Students will learn the rules that govern our universe at both the smallest and the largest scales. They will be able to apply the information learned and their critical thinking skills to engage in rich discussions about the greatest mysteries of our universe. By the end of the course, students will have an understanding of:
-how mass, gravity, space, and time are all related 
-the four major forces in our universe and how they are related to one another
-quantum physics to see and understand the world at a microscopic level
-attempts at finding a unified theory
-wave-particle duality in different contexts
-multiple dimensions and where they might be hiding

I am a former physicist with an undergraduate degree in physics with high departmental honors from the University of Maryland, and a graduate degree in geophysics from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. I have worked alongside other scientists in a variety of labs including the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the Laboratory for Satellite Altimetry at the National Atmospheric and Oceanographic Administration, and the Physics Department at the University of Maryland. Since becoming an educator, I have led talks and facilitated discussions for adolescents and adults in a variety of scientific topics including quantum mechanics and superstring theory.