We offer group classes on an on-demand basis. Each course meets twice a week for 2 hours with a cost of $800. If you’re interested in one of these courses please contact us.

Elementary School Integrated Science: In this course we explore how to use science content and methods to come to understand the world around us through activities suitable for 7-10 year-old learners.

Middle School Integrated Science: In this course we explore how to use science content and methods to come to understand the world around us through activities suitable for 11-13 year-old learners. We use three lenses to guide us. Those lenses are: The Physics and Chemistry of Conventional and Alternative Energy; Earth Systems Science, Gaia, and Permaculture; and Vertebrate Anatomy, Physiology, and Health.

High School Integrated Science: In this course we explore how to use science content and methods to come to understand the world around us through activities suitable for 14-18 year-old learners. We use three lenses to guide us. Those lenses are: The Physics and Chemistry of Conventional and Alternative Energy; Earth Systems Science, Gaia, and Permaculture; and Vertebrate Anatomy, Physiology, and Health.

Earth Systems Science, Gaia, Permaculture, and Global Climate Change:  In this course we will explore the content of a traditional Earth Science class and more from a systems perspective. We will look at how life interacts with other Earth spheres—the pedosphere (soil), hydrosphere (water), and atmosphere (air)—to form a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts—the biosphere, which as a self-regulating system has earned the name Gaia. We also look at how Gaia is bounded and influenced by the inner Earth and heliosphere (the region around the sun including the solar system). We will focus our explorations on global climate change and other human impacts and how to adapt and take a do-over with our impact on mother Earth from a permaculture perspective. This perspective includes design principles and other concepts focused on humans re-learning how to act as part of nature rather than as its ruler.

The Biology of Health, Exercise, and Nutrition: In this class, we explore life science as it applies to health and disease in humans and domestic animals. The course begins with a focus on human and animal nutrition including the biochemistry and molecular biology of nutrients, the anatomy and physiology of digestive and urinary systems, the practice of nutritional planning for human and domestic animals, and the biochemistry of metabolic processes. Next we will look at human and animal anatomy and physiology as applied to the diagnosis and treatment of common human and domestic animal health problems. The course will conclude with a focus on the evolution and genetics of pathogenic viruses, bacteria, fungus and protists; the genetics and breeding of domestic animals; and human evolution, genetics, and genetic disorders.