Ultimate Science Curriculum Series

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The Ultimate Science Curriculum Series is a video-based science curriculum that covers specific topics in extra depth for kids (or parents) with a special fascination. (Compared to the e-Science Curriculum which covers ALL topics at a level that meets or exceeds most science standards.)

If you are looking for an award-winning science curriculum that covers topics typically studied in your child's grade, then e-Science is probably your best choice. (Click here for details on e-Science)

If you want to go into great depth on a particular topic like Chemistry, Marine Biology, Astronomy, etc. then the Ultimate Science Curriculum might be best, so keep reading...

It teaches kids in a hands-on real-world way using step-by-step video lessons to guide them through every detail of each lesson, experiment and project. Then it introduces academics to support the lesson your child is working on.

Each lesson includes step-by-step videos, detailed reading, exercises and quizzes.

Since the Ultimate Science Curriculum program is available on DVD as well as online, you can use it even if you don't have a high-speed internet connection available.

And remember, while this is a video program, it's primarily based on hands-on science. This means that your kids will be spending most of their time creating experiments and building projects (not just looking at a computer).

Since it's a self-guiding program , while you're welcome to go through it alongside your kids, it's designed so you don't have to. Just set your kids up, and they'll go on their own.

Here are the volumes that are available, organized by topic. You can also see which volumes are appropriate for your child's grade level.

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Volume 1	Astronomy 1 Discover the big ideas behind Newton's ground-breaking work. Students will learn about magnetic storms, listen to the song of the sun, learn how to chart the stars, and build a simple handheld telescope. Includes student worksheets, 17 instructional videos, 12 lessons, 68 page student workbook, 92 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades K-3. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 2	Astronomy 2 This volume builds on the fundamental ideas covered in Astronomy 1. Students will discover stars, planets, moon, comets, asteroids, galaxies and more. Students will discover Martian sunsets, eclipses and transits, discover how to identify meteorites, investigate the forces driving Neptune's internal furnace, learn how binary planetary systems work, diffract light into its rainbow signatures while learning about the electromagnetic spectrum and more. Includes student worksheets, 30 instructional videos, 17 lessons, 78 page student workbook, 119 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 4-6. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 3	Astronomy 3 A comprehensive course that continues the astronomy adventure from Astronomy 1 & 2. Learn how to design and build reflector and refractor telescopes, investigate how gravity curves spacetime, detect black holes, build a calibrated spectrometer, play with the electromagnetic spectrum, and uncover the mysterious forces that shape the incredible universe we call home. Includes student worksheets, 27 instructional videos, 77 page student workbook, 147 page parent/teacher guide, lessons tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 6-9. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 4	Chemistry 1 Uncover the fundamental ideas behind chemistry with this introductory chemistry course. Students will discover how to create the four states of matter, grow crystal farms, experiment with phase shifts, crosslink polymers, shake up rainbow solutions, and stew up a chemical matrix of heat and ice reactions. Includes student worksheets, 24 instructional videos, 20 lessons, 64 page workbook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades K-3. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 5	Chemistry 2 This volume builds on the fundamental ideas covered in Chemistry 1. Students will discover the difference between acids and bases, the mystery behind chemiluminescence, how to electroplate a key, build a magnesium battery, turn water into ink or wine, transform dad's coffee back into clear water, and more! Includes student worksheets, instructional videos, 16 lessons, workbook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 4-6. Coming Soon!
Volume 6	Chemistry 3 A comprehensive course that continues the chemistry adventure from Chemistry 1 & 2. Students perform advanced experiments with ammonia, learn how to burn sulfur, ignite colored fires, decompose hydrogen peroxide, detonate bubbles, unlock energy stored in chemical bonds, supercool solutions, calculate the energy of a single peanut, turn copper into silver and gold, and so much more. Includes student worksheets, 38 instructional videos, 34 lessons, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 6-8. Coming Soon!
Volume 7	Earth Science 1 An introductory course in getting to know our planet better through the eyes of a scientist. Students get to build a homemade weather station, complete with cloud tracker and hair hygrometer for measuring the Earth's atmosphere. Students also learn about convention currents, liquid crystals, air pressure, and how sunlight, water, and wind can be used as sources of energy. Includes student worksheets, 34 instructional videos, 32 lessons, 108 page student workbook, 176 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades K-3. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 8	Earth Science 2 Discover the big ideas behind rocks, minerals, fossils, gems, and the science of geology. Students burn coal, fluoresce minerals, chemically react rocks, streak powders, scratch glass, and play with atomic bonds as they learn how to be a real field geologist. Includes student worksheets, 33 instructional videos, 28 lessons, 105 page student workbook and parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 3-6. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 9	Earth Science 3 Students learn advanced ideas in building electronic circuit sensors to convert light, temperature, sound, magnetic fields, and more into a form that real scientists can record and analyze. You'll learn about solar cells, photoresistors, thermistors, hall-effect devices, and magnetic switches and use them to build projects that respond to heat, pressure, light, touch, water, lightning, and magnets. Includes student worksheets, instructional videos, lessons, workbook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 5-8. Coming Soon!
Volume 10	Electricity Unlock the big ideas behind Faraday and Maxwell's ground-breaking work! Students will discover how to design and test circuits, detect electric charge, learn about electrochemistry as they construct batteries, play with the static electric field, and uncover the mysterious forces that redefined the entire field of chemistry and physics when they were first discovered. Includes student worksheets, 37 instructional videos, 26 lessons, 110 page student workbook, 213 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 2-8. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 11	Energy 1 Students build several different kinds of batteries, learn how solar, wind, and water can be used to generate electricity, construct simple machines, race bobsleds, zoom roller coasters, fire off catapults, build hydraulic-pneumatic machines, blast air horns, and so much more. Includes student worksheets, 30 instructional videos, 26 lessons, 87 page student workbook, 139 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 1-4. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 12	Energy 2 Continues the journey into the field of energy by unlocking the mysteries of alternative energy, thermodynamics, and the earth's resources. Students build a homemade weather tracker station, measure energy and power, make a fire water balloon, invent two working solar vehicles, learn how to bottle clouds, and construct a working external combustion engine from soda can parts. Includes student worksheets, instructional videos, 14 lessons, 55 page student workbook, 85 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 5-8. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 13	Forces & Motion 1 Dive into the study of force, friction, gravity, velocity, acceleration, and Newton's three laws of motion! Students get to build bridges that holds over 400 times their own weight, construct a rocket ball launcher, detect the magnetic field, learn about frequency and wavelength as they build buzzing hornets, sling harmonicas and air horns, and zoom balloon racecars. Includes student worksheets, 24 instructional videos, 22 lessons, 82 page student workbook, 119 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 1-4. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 14	Forces and Motion 2 A comprehensive course that continues the science adventure in physics under Newton's work on the three laws of motion. Students get a crash-course in projectile motion as they build g-force accelerometers, float hovercraft on both land and water, build a rocket car, and measure the Earth's magnetic pulse. Includes student worksheets, 21 instructional videos, 18 lessons, 79 page student workbook, 124 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 5-8. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 15	Life Science 1: Biology & Microscopes Discover the science behind invisible life like plant structure, cell division, and genetics.  Students will construct a water cycle terraqua column ecosystem, extract DNA, grow a carnivorous greenhouse, track traits, learn how to use a compound microscope, and more. Includes student worksheets, 32 instructional videos, 24 lessons, 117 page workbook, 171 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 1-6. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 16	Life Science 2: Human Anatomy Learn the fundamental concepts in human physiology and anatomy. Students will discover how to build a working robotic hand, measure their lung capacity, filter blood, detect genetic traits, chemically fingerprint their friends, and make a frog totally disappear. Includes student worksheets, 36 instructional videos, 37 lessons, 108 page student workbook, 196 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 4-8. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 17	Light 1 Students investigate the electromagnetic spectrum by using lenses, mirrors and more as they build several projects including an eye-balloon, pinhole camera, optical kaleidoscope as well as experiments in splitting shadows into a rainbow, going on a black light treasure hunt, getting colors from black and white, investigating chemiluminescence by mixing cold light, and making a beaker totally disappear. Includes student worksheets, 23 instructional videos, 18 lessons, 67 page student workbook, 110 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades K-4. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 18	Light 2 Students learn about intensity, polarization, frequency, refraction, diffraction, and reflection as they build an electric eye, optical cameras, reflector telescopes, compound microscopes, spectrometers, burglar alarms, optical light benches, battery-free radios, laser microscopes, laser shows, and so much more. Includes student worksheets, 23 instructional videos, 14 lessons, 59 page student workbook, 119 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 5-8. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 19	Magnetism Discover the big ideas behind Maxwell's Principles. Students discover how to detect magnetic poles and magnetic fields, learn about electromagnetism as they construct motors, generators, doorbells and earphones, and uncover the mysterious link between electricity and magnetism that marks one of the biggest discoveries of all science…ever. Includes student worksheets, 34 instructional videos, 23 lessons, 94 page student workbook, 186 page parent/teacher guidebook, tests and quizzes... all in one complete package for grades 2-8. $74.95 Click here to order.
Volume 20	Mathemagic You'll discover how to twist arithmetic, outsmart logic puzzles, write unbreakable codes, dig into freaky fractals, build a geometric pantograph, step through a sheet of paper, multiply by drawing lines, perform math tricks that really look like magic, decode cryptograms, and memorize absolutely anything using a hundred–year-old secret code. You'll never be bored with math again! Includes student worksheets, 47 instructional videos, 45 lessons, 127 page student workbook, and more... all in one complete package for grades 3-6. (If you know your multiplication tables, you can do the content in this program.) $99.97 Click here to order.

A note about the Ultimate Science Curriculum DVDs: The Ultimate Science Curriculum DVDs contain the curriculum organized into a PDF document that are also located on the DVD. You may print out the worksheets for each experiment as you go along. The DVDs also contain instructional step-by-step videos that show exactly how to perform the experiments in the included workbook. The videos on the DVDs are designed primarily to play on your computer. The videos will also play on DVD players but since they are designed for computers you will notice a drop in video quality if you view them on a large screen. Also note that while the DVD swill play on a DVD player, you’ll still need to open the workbook on your computer.

By Grade Level:

These are the current volumes organized by grade level. Note that this is based on the national standards for science, and also my personal experience in teaching kids science for over a decade. The list below is simply a recommendation. You are welcome to pick and choose from the titles you'd like to do. For example, if you've got an advanced 4th grader who's got an avid interest in chemistry, feel free to get all three chemistry volumes. In general, you don't need to complete Part 1 in order to do Part 2, although I would recommend completing Part 2 before Part 3 in both Astronomy and Chemistry.

First Grade:
Chemistry 1	Earth Science 1	Life Science 1: Biology & Microscopes
Second Grade:
Earth Science 1	Life Science 1: Biology & Microscopes	Forces & Motion 1
Third Grade:
Energy 1	Astronomy 1	Chemistry 1	Light 1	Life Science 1: Biology & Microscopes
Fourth Grade:
Earth Science 2	Electricity	Magnetism	Life Science 1: Biology & Microscopes
Fifth Grade:
Chemistry 2	Astronomy 2	Earth Science 3	Life Science 2: Human Anatomy
Sixth Grade:
Earth Science 3	Energy 2	Life Science 1: Biology & Microscopes
Seventh Grade:
Light 2	Forces & Motion 2	Life Science 2: Human Anatomy	Energy 2
Eighth Grade:
Chemistry 3	Astronomy 3	Light 2	Earth Science 3	Forces & Motion 2

What about High School?

We're working on an advanced set of intensive labs for high school, but they aren't available yet! If you simply can't wait, then I'd recommend taking a look at our Advanced Level in my e-Science program so you can get started today with upper level labs for your students!