Stardust to Storytellers is a multi-layered, interdisciplinary curriculum that blends science, history, literature, and the arts into one connected journey of learning.

Main Focus – Science

• Each week features two levels of lessons:
  • Level 1: Accessible, imaginative introductions for younger learners.
  • Level 2: Deeper, more detailed explorations for older learners.
• Every lesson includes a hands-on experiment or demonstration and discussion questions to encourage curiosity and critical thinking.

Interdisciplinary Connections

• Mythology & Literature: Optional readings connect scientific concepts with myths and stories from cultures around the world.
• Language Arts: Science-themed grammar and writing activities strengthen literacy skills while reinforcing content knowledge.
• Fine Arts & Music: Many weeks include an art or music connection, showing how human creativity has always been tied to our understanding of the natural world.

Rabbit Holes
For learners who want to dig deeper, each unit includes “rabbit holes” — optional books, videos, guiding questions, and additional topics to explore. These encourage self-directed exploration and family learning beyond the core lessons.

Overall Approach
Stardust to Storytellers makes prehistory meaningful by weaving together science, story, and creativity, helping learners of different ages understand not just what happened but why it matters.

Prehistory

The Prehistory portion begins at the very start of the universe with the Big Bang and continues through the emergence of early humans in the Paleolithic era.

Semester One

Big Bang
Stars Forms
Our Galaxy & Solar System
Gravity
Earth Forms
The Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Water Cycle and the Atmosphere
Definition of Life
First Life
Oxygen
Multicellular Life
Eukaryotes
Cambrian Explosion
Life in Ordovician and Silurian Seas

Semester Two

Life Moves to Land
Carboniferous Forests and Giant Insects
Animals Follow Plants
Permian Reptiles and the 1st Mammal-like Creatures
The Great Dying – End-Permian Extinction
Dinosaurs Rise – Triassic Period
Jurassic Giants & Ecosystems
Cretaceous Life & Flowering Plants
The End of the Dinosaurs
Mammals Take the Stage
Birds, Crocodiles, & Dinosaur Descendants
Mega Mammals and Ice Age Giants
Ice Ages & the Power of Glaciers
What Makes a Human?
Walking Upright
Meet the Hominins
Tools, Fire & Survival
Human Migration
Before History – Art, Ritual, and Imagination