Making Physics Fun : Key Concepts, Classroom Activities, and Everyday Examples, Grades K-8.

Making Physics Fun : Key Concepts, Classroom Activities, and Everyday Examples, Grades K-8.

In easy-to-understand language, this resource presents engaging, ready-to-use learning experiences that address the ""big ideas"" in K-8 science education and help students make larger, real-world connections

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Prigo, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2007
Subjects:
Physics > Study and teaching (Middle school) > Activity programs.
Physics > Study and teaching (Elementary) > Activity programs.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Chapter 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 Investigable Questions
  • Chapter 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
  • Chapter 3
  • Waves and Sound
  • Waves and Wave Motion
  • Concepts
  • Types of Waves and Wave 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
  • Chapter 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 Straight Lines
  • Concepts
  • Activities
  • Everyday Examples
  • Reflection
  • Concepts
  • Activities
  • Everyday Examples
  • Refraction
  • Concepts
  • Activities
  • Everyday Examples
  • Total Internal Reflection
  • Concepts
  • Activities
  • Everyday Examples
  • Dispersion and Color
  • Concepts
  • Activities.
  • Everyday Examples
  • Diffraction and Interference
  • Concepts
  • Activities
  • Everyday Examples
  • Light Circus
  • Sample Investigable Questions
  • Chapter 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 Investigable Questions
  • References and Resources
  • Index.

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