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Provides materials that teachers can use directly in their classrooms without expensive or specialized equipment. The material is presented in a modular format that allows one to adapt it to different levels of students, from higher elementary through high school.

Title Breaking away from the math and science book [electronic resource] : physics and other projects for grades 3-12 / Patricia Baggett, Andrzej Ehrenfeucht.
Publisher Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation
Creation Date 2004
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Table of Contents
Preface: An Old School Textbook in Physics
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Lava, Trees, and Ostrich Eggs
Unit 1: Lava
Unit 2: Maple Seeds
Unit 3: Tree Rings
Unit 4: Tree Rings in Early Grades
Unit 5: The Height of a Tree
Unit 6: Ostrich Eggs
Unit 7: Another Way to Find the Volume of an Ostrich Egg
Chapter 2: Some Basic Physics Concepts
Unit 1: Scientific Explanations
Unit 2: Mass and Weight
Unit 3: Direction of Forces
Unit 4: Decomposition of Forces
Unit 5: Properties and Interactions
Unit 6: What is Gravity?Chapter 3: Stability of a Structure
Unit 1: Designing an Experiment
Unit 2: A Conversation about Weight and Mass
Unit 3: Feeling Forces
Unit 4: Weight is a Force
Unit 5: Distribution of Weights
Unit 6: Examples of Computations of the Stability of a Structure
Unit 7: More on the Distribution of Weights
Unit 8: Predicting the Location of the Center of Gravity
Chapter 4: Friction
Unit 1: What is Friction?
Unit 2: A Simpler Experiment with Friction for Younger Students
Unit 3: Getting a Grip on Friction
Chapter 5: Pulleys and Ramps
Unit 1: Pulleys
Unit 2: Holding Objects on RampsUnit 3: Pulling and Holding Objects on Ramps and Lifting Objects Up
Unit 4: Spring-Powered Cars
Chapter 6: Moving Objects
Unit 1: Racing Cars
Unit 2: Instant Velocity
Unit 3: Measuring Average Speed
Unit 4: Rolling Balls
Unit 5: Sliding Balls
Unit 6: Questions and Answers about Colliding Balls
Unit 7: Components of Velocity and Momentum
Unit 8: Momentum and Forces
Unit 9: Preservation of Momentum
Unit 10: Momentum and Kinetic Energy
Chapter 7: Swinging Objects
Unit 1: Playing with Softballs Tied to a String
Unit 2: Swinging Weight
Chapter 8: Powered FlightUnit 1: Playing with Units
Unit 2: Energy and Force
Unit 3: Potential Energy
Unit 4: Water Rockets
Unit 5: How High Does a Rocket Fly?
Unit 6: More about Rockets
Chapter 9: Magnetism and Electricity
Unit 1: Physical Units
Unit 2: Introduction to Magnetic Forces
Unit 3: The Structure of a Magnet
Unit 4: Magnetic Fields
Unit 5: Magnetic Sand and Patterns with Iron Filings
Unit 6: Simulation of Lines of a Magnetic Field
Unit 7: A Chaotic Pendulum
Unit 8: Making a Closed Circuit
Unit 9: Electromagnetic Forces
Unit 10: Electromagnets
Unit 11: General Information about ElectricityUnit 12: Photovoltaic Cells
Unit 13: Questions and Answers about Magnetism and Electricity
Chapter 10: Heat and Temperature
Unit 1: What is Temperature?
Unit 2: The ""Flow"" of Heat
Unit 3: Basic Facts about Heat and Temperature
Unit 4: Experiments with Heat
Unit 5: Melting Ice
Unit 6: Energy Requirements for a Household and for a Human
Chapter 11: Hydrostatics and Hydrodynamics
Unit 1: Flow of Water
Unit 2: Inverted Glass of Water
Unit 3: An Explanation for the Inverted Glass of Water Phenomenon
Chapter 12: Light
Unit 1: Does Light Travel in a Straight Line?
Extent 1 online resource (258 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708562905171
MARC RECORDS
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