Hydroponics / Growing a Garden Grades 2–6 · 6 Weeks · Online

Students build real hydroponic systems at home and grow live plants from seed — no soil needed! They explore plant biology, water science, nutrients, and sustainability through weekly hands-on experiments.

  • Soil vs. water growing → grow a lettuce heart

  • Parts of a plant → build a plant model

  • How water moves → flower capillary action experiment

  • Types of hydroponic systems → build a Wick system

  • Hydroponic systems cont. → build a Deep Water Culture system

  • Hydroponic systems cont. → build an NFT system

  • Plant nutrients → nutrient experiment with seedlings

  • Growth tracking → measure, photograph & record data

  • Troubleshooting plants → diagnose and fix real plant problems

  • Photosynthesis → measure photosynthesis experiment

  • Soil vs. hydroponic comparison → taste test & data recording

  • pH science → pH indicator experiment

  • Redesign your system → plan a custom hydroponic build

  • Research a food crop → start building capstone project

  • Final showcase → present live plant + Garden Design Poster

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Kitchen Chemistry

Kitchen Chemistry Grades 2–6 · 6 Weeks · Online

Your kitchen is a science lab! Students conduct safe, exciting experiments every session using everyday household ingredients — exploring chemical reactions, states of matter, acids, bases, and the science of cooking.

  • What is chemistry? → lava experiment

  • The scientific method → color lab

  • Chemical reactions intro → volcano

  • States of matter → root beer float + temperature balloon demo

  • Non-Newtonian fluids → make Oobleck

  • Physical changes → churn butter from heavy cream

  • Acids & bases → create an acids & bases poster

  • pH indicators → extract indicator

  • Testing liquids → test 6 household liquids with pH indicator

  • What is a chemical reaction? → chemical reactions poster

  • Hydrogen peroxide reactions → experiment

  • Polymers → make plastic

  • Chemistry in cooking → yeast + sugar bread rising experiment

  • Phase changes → experiment

  • Student-designed experiment → original experiment showcase

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Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship / Start a Business Grades 2–6 · 6 Weeks · Online

What if your child's big idea became a real business? Students go from identifying a problem to building a brand, pricing a product, and pitching their idea live in a Shark Tank-style finale.

  • What is a business? → goods vs. services

  • Kid entrepreneurs → case study

  • Find a problem → brainstorm real neighborhood problems

  • Choose your idea → product or service decision

  • Define your customer → target audience profile

  • Market research → research competitors

  • What is a brand? → brand personality activity

  • Logo design → design your business name & logo

  • Mission statement → write "We help ___ by ___"

  • Revenue & profit → how businesses make money

  • Pricing → price your product using a real formula

  • Budgeting → create a simple business budget

  • Advertising → how businesses get customers

  • Marketing → design a flyer or social media post

  • Shark Tank pitch → live business pitch to family

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Creative Writing

Creative Writing & Publishing Grades 2–6 · 6 Weeks · Online

Every child has a story to tell — this class helps them tell it beautifully. Students write, illustrate, and publish their very own original book from start to finish, then read it aloud at the Author Showcase.

  • Story structure → analyze a favorite picture book

  • Story brainstorm → genre + "what if?" prompt

  • Character building → create your main character

  • World building → draw and describe your story world

  • Story outline → map out beginning, middle & end

  • Write the beginning → hook your reader

  • Write the middle → rising action + the big problem

  • Write the ending → resolve the conflict

  • Read aloud & revise → identify what sounds clunky

  • Word choice → replace boring words with vivid ones

  • Peer editing → give and receive feedback with tutor

  • Plan illustrations → which scenes need pictures?

  • Illustrate → create hand-drawn or digital illustrations

  • Cover design → design title, author name & cover art

  • Author Showcase → bind book + read aloud to family

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Digital Media & Content Creation

Digital Media & Content Creation Grades 2–8 · 6 Weeks · Online

Lights, camera, create! Students choose their format — podcast, YouTube-style video, or stop-motion animation — and produce a real polished piece they can share with family and friends.

  • Explore all 3 formats → watch examples of podcast, video & stop-motion

  • What makes great content? → choose your format & concept

  • Story structure for media → write your script or storyboard

  • Voice & presence → practice reading aloud or planning shots

  • Recording setup → set up lighting, sound & background

  • First recording/shoot → full run-through draft

  • Review & critique → watch back + re-record one section

  • Editing → cut, add music, transitions & title cards

  • Intro & outro → add opening and closing to your piece

  • Peer screening → share draft, get specific feedback

  • Branding → design channel name, logo & tagline

  • Polish & finalize → apply all feedback

  • Final review → run-through with tutor

  • Peer celebration → screen each other's finished pieces

  • Premiere Day → present final production to family

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Coding

Coding / Scratch & Game Design Grades 3–8 · 6 Weeks · Online

Your child won't just play video games — they'll build one! Starting with Scratch and progressing to Python basics, students learn real coding fundamentals while designing and building their own original game.

  • How do computers think? → unplug coding activity

  • Intro to Scratch → make a character move and talk

  • First Scratch project → build an animation

  • Events & sequences → when I click the flag... activity

  • Loops → make your character dance

  • Conditionals → build a simple quiz game

  • What makes a game fun? → analyze favorite games

  • Game design on paper → sketch character, setting & rules

  • Build in Scratch → set up stage & main character

  • Movement controls → add arrow key controls

  • Score & game over → add a tracker and end condition

  • Polish → add sounds, backgrounds & start screen

  • Python basics (Gr. 4–6) → print statements, variables & math

  • Python loops (Gr. 4–6) → build a number guessing game

  • Game Showcase → record a trailer + demo live to family

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AI for Kids

AI for KidsGrades 3–8 · 6 Weeks · Online

AI is everywhere — now your child can understand how it works and build their own. Students use real AI tools to train models, create AI art, and design original projects using the same tools professionals use.

  • AI is everywhere → Code.org AI for Oceans activity

  • Rule-based vs. learning programs → fun sorting activity

  • What is machine learning? → train AI: thumbs up vs. thumbs down

  • Image recognition → train AI to identify 3 household objects

  • Why AI makes mistakes → experiment with small vs. large training sets

  • AI bias & ethics → should AI make important decisions? debate

  • AI-generated art → explore how AI creates images

  • Create AI art → describe a scene and see what AI draws

  • Scratch ML → build a game controlled by voice or movement

  • AI project brainstorm → what problem would your AI solve?

  • Plan your AI project → what will it recognize, create, or do?

  • Build your project → start building with Teachable Machine or Scratch ML

  • Test & refine → make sure it works reliably

  • Prepare presentation → what it does, how you trained it, what went wrong

  • AI Showcase → live demo + AI Designer's Note presented to family

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