Cycle 1
Galactic Eco Engineers
Get ready to design a home that balances sustainability with the bold challenges of the final frontier. First, you’ll explore what it takes to create an eco-friendly home right here on Earth—then, you’ll take your design to the stars, adapting it for life on a new planet.
What materials and systems would you need to survive on Mars, the Moon, or a distant exoplanet? How would you modify your home to handle extreme temperatures, limited resources, or low gravity?
In this course, you’ll apply earth science, environmental science, and math to design sustainable homes and communities. You’ll explore farming technologies like hydroponics, tackle real-world engineering problems, and think like a space architect.
From Earth’s ecosystems to the far reaches of space, discover how science, innovation, and creativity shape the way we live—now and in the future.
Cycle 2
PETspedition
The Great PETSpedition is a life science expedition that uses pets as an entry point to explore biology, behavior, and human-animal relationships. Students investigate body systems, domestication, artificial selection, and animal intuition while developing skills in project management, scientific inquiry, and communication.
The expedition is designed to be hands-on, curiosity-driven, and flexible, with final projects ranging from veterinary case studies to pet care guides and ethical shelter designs. It’s a playful yet rigorous approach to life science that meets students where they’re at—through the animals they know and love.
Cycle 2
Yellowstone
Yellowstone and other ecosystems have a delicate balance... but can an apex predator change the entire dynamic?
This expedition explores the historic reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the mid-1990s and the profound impact it had on the park’s ecosystem, local communities, and national environmental policy.
Students will examine the ecological concept of a trophic cascade—the ripple effect predators have throughout an ecosystem—and how predator-prey dynamics influence populations of elk, beavers, and even plant life.
This expedition offers a comprehensive look at one of the world’s most renowned wildlife conservation efforts, highlighting both its ecological significance and the real-world challenges it continues to face.
Cycle 3
Rube it Ralph
Explore the core concepts of engineering by dissecting everyday devices to discover how they work—from simple machines to circuits and electrical components. Through hands-on teardowns, you’ll gain insight into the inner workings of common technologies.
The course culminates in a final project where you’ll apply your knowledge to design and build your own Rube Goldberg machine, integrating both mechanical and electrical elements to showcase your creativity, engineering skills, and problem-solving abilities.
Cycle 3
Let's go to Space Camp!
Over 12 weeks, they’ll explore the laws of physics and space science to understand how objects move through space, how astronauts live and work on the International Space Station, and how engineers design the technology that gets us there. Students will take part in astronaut training simulations, design challenges, and interactive exhibits that bring space science and engineering to life.
With a mix of hands-on experiments, collaborative problem-solving, and design thinking, students will tackle real-world challenges that astronauts face. This expedition culminates in a final project where students pitch their own space-ready invention, product, or experiment—designed to survive the extremes of space.
