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: $25 (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 Physical Science, edition 2
This class is both fun and informative. Students will learn about:
- meteorology
- physics
- earth science
- geology
- Students will make a seismograph and measure a lab created earthquake, make a weather station, work with lasers, create a weather warning system, make and use a radar detector and build a DOPLER wind sheer detection system. Students will learn to chemically test rock samples to determine what the rock is made of and will use medical grade microscopes to also make rock identifications.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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