Mysteries of the atom
Class for 13-15 year olds
Available spots
Service Description
We will venture into chemistry, particle physics and quantum physics to make sense of the atom. Or, as much as we can, since quantum behaviors are not ‘sensible’ when viewed from our macroscopic lens and their study can sometimes engender more questions and confusion! This topic is steeped in inferential proof via experimental results and mathematics. While most of the mathematics is out of reach, students will be stretched to look at the design behind experiments and understand how scientists interpreted the data to come to conclusions. To name a few, they will look at Rutherford’s gold foil experiment, particle accelerator experiments and the double slit experiment. The students will do some field work as well as perform an experiment or two. This class will increase in complexity as it progresses, so it requires students to be motivated, curious, engaged and excited by science. There is no minimum requirement of science knowledge but the students will be engaging in some heavy reading, so coming into the class with excellent comprehension and good writing skills is essential. I have taught this to advanced eighth class students before and by the end, they were giddy with excitement, as if they had just finished an exciting mystery novel! Please let me know if your child would be interested. I will have brief chat with the student before taking them on to ensure they are a good fit for the class.
Upcoming Sessions
Cancellation Policy
To cancel or reschedule, please contact us at least 24 hours in advance.
Contact Details
123-456-7890
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500 Terry Francine Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94158
Testimonials
My 14-year daughter too was a part of these exceptionally interesting classes. The content that Pranathi gathers and how she presents and teaches it to the students in incredible and always leaves me shock.
My daughter was never a fan of history. In her words, “Who wants to read essays upon essays of the past, when we should look at the future?” However, whatever magic Pranathi has cast on my daughter, she is now absolutely in love with the past. After every class, she would come up to me and tell me every single detail of every single class, and I was extremely content with the results of these sessions. I was recently looking through the content that was shared for her to go through as a home task. I was astonished, looking at the quantity of the content, but the way she presented it made it just like a suspense story. I myself wanted to keep going ahead and reading.
I remember one of the activities being watching a movie. I was sceptical at first, how my daughter would learn something from movies, because she usually watches them just for the sake of entertainment and not for any sort of education. But as they progressed with the movie, I absolutely loved how Pranathi stopped after every few scenes, and began explaining, analyzing and asking questions. Through this, my daughter developed her much-needed collaboration skills, which I can very much tell has helped her in school too.
I really think that Pranathi is an amazing teacher, and joining her classes was an absolute blessing for my daughter. Pranathi has gone out of her way to teach our children, by waking up before sunrise every day, so that the kids could go to bed on time. I’m really grateful for these classes, and I can see that my daughter is too.
April A, Bangalore