Course Category: Science
Everything from preschool fun to high school AP and honors classes with labs! Our sciences cover all disciplines, from earth science to astrophysics. Science classes not part of our classical arc are intended to be completely hands-on: If(space) day is always experiment day!
Join the IfSpace Invaders, our premier middle and high school robotics competition team! FTC is like a sports team for robots – each year, the FIRST organization dreams up a new challenge for our bot. We work as a team to strategize how to score the most points, design our mechanisms, assemble and tune the robot, CAD new parts and pieces, and program its operation. You don’t have to be an experienced roboticist to join FTC, however! We need team managers, graphic designers, team spirit leaders, historians, and all around hard workers to be successful as a group!
FIRST Tech Challenge
Duration
24 weeksMaterials Fee
$50Start Date | Stop Date | Day(s) of Week | Class Time |
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August 25, 2016 | February 23, 2017 | Thursday | 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM |
STEAM Lab is an opportunity for our Elementary aged student to explore STEAM through projects, experiments, and tinkering. Both in small groups and individually, students will work on designing and building, programming and predicting, hypothesizing and observing, and making connections between what happens in class and how things work in the world. This class is hands on, with different STEAM invitations presented each week.
STEAM Lab
Duration
16 weeksStart Date | Stop Date | Day(s) of Week | Class Time |
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January 2, 2017 | May 2, 2017 | Monday | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
January 3, 2017 | May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM |
We’re delighted to found the first Homeschool chapter of the Technology Student Association in Florida! As a group, students will explore different technologies as they choose the field in which they would like to compete. Learn more about the TSA and potential projects at their website here!
Technology Student Association
Duration
16 weeksMaterials Fee
$50Curriculum
Material fee is notional and will be determined based on the selected project.
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No Classes Are Currently Scheduled |
IfSpace competitive LEGO Robotics teams. 4 teams available 2016/17.
FIRST Lego League
Duration
16 weeksMaterials Fee
$40Start Date | Stop Date | Day(s) of Week | Class Time |
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January 3, 2017 | May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
Brickbusters | |||
January 3, 2017 | May 2, 2017 | Tuesday | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM |
Afterschoolers | |||
January 6, 2017 | May 5, 2017 | Friday | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM |
Architects | |||
January 6, 2017 | May 5, 2017 | Friday | 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM |
Engineers |
Our High School core program seeks to prepare students for rigorous study in college through the same hands-on, discussion-based explorations used throughout the IfSpace curriculum. High School students meet twice per week for 2 hours each, and will study European literature including Shakespeare, Austen and Dickens, SAT writing and vocabulary, and American History. Our science focus this year is on Biology, and students will be offered differentiated instruction in mathematics, with a choice between supported home study or group instruction in Algebra II with trig.
Curriculum for High School includes The American Pageant, Math Without Borders Algebra II or Saxon 7/8 for home instruction support, and Campbell’s Biology. Students who keep up with assignments and approach IfSpace classes with academic rigor should expect to be prepared for the US History and Biology CLEP exams. A complete list of curricula, history and science spines, and living books, study guides and supplies will be supplied to families upon registration.
High School Core
Class Size
5–12Duration
32 weeksClass Schedule
Thursday 12:30 – 2:20 Friday 10:00 – 12:00Materials Fee
$40Curriculum
Geometry: A Guided Inquiry
Teaching the Classics
Additional Curriculum TBA
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No Classes Are Currently Scheduled |