Online Science Tutor
in USA
One-to-one science tutoring from elementary through AP, covering Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science. Modern US science assessments test reasoning rather than recall, and our tutors teach for that.
Content, practices and crosscutting concepts in every session.
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What We Offer
Searching for a science tutor near you? Online tutoring removes the geography problem. Your child works with a specialist in their exact course rather than whoever is available locally.
Flexible Timings
Sessions scheduled around school and activities, with tutors available across every US time zone from Eastern to Pacific. Reschedule up to two hours ahead at no cost.
Book a sessionAffordable Rates
Clear per-hour pricing in US dollars with discounted lesson bundles. No registration fee, no minimum contract, and the first session is free.
Fee structureSuperior Quality
Tutors hold a degree in the science they teach and are assessed on the specific course and state standards your child is examined against.
How matching worksWhy Science Homework Looks Different Now
If you learned science by memorising facts, your child’s work will look unfamiliar. Modern US science standards assess three things at once, which is why a student who knows the content can still lose marks.
Disciplinary Core Ideas
The content itself, across life science, physical science, earth and space science, and engineering. This is the part that most resembles science as older generations were taught it.
Science & Engineering Practices
Asking questions, planning investigations, analysing data and constructing explanations from evidence. Students build these skills by using them.
Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns, cause and effect, scale, systems, and structure and function. These are what let a student carry reasoning from biology into physics rather than starting again.
The practical consequence is that questions present unfamiliar scenarios and ask students to reason through them. Memorising terminology prepares a student poorly for that, which is why our sessions work through unfamiliar data and phenomena rather than drilling definitions.
Science Coverage by Stage
US science is taught as one integrated subject through middle school, then splits into separate courses at high school. Each stage needs a different kind of support.
Elementary Science
Living things and habitats, weather and climate, states of matter, forces and motion, the solar system, and simple engineering design. The Grade 5 state test covers all three years.
Middle School Science
Cells and heredity, ecosystems and energy flow, chemical reactions, waves and energy transfer, plate tectonics and weather systems. The Grade 8 test spans all three years.
High School Sciences
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth and Space Science and Environmental Science as separate courses, plus AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, 2 and C, and AP Environmental Science.
Science Lesson Plans For Each Grade
Explore US grade-aligned science lesson plans in life, physical, earth, and space science.
The Math Make Smart Method
Find the Real Gap
A student failing Chemistry often has a math problem, not a chemistry one. We check the foundations first, because re-teaching the current chapter rarely fixes anything.
Matched by Course and State
Tutors are approved for the specific course and state standards your child follows, because a Florida science sequence and a Texas one are not the same thing.
Practise the Question Type
Once the concept is secure, we work through unfamiliar data sets and phenomena, which is the format state science assessments and AP exams actually use.
High School Science & AP Courses
Course names vary by state, which catches out families who move districts and anyone searching using the name their own school uses. Whatever yours is called, we match a specialist to it.
Biology
Cells, genetics, evolution and ecology, plus AP Biology. Called Living Earth in California and Life Science: Biology in New York.
Chemistry
Atomic structure, bonding, stoichiometry and equilibrium, plus AP Chemistry. Stoichiometry is where most students first struggle, and it is usually a ratios problem rather than a chemistry one.
Physics
Mechanics, energy, waves, electricity and magnetism, plus AP Physics 1, 2 and C. We shore up the algebra and trigonometry alongside the physics.
Earth & Environmental
Geology, astronomy, climate systems and environmental science, plus AP Environmental Science. Earth and Space Sciences in New York.
Frequently Asked Questions
The questions American parents ask us most often about science tutoring, testing and course choice.
Which science subjects and grades do you cover?
Why does my child know the material but still lose marks?
When is science actually tested in my state?
Does my state use NGSS?
Can you help with labs and practical work?
Which high school science should my child take first?
Is there a free trial lesson?
What if my child does not get on with the tutor?
Let's Learn Together!
Book a free trial lesson, or ask us about science lesson plans, pricing and scheduling for your child’s grade and state.