Upper Elementary 4-6

Ages 9-12 — Learn your way.

How do you learn best?

🎨 STEAM Project — Thread 1 Solar Geometry: Sun Catchers & Shadow Clocks — plant a stick, mark its shadow every two hours, build a sundial that runs on nothing but sunlight. One day plus a week of watching.

🧩 STEAM Project — Thread 3 Analog Logic & Algorithms: The Cipher Wheel & The Logic of Secrecy — cut two concentric cardboard wheels, build a mechanical Caesar cipher, encode a secret message. Same algorithm as modern HTTPS. One afternoon.

⚙ STEAM Project — Thread 4 Mechanics & the Physics of Work: The Lever & The Teeter-Totter — slide the tipping point of a lever and watch one coin lift ten. Feel F₁·D₁ = F₂·D₂ before you learn the equation. One afternoon.

🌱 STEAM Project — Thread 5 Seed Sovereignty & the Living Engine: The Living Sponge — pre-soak a dried bean; tuck it against glass on a damp sponge; watch germination and gravitropism unfold. First look at seed sovereignty. One week.

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