Seattle Classical Coop

Author: becca

  • Week 5: Making Covalent Molecules

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    Can you believe we are halfway through the term already? This week our students learned about covalent bonding. The most involved activity from the week included having the students create 3-d candy-models of molecules held together by covalent bonds. There were twelve molecules in total, including things like methane gas, hydrogen peroxide, and carbon dioxide. The activity…

  • Week 4: Skits, Experiments & Making Models

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    Now that we are four weeks into the term, our students are at full-steam on the chemistry train. This week in class we did an assortment of fun activities. The advanced grammar class put together and performed two skits that illustrated some of the great discoveries that contributed to what we now know about chemistry. They…

  • Week 3: Visit from a Special Guest

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    This last week, we had a special guest (a co-op parent with a rich background in chemistry) come to teach a portion of both our Advanced and Beginning Grammar classes about atomic orbital theory and exciting things like the Heisenberg Uncertainty and the Poly-exclusion Principles. He used an illustration of a hotel to explain to…

  • Week 2: Periodic Table Fun

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    We’re off to the races! The second week into the term, our students are all doing a fabulous job getting their feet wet in the fascinating world of chemistry. This week, we focused on getting a little more oriented to the Periodic Table, as well as introducing a basic model of the atom, including protons, neutrons,…

  • Week 1: Introducing Chemistry

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    As we dive into a new year and a new term, we are leaping in with both feet to the study of chemistry. All our students, ages 4 and up will be engaging with chemistry concepts for 20 weeks (with a holiday break in the middle of our two 10-week terms). It is our hope to give them an…

  • A New Year of Learning Together: 2015-2016

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    September is here, and with it comes the beginning of a new school year together. There are many wonderful things in store for us. We’ve planned out some lovely learning experiences for our students and have prepared spaces and materials to help them engage with important ideas from the New Testament Gospels, Early Modern History…