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Explore our STEM Curriculum!

We offer Three Bundles for all courses (Basic, Standard, and Premium)
- Science
- Technology
- Engineering
- Math
- Chess
Topics Covered:
Kindergarten:
- Properties of Matter (Intro)
- Heredity and Adaption (Intro)
- Energy (Intro)
- Science and Technology (Intro)
Grade 1:
- Forces and Motion
- Structure and Function (Basic needs of Plants and Animals)
- Structure and Function (Life Cycles)
- Science and Technology (Measurement)
Grade 2:
- Properties of Matter (Solids, Liquids, and Gases)
- Structure and Function (Soil & Plants)
- Science and Technology (Nutrition)
Grade 3:
- Properties of Matter: States of Matter and Soggy Paper
- Heredity and Adaption (Adaption to habitats - Plants and Animals)
- Energy in Earth's system: Water
Grade 4:
- Core Scientific Inquiry
- Energy Transfer and Transformation
- Matter and Energy in Ecosystems: Wetlands
- The changing Earth: Earth Material
- Science and Technology (Magnetism and Electricity)
Grade 5:
- Light
- Sense Perception (Sight & other senses)
- Earth, Moon, and Sun.
- Ecosystems (Food Chains and Food Webs - Connecticut Ecosystems - Organisms)
- Forces and Motion
- Innovations
Grade 6:
- Weather and Climate
- Matter Phases
- Cells
- Microbes
- Human Musculoskeletal System
- Plants
Grade 7:
- Circulation, Respiration, Excretion
- Structure and Function
- Defense Against Disease - Geology
- Plate Tectonics
- Erosion and Glaciation
- Basic Rock Types and Rock Formation - Connecticut Water Resources: Fresh Water
- Salt Water
- Septic and Sewer Systems - Forces and Motion
- Forces: Friction, Buoyant, Gravitational
- Newton’s Laws of Motion
- Momentum, Speed, and Acceleration - Work and machines
- Forces and Work
- Simple Machines - Structures (Bridges)
- Structural Shapes and Materials
- Bridge Designs
Grade 8:
- Astronomy
- Planetary Motion
- Gravity in space - Chemistry
- Atoms, Elements, Compounds
- The Periodic Table of Elements - Life Processes
- Life Processes in the Cell
- Respiration vs. Photosynthesis
- Human Nervous System and Senses
- Human Digestive System - Genetics
- Mendel’s Principles
- Punnett Squares
- Pedigree
- Genetic Disorders - Electromagnetic Systems
- Static Electricity
- Current Electricity
- Magnetism - Light and Sound
- Waves
- Light
- Sound - Forensic Science
Grade 9-12:
- Scientific Method/Evolution
- Metric System
- Basic Chemistry
- Energy Flow
- Transport
- Cell
- Photosynthesis
- Cellular Respiration
websites - Meiosis
- DNA Technology
- Evolution and
Natural Selection - Science Skills
- Atomic Structure
- Carbon Chemistry
- Properties of Matter
- Buoyancy: Archimedes’ principle
- States of Matter
- Fluid Pressure
- Nature of Science
- Stars and Galaxies
- Earth as a System
- Environment Resources
- Plate Tectonics
- The Ocean Floor
- Mountain Building
- Biology and You
- Chemistry of Life
- Ecosystems
- Populations and
Communities - Cell Structure
- Cell Growth and
Division - Meiosis and Sexual
Reproduction - Mendel and
Heredity - DNA, RNA, and
Proteins - Evolutionary
Theory - Bacteria and
Viruses
Scratch:
Beginner
Introduction to programming
- What is programming
- Choosing characters and backgrounds.
- Painting and Editing characters
- X & Y Coordinates
- Loops
- Sensing keys
- If and if then else statements
Intermediate
- Making variables (timer, score,….etc)
- Uploading and downloading characters and backgrounds.
- Arithmetic operations
- The concept of cloning.
Advanced
- Blocks and functions
- Creating lists
- Physics and gravity
Python
Beginner
Introduction to programming
- Printing strings
- variables
- User inputs.
- If/else
- While Loops
- Comparison operators
- Arithmetic operators
- Comparison Operators
Intermediate
- For loops
- Math methods.
- Blocks and functions
- Creating lists and arrays
Advanced
- 2d arrays
- Classes
- File handling (reading and writing files)
- String manipulations.
- Importing from the Library
Engineering:
- Unit 1: Designing Windmills:
- the engineer design process
- what is engineering
- mechanical engineering
- activities:
- Testing sail design
- Designing a balloon car
- Designing a windmill
- Unit 2: balance and force:
- Actions and reactions.
- Pushing and pulling.
- Types of bridges.
- Activities:
- Building a Suspension bridges
- Building Beam bridges
- Building Arch bridge
- Designing a hydraulic lift.
- Unit 3 : Simple machines
- What is a simple machine
- The concept of force.
- Types of simple machines
- activities
- Levers
- Designing a movable Pulley
- Seesaw
- Inclined plane
- Wheel and axle
- Unit 4: designing parachutes
- Aerospace engineering
- How parachutes work.
- air resistance and gravity.
- activities
- Designing a parachute.
- Glider plane project
- Making a mini rocket
Kindergarten:
- Module 1: Numbers to 10
Module 2: Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Shapes
Module 3: Comparison of Length, Weight, Capacity, and Numbers to 10
Module 4: Number Pairs, Addition and Subtraction to 10
Module 5: Numbers 10–20 and Counting to 100
Module 6: Analyzing, Comparing, and Composing Shapes
Grade 1:
- Module 1: Sums and Differences to 10
Module 2: Introduction to Place Value Through Addition and Subtraction Within 20
Module 3: Ordering and Comparing Length Measurements as Numbers
Module 4: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction to 40
Module 5: Identifying, Composing, and Partitioning Shapes
Module 6: Place Value, Comparison, Addition and Subtraction to 100
Grade 2:
- Module 1: Sums and Differences to 100
Module 2: Addition and Subtraction of Length Units
Module 3: Place Value, Counting, and Comparison of Numbers to 1000
Module 4: Addition and Subtraction Within 200 with Word Problems to 100
Module 5: Addition and Subtraction Within 1000 with Word Problems to 100
Module 6: Foundations of Multiplication and Division
Module 7: Problem Solving with Length, Money, and Data
Module 8: Time, Shapes, and Fractions as Equal Parts of Shapes
Grade 3:
- Module 1: Properties of Multiplication and Division and Solving Problems with Units of 2–5 and 10
Module 2: Place Value and Problem Solving with Units of Measure
Module 3: Multiplication and Division with Units of 0, 1, 6–9, and Multiples of 10
Module 4: Multiplication and Area
Module 5: Fractions as Numbers on the Number Line
Module 6: Collecting and Displaying Data
Module 7: Geometry and Measurement Word Problems
Grade 4:
- Module 1: Place Value, Rounding, and Algorithms for Addition and Subtraction
Module 2: Unit Conversions and Problem Solving with Metric Measurement
Module 3: Multi-Digit Multiplication and Division
Module 4: Angle Measure and Plane Figures
Module 5: Fraction Equivalence, Ordering, and Operations
Module 6: Decimal Fractions
Module 7: Exploring Multiplication
Grade 5:
- Module 1: Place Value and Decimal Fractions
Module 2: Multi-Digit Whole Number and Decimal Fraction Operations
Module 3: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions
Module 4: Multiplication and Division of Fractions and Decimal Fractions
Module 5: Addition and Multiplication with Volume and Area
Module 6: Problem Solving with the Coordinate Plane
Grade 6:
- Module 1: Ratios and Unit Rates
Module 2: Arithmetic Operations Including Dividing by a Fraction
Module 3: Rational Numbers
Module 4: Expressions and Equations
Module 5: Area, Surface Area, and Volume Problems
Module 6: Statistics
Grade 7:
- Module 1: Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Module 2: Rational Numbers
Module 3: Expressions and Equations
Module 4: Percent and Proportional Relationships
Module 5: Statistics and Probability
Module 6: Geometry
Grade 8:
- Module 1: Integer Exponents and Scientific Notation
Module 2: The Concept of Congruence
Module 3: Similarity
Module 4: Linear Equations
Module 5: Examples of Functions from Geometry
Module 6: Linear Functions
Module 7: Introduction to Irrational Numbers Using Geometry
Grade 9:
- Module 1: Relationships Between Quantities and Reasoning with Equations and Their Graphs
Module 2: Descriptive Statistics
Module 3: Linear and Exponential Functions
Module 4: Polynomial and Quadratic Expressions, Equations and Functions
Module 5: A Synthesis of Modeling with Equations and Functions
Grade 10:
- Module 1: Congruence, Proof, and Constructions
Module 2: Similarity, Proof, and Trigonometry
Module 3: Extending to Three Dimensions
Module 4: Connecting Algebra and Geometry through Coordinates
Module 5: Circles with and Without Coordinates
Grade 11:
- Module 1: Polynomial, Rational, and Radical Relationships
Module 2: Trigonometric Functions
Module 3: Functions
Module 4: Inferences and Conclusions from Data
Grade 12:
- Module 1: Complex Numbers and Transformations
Module 2: Vectors and Matrices
Module 3: Rational and Exponential Functions
Module 4: Trigonometry
Module 5: Probability and Statistics
Chess Beginners Curriculum
The plan goes over 16 classes as follows:
- A brief history of the game (an Introduction) and the board set up.
- The chess pieces, their movement, and their space coverage!
- Pieces’ value, Attacking and Capturing.
- Defending the attacked pieces.
- The purpose of the game (Check vs Checkmate).
- Basic Checkmate Ideas and Patterns.
- Memorizing and Calculating (Beginners level).
- The difference between a Checkmate and a stalemate.
- Special moves and when to apply them! (Castling – promotion – en-passant)
- Basic Strategy:
- Openings and Critical Thinking.
- Middle game and how to win exchanges (planning ahead)
- Trades and how to count
- Prophylactic Thinking! find out your opponent’s plan.
Basic Tactics:
- Skewers or the X-Ray.
- Discovered attacks.
- Double attacks.
- Other ways to Not lose the game! (Perpetual Check, Three-Fold Repetition, and the 50-Move Draw)
- The Endgame
- Endgame patterns
- Pawns endgame (the opposition)
- Rooks endgame
- Queen + king vs a king Endgame.
- Chess Notation and how to play with the clock
- Review and a tournament.
Intermediate & Advanced level curriculum
The Curriculum goes as follows:
- Attacking the king
- Pieces power
- Misplaced pieces
- Improving piece position
- Advantage of the exchange
- Pawns structure
- Central pawns
- Playing with a pawn less
- Outposts
- The initiative
- Open Files
- Back Rank Attack
- Planning (creating your own future)
- When you can’t think of a plan
- Space advantage and maneuvering
- Good and Bad Bishops
- Falling into traps
- Ignoring Threats
- Some opening traps
- Checkmates in 1-2-3-4
- Review and a tournament

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