Earth Science for Middle School (Live, Online Class)

Next class starts January 10, 2023!

Northwest Treasures is offering a *LIVE* online, interactive Earth Science class designed for your middle school student (4-8 grades). Twelve weeks, staring January 10, 2023. Please note: enrollment is limited to 20 participants.

Teacher: Patrick Nurre, geologist. Read more about Patrick Nurre here.

For: Middle school (grades 4-8)

Prerequisites: none

Course description: 12 one-hour weekly classes, taught live. Students will be learning the basic components of understanding Earth Science and Earth History from a Biblical perspective. Course work will cover rocks, minerals, landforms, volcanoes, fossils, dinosaurs, oceans, and the cataclysmic events that formed our earth, as well as a basic introduction to examining creation and evolution. Students will be able to interact with the instructor either via chat or in real-time discussion.

Required materials:

Textbook – Geology for Kids (supplied by teacher)
Geology for Kids, Geology Journal (supplied by teacher)
Complete rock, mineral, and fossil kit from Northwest Treasures * (supplied by teacher)
Bible
High-speed internet
Computer/phone/ipad with camera (for live classes)
Printer
Expectations/homework: This class will require 1.5-2 hours of reading and homework each week. Homework can include things like: reading, journal projects, etc. There will be occasional quizzes.

Grading: None. Progress reports will be sent to parents at regular intervals.

Parent will need to be available, occasionally, to proctor quizzes/tests.

Cost: $299.00 for the Fall session, which includes:

Geology for Kids, textbook, Geology for Kids, Geology Journal, and a complete rock, mineral, and fossil kit (60 samples, see below)*: a $166.00 value
Weekly online instruction: $133.00 (that is about $11.00/class!)
When: Every Tuesday, at 12:15 pm PST (3:15 pm EST, 2:15 pm CST, 1:15 pm MST.)

Start date: January 10, 2023

End date: March 28, 2023

Enrollment is limited to 20 students.

*Samples include:

Rock-forming minerals: quartz, potassium feldspar, muscovite mica, sodium feldspar, jasper, calcite, calcium feldspar, pyroxene, amphibole, magnetite, biotite mica, olivine
Rock samples: granite, gabbro, basalt, rhyolite, ash, tuff, volcanic bomb, cinders gneiss, schist, quartzite, marble, shale, chert, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, breccia, limestone, halite, travertine, fossil limestone, chalk, bituminous coal
Fossils: graveyard fossil, fern, clam, coral, marine reptile fossil, agatized wood, fossil cast/mold, worm tubes, gastrolith, gastropod, sea urchin, ammonite, trilobite, dinosaur bone, fossil mammal bone, leaf fossil, fossil algae, marine fossil from high in the mountains, otodus shark tooth, megalodon tooth, crinoid fossil, dugong bone, fossil fish, fossil fish vertebra
Oceanic specimens: kimberlite, diabase, peridotite, modern coral and sea shells, white sand, green sand, black sand, magnetic sand
Samples may vary, due to availability.

For more information: northwestexpedition@msn.com or 425-488-6848

From Northwest Treasures, Geology.