In this unit, students learn about the depth of physical science, the relationship between matter and energy, and scientific methods. Students use scientific methods in a laboratory setting and demonstrate their results through graphing.
Dimensions: Distance, Time, and Mass
Matter, Energy, and the Scientific Method
Creating and Analyzing Graphs
Laboratory: Drop and Bounce 1
Laboratory: Drop and Bounce 2
In this unit, students study Newton's three laws of motion, and they demonstrate those laws in a hands-on laboratory and in online simulations. Students also learn to define acceleration and force.
Describing and Measuring Motion
Acceleration
Forces
Laboratory: Drop and Bounce Revisited
Newton's First Law of Motion
Newton's Second Law of Motion
Newton's Third Law of Motion
Laboratory: Mass in Motion 1
Laboratory: Mass in Motion 2
Students explore friction, gravity, and force in this unit. They begin to understand the concept of vectors and learn to describe force in terms of vectors.
Friction
Gravity
Gravity and Motion
Forces and Vectors
Laboratory: Net Force 1
Laboratory: Net Force 2