Teacher Name: Bruce Gillespie
Teacher Email: btgmag3276@gmail.com
Monthly Cost, Fees and Deposit
Tuition: $200 per year, payable in monthly installments of $25
Supply/Materials Fee: $35 (due at registration)
Deposit: $25 (due at registration)
Venmo Address: btgmag3276@gmail.com (PayPal only, use Friends and Family option)
Estimated Homework Hours: 2
Required Materials or Books:
Apologia Exploring Creation Through Chemistry edition 3 (Please be sure your student uses the 3rd edition.)
This class is both fun and informative. Students will learn about:
- both organic and inorganic chemistry
- life chemistry with RNA, DNA, enzymes and such
- rate of reactions and rate calculations
- an easy and foolproof way to calculate chemistry formulas
- energy generated by or absorbed by chemical reactions
- using electronic instruments to measure chemical reactions using the same instruments that industrial and medical labs use
- the Periodic Table and other ways of looking up information about chemistryTo keep it fun we will make gunpowder and safely ignite it, run the famous Tin Man experiment and 24 other experiments designed to allow the student to use his or her imagination while examining the scientific process. We will also conduct phosphoresence experiments.This is a hands-on class with safety rules.
Bruce Gillespie has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. He homeschooled his own children. Married for 48 years to Martha Gillespie. They both run a website dedicated to learning. They operate a working ranch outside Hillsboro, TX.
Bruce is a Melittologist (scientist that studies bees) and holds multiple science degrees.
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