Critical Thinking
Looking at problems in a new way
Linking LEARNING across subjects
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Ages 2-4 Class Description
45-minutes to 1-hour classes
Cost per class: $125
Maximum class size: 20
Active Anatomy
Through movement, we will explore the different parts of the body and learn what anatomy means.
Active Animals
Develop students gross motor skills and imagination by moving and playing like animals.
Pre-K/K (Ages 4-6) Class Description
45-minutes to 1-hour classes
Cost per class: $125
Maximum class size: 30
Breaking Bubbles
Explore a simple experiment, make predictions, see the rainbow and count the bubbles you make while investigating the properties and shapes of bubbles.
Active Safari
Let’s go on an action safari. Active Animals is designed to help develop students’ gross motor skills and imagination by moving and playing like animals while also learning about animal habitats and behaviors.
Sounds of Science
Investigate cause and effect while learning about what makes sound. During this activity students will "see" how sound is made.
In the Nose
Develop an awareness of things that are too small to see. Nano science is all around us. Atoms make up molecules and molecules make up everything in the universe. Molecules are too small to see, but we can smell scent molecules as they travel through the air.
Grades 1st-3rd (Ages 6-8) Class Descriptions
1-hour classes
Cost per class: $125
Maximum class size: 30
Polymer Putty
Discover the difference between a craft and science. Sometimes they are the same thing. Explore what a polymer is and the difference between chemical and physical reactions.
Liquid or Solid
Students will get their hands dirty while learning how non-Newtonian substances act like liquids and solids, depending on pressure.
Circuit Science
Investigate what conducts electricity and experiment with different circuit configurations to power LED bulbs and small motors.
R3 - Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Investigate what conducts electricity and experiment with different circuit configurations to power LED bulbs and small motors.
Geo Bubbles
Explore three-dimensional shapes while you learn how and why bubbles form. Recognize the difference between the radius and diameter of a circle and figure out how to measure those on a bubble.
Lava Lamps
Layer some liquids while learning about density. Discover what "comes up" when we add acids and bases to this experiment.
Grades 4th-5th (ages 9-10) Class Descriptions
1-hour classes
Cost per class: $125
Maximum class size: 30
Empty Space
Discover how much empty space is in our solar system—distances between planets are vast! Why is our star so bright and why do we have night?
My DNA Discovery
Learn about how all the cells in our body contain a copy of DNA. Each student will build a model of DNA and use a simple method to isolate their own DNA.
Fizzy Foam
Feel the heat and see the bubbles while learning about chemical reactions. Discover the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions.
Brain STEM Bridges
Challenge yourself to solve problems and build a bridge that meets the measurement and weight requirements of the Brain STEM Construction Company.
Grades 6th-7th (Ages 11-12) Class Descriptions
1-hour classes
Cost per class: $125
Maximum class size: 30
Geodesic Domes
Students will investigate the strength of geometry in architecture. Working in teams, they will build their own domes.
Pipeline Engineering
Design, build, and test a pipeline. Discus the pipelines in the local area and then design, build, test, ad revise a pipeline of your own.
Under Pressure
Students will understand what hydraulic
means and how liquid is used to do work.
Working in teams, they will engineer a hydraulic crane.
Brain STEM Clubs
Club programs offer a scaffolding curriculum delivered over
Individual sign-up cost: $75 per student
Maximum class size: 15 students
Minimum class size: 10 students
Brain STEM Club Example
8 ONE-HOUR SESSIONS
during or after school.
Students will explore STEM subjects with hands-on projects and dig into Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering.
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​Botany - Flower Dissection
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Cytology - Build a Cell
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Anatomy - Digestive System
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Engineering - Linkages STEM​
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Engineering - Linkages STEAM
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Engineering - Bumper Bots
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Chemistry - Density Lava Lamps
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Chemistry - Fizzy Foam
Brain STEM has curriculum for four 8-week sessions for 1st-3rd and four 8-week sessions for 4th-6th. That is 32 different classes for each age group Groups and Clubs can be customized to meet the needs of different groups.
Teacher Professional Developement
Time Required: 2 Hours
Cost per class $250
Maximum class size: 30
Inquiry Based Teacher Development -
Different Learning Techniques
Learning Goal: To help teachers become more thoughtful about the pedagogy and instructional value of different approaches to teaching. To enable teachers to make informed choices in matching different teaching approaches to particular learning goals they have for their students.
Inquiry Based Teacher Development -
Process Skills
Learning Goal: To provide teachers with a new pedagogical understanding of the science process skills - skills needed to generate and test new ideas, build new knowledge, and learn scientific concepts. This lesson uses seven categories of process skills: observing, questioning, hypothesizing, predicting, planning, and investigating, interpreting, and communicating.
Seniors just want to have FUN!
Classes for Senior Centers
and Active Senior Adult Communities
1-Hour Classes
Cost per class: $125
Maximum class size 30
The fun, hands-on activities strengthen fine motor and memory skills. Classes allow older adults to share past job experiences and bring their experiences into the activities. With active older adults, I teach some, I listen a lot and we always have fun.
Polymer Putty
Discover the difference between a craft and science. Sometimes they are the same thing. Explore what a polymer is and the difference between chemical and physical reactions.
Lava Lamps
Layer some liquids while learning about density. Discover what "comes up" when we add acids and bases to this experiment.
Empty Space
Discover how much empty space is in our solar system—distances between planets are vast! Why is our star so bright and why do we have night?
Fizzy Foam
Feel the heat and see the bubbles while learning about chemical reactions. Discover the difference between endothermic and exothermic reactions.