Instructor: Mary Anne Cheraz, DBA Lessons By Design

Semester Pricing: $300, $353 (HSC)

Mondays: 1:15-2:15

Tuesdays: 12:00-1:00, 1:15-2:15

Grades: 3rd-5th, (2nd-5th Period 4 Tuesdays)

Semester Dates: Fall - 8/31/26-12/14/26, Spring - 1/25/27-5/20/27

Wacky Science A - Boom Room/Marine Biology

$300.00

The Science of Energy! From tiny, quiet glows to big, booming blasts, we’ll investigate how energy zooms around, changes shape, and makes our world do all its coolest tricks. We’ll experiment with sizzling heat, we'll bend and bounce beams of light, make invisible sound waves dance, tinker with chemical energy and energy transformations. In the Boom Room, if it buzzes, bounces, flashes, or booms, we’re testing it!
Splash into science in this wacky, hands-on marine biology class, where the ocean is your laboratory and curiosity is your snorkel! You’ll examine real marine specimens—shells, squishy seaweeds, and some very strange-looking preserved sea creatures. You’ll build food webs and study ecosystems to discover who eats whom in coral reefs, the open ocean, the deep sea, and tide pools, and find out why even “gross” decomposers are ocean heroes. We’ll investigate wild adaptations like camouflage (the ultimate underwater hide-and-seek), glowing bioluminescence (nature’s glow sticks), and odd and freaky body structures. **Best of all, we’ll take a field trip to the tide pools or aquarium in spring, where you can meet real marine organisms face-to-face (or face-to-tentacle)!

Optional at home assignments provided.
Semester Dates: Fall - 8/31/26-12/14/26, Spring - 1/25/27-5/20/27

Self Pay: $300 (Contact teacher directly for payment info)

Directly Vendored Charters as Lessons by Design - $300

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Other Charters: $353

Homeschool Coaches: Coach Mary Cheraz

Wacky Science A - Boom Room/Marine Biology

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Spring Class Info - Marine Biology

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