Scholars Online

Biology

Using hands-on labs based on Robert Thompson's Illustrated Guide to Home Biology Experiments and Campbell's classic text Biology: Concepts and Connections, this course challenges students to grapple directly with the latest discoveries in the life sciences from microbiology to evolution ...

The Thought Plickens: Learning to Think Critically

Readers beginning to understand story as literature will develoop critical thinking skills needed for high school courses by becoming literary detectives, seeking clues to character motivation, techniques of narration and plot development, and c...

A Unique Course in Literature from Scholars Online
An extensive exposure to the literature of ancient and mediaeval times, from scripture through mediaeval epic and romance, this tough but engaging course is unlike any other you are likely to find. It requires a large amount of reading, while exp...

Are you ready for the challenge?

For students who have already covered the fundamentals of Latin grammar and syntax, Scholars Online's Latin 3 course integrates practice in reading with the joy of discovering history through primary source materials. Selections from early myths down to Cicero's ...

Indulge your inner programmer child.

Master the basics of programming from conditional statements and iteration to graphics and animation using the MIT Lifelong Kindergarten Group's SCRATCH coding platform. Using pre-coded blocks, SCRATCH alllows you to assemble program components and focus on ...

Learn to formulate your argments like Cicero!

In this summer writing workshop, students learn to develop arguments from the same topic for pre-defined forms, from simple essays to the medieval scholastic model to the rhetorical outline used by Cicero.

This summer, explore the fundamental nature of matter!

Michael Faraday was one of the greatest experimental scientists of all time, and loved sharing his work with young students. Each week we'll read one of his 1861 lectures and perform one of his experiments, discovering the properties of elem...

Create a foundation for understanding literature


World Literature introduces students to the lyric poetry, drama, myth, and epics that helped shape human society, and helps them gain a fundamental understanding of literary themes and techniques with live chat discussions lead by Dr. Bruce McMe...

The Writing Game...Cursus Scriptorum
Write a structured sentence!
Write a persuasive paragraph!
Write an elegant essay!

Advance through the ranks of the Cursus to reach the highest office by the might of your pen!
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