Breaking away from the math and science book : physics and other projects for grades 3-12 / Patricia Baggett, Andrzej Ehrenfeucht.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baggett, Patricia.

Contributor:

Ehrenfeucht, Andrzej.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Physics--Experiments.

Physics.

Physics--Experiments--Methodology.

Physics--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Physics--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-299-39671-2

1-4616-4812-2