The Young Scientists Club wants to introduce parents
to a unique science program that will fascinate young
children with the wonders of scientific discovery and
spark their interest in future scientific curiosity.
With The Young Scientists Club,
www.theyoungscientistsclub.com, children explore
science through creative and interesting experiments
while enhancing their reading, writing, and
mathematics skills. Each kit reinforces what was
learned in previous kits as well as introduces what
will be learned in future kits, creating a continuous
curriculum of science learning.
Every kit contains several experiments and takes, on
average, one hour to complete. The kits cover topics
ranging from batteries and bacteria and fungi to the
human body and surface tension. Each kit comes with
all the materials needed for the experiments except
for common household products. In addition, each kit
contains instructions for the parents and special
instructions for the children (given by the character,
Celsius the Science BugŪ) that are simple enough to
encourage even young children to write down their
observations, measurements, and conclusions. We
strongly believe that children learn more when
different parts of their brains are simultaneously
active during an experiment.
The Young Scientists Club was founded by Esther Novis
when she was searching for fun and educational science
activities for her own young children that would not
only supplement the education they were receiving in
school, but also instill in them a lifelong
fascination with science. The lack of such activities
led to the genesis of The Young Scientists Club. Each
kit is carefully written and designed by Esther Novis
who holds a bachelors and masters degree in biology
from Harvard University. In addition, Esther Novis
has many years of experience teaching at Phillips
Academy, Andover and has written the science column
for Parents Magazine.
The program is designed for children between the ages
of 4 and 12 whose parents want to give their children
an edge in their future education by introducing them
to the sciences in a fun and truly educational manner.
Parents with little or no science background will
find the kits as easy to use as parents with advanced
science degrees.
The Young Scientists Club also allows the children to
become part of a club. Belonging to a Club is
something all children enjoy. The Young Scientists
Clubhouse is the gateway for children to continue
their scientific journey by exploring the various
topics covered in the kits in more detail. When the
children enter the Clubhouse on the web site, they can
click on individual science kit icons to obtain
further information on the science topic covered. In
addition, children can e-mail Celsius the Science Bug
with any science-related questions they may have, as
well as e-mail Celsius with their results.
The Young Scientists Club has been featured in The
Providence Journal, The Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune,
Atlanta Parents, and BigAppleParent among many others.
The tremendous response from these articles has shown
that there is a large need for the type of science
curriculum that The Young Scientists Club offers- a
curriculum based on fun and educational science kits
that are mailed to young children on a regular basis
and that parents can enjoy with their children. The
main goal of The Young Scientists Club is to teach
young children throughout the country science in a fun
and systematic way, and by doing so, instill in them a
love for science that will last a lifetime.
