Physical Science

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Physical Science

• TAMU QU
• Methods for Teaching Science

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Unit Plan Starter Ideas

• Properties and Changes of Properties in Matter
• Its Dense
• Matter Changes
• Physical or Chemical
• Motion and Forces
• Observe the Motion
• Graph the Motion
• Predicting Motion
• Transfer of Energy
• Generators Large and Small
• Energy Changes
• EnergyThe Space Traveler

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Unit Ideas Connected to Technology and Personal
and Social Perspectives

• Egg Saver
• Using everyday materials, children design
  containers that can protect an uncooked egg
  dropped from the height of a stepladder to a
  school sidewalk
• Safest, Cleanest, Cheapest
• After doing research, students compare three
  alternate forms of energy with respect to safety,
  pollution, and economy
• Who Are They?
• After doing research, students identify and
  write brief biographies of five women scientists
  who have made significant contributions to the
  physical sciences

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Common Curriculum Topics

• Characteristics of Matter
• Energy and Its Changes
• Forces and Motion
• Airplane, Jet, and Rocket Motion

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Curriculum Enrichment Ideas

• WebQuests
• Learning Centers
• Interactive Bulletin Boards
• Field Trips
• Cooperative Learning Projects

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Internet Resources

• Bill Nye Demo of the Day
• www.nyelabs.com
• Explorer Web
• www.Unite.ukans.edu
• The Atoms Family
• www.miamisci.org/af/sln/
• Science Try Its
• www.ktca.org/newtons/tryits
• The Science Explorer
• www.exploratorium.edu
• Kids Web Science
• www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/newkidsweb