure to capture a child’s God given imagination and sense of adventure while sending them on a learning journey that is fun and exciting. Components of the class include reading fairy tales, comparing Cinderella stories from around the world, drama, puppets, and writing/or dictating to the teacher their own fairy tale. This is a unit study that will include: language arts, social studies, drama, and music.   This Unit Study will include language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science, Arts and Crafts and Music.   Class Time: 1 hour.   This is a one semester, 14-week class.

Course Description

Materials Fee: $ 20 Class Fee: $350 Includes Non- refundable deposit: $50 (Compare at $50 per month) Payment Plan available Curriculum: $ 50 Homework: Yes Hours/Week: 2-3 Max/Min Students: 10/5 Grades:  4-6   History comes Alive   Experience an in-depth look at the American Revolutionary War and the Civil War. We will spend an entire year covering those two periods in American history. We will begin in the fall by looking at America ’s Godly heritage, why our founding fathers emigrated here from England , the colonization of America and the foundation of the republic, to include an in-depth look at the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. We will read literature from that era, and explore the geography and culture of the time. For the second semester we will do an in-depth look at the Civil War. We will discover how this was the most traumatic war in our nation’s history. We will read journals of children from that time period, learn about the history, the food, the culture and more! The students will perform a reader’s theater and create dioramas. Curriculum includes: The Era of Civil War and Reconstruction, by Focus on U.S. History, Kathy Sammis and The Era of Revolution and Nation Forming, by Focus on U.S. History, Kathy Sammis. Bull Run by Paul Fleischman Homework consists primarily of map work, study for tests, occasional reading assignments and the gathering of information in preparation for written and  oral reports. Students will also research one historic person from each period to do a presentation on. Projects may require outside materials such as project boards and food from the areas of study. Class Time: 2 hours.   This is a two 14-week semester, 7 month, class.