Making Physics Fun (eBook)

Key Concepts, Classroom Activities, and Everyday Examples, Grades K-8

Robert Prigo (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2007
240 Seiten
Corwin (Verlag)
978-1-4522-9347-9 (ISBN)

Inhalt

Preface
1. Motion and Force
Inertia and Newton′s First Law of Motion
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Fundamental Forces and Newton′s Third Law of Motion
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Net Force, Acceleration and Newton′s Second Law of Motion
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Motion Circus
Sample Investigation Questions
2. Fluids and Buoyancy
Gases and Liquids as Fluids
Pressure in a Gas and Atmospheric Pressure
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Liquid Pressure
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Archimedes′ Principle: Sinking and Floating
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Fluids in Motion: Bernoulli′s Principle
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Fluids and Buoyancy Circus
A Bernoulli Circus
Sample Investigable Questions
3. Waves and Sound
Waves and Waves Motion
Concepts
Types of Waves and Waves Speed
Periodic Waves: Wavelength, Frequency, and Amplitude
Wave Reflection and Transmission
Superposition Principle
Activities
Everyday Examples
Sound Waves
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Waves and Sound Circus
Sample Investigable Questions
4. Light and Electromagnetic Waves
Waves and/or Particles
Sources of Light
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Light and Matter
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Light Travels in a Straight Line
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Reflection
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Refractions
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Total Internal Reflection
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Dispersion and Color
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Diffraction and Interference
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Eaxamples
Light Circus
Sample Investigative Questions
5. Electricity and Magnetism
Electric Charge and the Electric Force and Field
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Electric Current and the Magnetic Force and Field
Concepts
Activities
Magnets Interacting with Magnets and Magnetic Materials
Magnets Interacting with Current Carrying Wires
Current Carrying Wires Interacting with Current Carrying Wires
Everyday Examples
Magnets Interacting with Magnets and Magnetic Materials
Magnets Interacting with Current Carrying Wires
Electromagnetic Induction
Concepts
Activities
Everyday Examples
Electric and Magnetic Circus
Sample Investigative Questions
References and Resources

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.4.2007
• Verlagsort: Thousand Oaks
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Spielen / Lernen ► Lernen / Lernspiele
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Schlagworte: Constructivism • Constructivist • elementary science • Feb-2 • Hands-on activities • hands-on science • Inquiry • inquiry-based • inquiry-based science • Mar-1 • Math • Physical Science • science activities • science demonstrations • science demos • Science Lessons • Science Process Skills
• ISBN-10: 1-4522-9347-3 / 1452293473
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4522-9347-9 / 9781452293479