Nexus STEM Workshop treats its curriculum and syllabus design very seriously. We don’t directly use existing textbooks for classroom teaching. In order to achieve our inter-disciplinary teaching goals, Nexus STEM Workshop instructors, who have in-depth academic and technical knowledge in respective fields of studies, carefully curate and present to students an array of academically intriguing materials from a wide variety of sources, including but not limited to: College level textbooks, MIT Open Courseware, Questions from past AP exams and STEM subject competitions.

What makes Nexus STEM Workshop curriculum/syllabus so special is the coherent integration of subject matters that are traditionally taught in separate classes of different subjects. For instance, when we discuss the projectile of an object thrown with an initial velocity in the air, we naturally cover force composition with simple vector calculations (analytical geometry); we then mathematically PROVE (not simply tell) that the projectile approximates a parabola (calculus); we might want to further examine what specific velocity will make the projectile reach the furthest horizontal distance by using Python codes (computer science); we might also want to cover the parabolic projectile real world applications (sports, forensic science, etc.).

In addition, our experienced instructors, as students ourselves couple of decades ago, know exactly what young and advanced students are generally good at, and what matters are likely to cause confusion, and sometimes frustrations in the course of learning. We mixed our integrated teaching with our own “secret sauce” and learning philosophy that are not elsewhere seen in the public domain.

Note that we also make our own problem sets to further challenge student’s mastery of covered topics. From time to time, we administer quizzes and tests to test students’ performance over time. We email testing results to parents on a regular basis, unless you opt out of this free communication program.