"The activities and examples include many that have withstood the test of time for successful science instruction and that enable teachers to link science to the lives of students." -Elizabeth Hammerman, Science Educator and Consultant "A substantial contribution to the field of science education and an easy way for busy teachers to make science more meaningful, exciting, and connected for students. An important mix of both content and activities that teachers can use to meet individual needs." -Kerry Williams, Professor, Wayne State College Boost student interest and understanding in the physical sciences! Teaching physical science in the elementary and middle grades can be challenging for busy teachers faced with growing science demands and limited classroom resources. Robert Prigo provides fun and engaging activities using safe, available materials that educators can easily incorporate into lesson plans. Extensive examples, sample inquiry questions, and ideas for initiating units are readily available for teachers to pick and choose from to meet student needs. The result of more than two decades of professional development work with hundreds of teachers and administrators, Making Physics Fun addresses five specific areas of physical science: motion and force, fluids and buoyancy, waves and sound, light and electromagnetic waves, and electricity and magnetism. Dozens of activities demonstrating physics in action help students of all ages relate physics principles to their everyday experiences. Using easy-to-understand language, this practitioner-friendly resource helps teachers: Address the "big ideas" in K-8 science education Promote student understanding with ready-to-use learning experiences Use hands-on activities to help students make larger, real-world connections Assemble classroom learning centers to facilitate deeper understanding of basic physics principles With conceptual summaries to support teachers' proficiency and understanding of the content, this guidebook is ideal for bringing physics to life for students in the classroom and in their lives!

Discover how energy is part of our daily lives with Everyday STEM Science - Energy. Energy is all around us! But where does it come from and how is it used? Explore the different types of energy, from the electromagnetic energy that keeps us connected, to the geothermal energy deep inside Earth. Discover how we can all be more energy efficient, the renewable energies that will transform our planet, and the scientists who brought energy to life, including Marie Curie, Christina Lampe-OEnnerud and Sophie Blanchard. Readers can also carry out cool energy experiments at home. With easy-to-understand text written by STEM expert Dr Shini Somara and lots of colourful artworks, photos and diagrams, readers can best explore where we encounter energy and why it's even important at all. The Everyday STEM series makes science relevant to tweens. Instead of telling kids STEM is important and is the key to their future success, these books show readers how we use science, technology, engineering and maths in our everyday lives. While the topics sound high-level and complex, this series makes these concepts age-appropriate and accessible. So, while we can't promise to teach 9 to 11-year-olds quantum physics, we can explain in the simplest terms the practical applications of STEM.

Exam Board: CCEA Level: GCSE Subject: Science First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2018 Build your students' scientific thinking and practical skills with this Third Edition textbook, developed specifically for the 2017 GCSE specifications, from the No. 1 publisher for CCEA GCSE Science. - Develop understanding with clear Examples, Tips and Practical activities. - Prepare students for assessment with Test Yourself questions, Maths practice and Exam-style questions throughout. - Provides everything you need for GCSE Physics and the Physics content of GCSE Double Award Science. - Supports Foundation and Higher-tier students in one book.

Marie Curie's story has fascinated and inspired young readers
decades. The poor Polish girl who worked eight years to be able
to afford to attend the Sorbonne in Paris became one of the
most important scientists of her day, winning not one but two
Nobel Prizes. Her life is a fascinating one, filled with hard work,
humanitarianism, and tragedy. Her work with her husband,
Pierre - the study of radioactivity and the discovery of the
elements radium and polonium - changed science forever. But
she is less well known for her selfless efforts during World War
to establish mobile X-ray units so that wounded French soldiers
could get better care faster. When she stood to profit greatly
from her scientific work, she chose not to, making her methods
and findings known and available to all of science. As a result,
this famous woman spent most of her life in need of money,
often to buy the very elements she discovered.
Marie Curie's life and work are given a fresh telling, one that
also explores the larger picture of the effects of radium in world
culture, and its exploitation and sad misuse.

This series has been designed to help students master the material and tackle the tests. It will help any student unravel the formulas that describe the world around him or her. Each lesson is written in easy to understand language, and supported with review questions. Answers and explanations are found at the end of each chapter.

Find out all about the science in the world around us with Moving Up with Science. Written to support the National Curriculum at Key Stage 2, each title explores key scientific topics through a combination of concise information and fun experiments. Moving Up With Science: Forces and Magnets takes you on a journey of scientific discovery. Find out how we use forces everyday; which force pulls objects down holes and why Earth acts like a huge magnet. Explore which materials are magnetic and discover how to test them.

Discover how amusement parks use science to create thrilling white-knuckle rides. Hold on to your seat and find out how Levers pulleys pivots wheels and ramps Simple and complex machines Launch systems and more... are used to take your breath away.

A vibrant and hands-on approach to practical science experiments. Discover it Yourself: Sound and Light is packed with scientific facts, experiments, and activities linked to sound and light.

Keen scientists can discover why thunder and lightning occur, how vibrations are made and who can see in the dark. After learning the essential key facts, children can find almost everything they need for the corresponding experiments around the home, with the materials and instructions simply, safely and clearly presented. Written by David Glover, this STEM-focused book will show readers how to make a sound amplifier, a rainbow, a periscope, musical instruments and much more.

The Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics Exam Success Guide brings clarity and focus to exam preparation, with detailed and practical guidance on raising attainment. The guide helps students to recap content through easy-to-digest chunks, apply knowledge with targeted revision activities, review and reflect on work done, and raise their grades with sample answers, examiner commentary and exam-style practice. The Cambridge International AS & A Level Physics Exam Success Guide is written by Darren Forbes, an experienced author and Physics teacher. Students can benefit from his vast experience of what they need to help them succeed in their exams Other resources available include a Student Book which offers a rigorous yet accessible approach for covering the whole syllabus and an Enhanced Online Student Book which provides extra digital hotspots including downloadable questions and additional activities. These are also available in a great-value Print & Enhanced Online Student Book pack.

Improve your grade by focusing on the lessons learnt from previous exams. This write-in workbook targets the tricky topics in GCSE Physics with insights from the examiners' reports, model answers and practice questions to secure understanding and improve exam performance. - Target revision focusing on the topics and skills students have struggled with in previous exams. - Improve awareness of what the examiners are looking for and what's required to achieve each grade with model answers, commentary and full mark schemes. - Get exam ready with exam-style questions and tips on how to improve answers and boost grades. - Refresh and reinforce understanding of key concepts with short, clear summaries that help to eliminate common misconceptions. - Raise marks in the extended response, practical-based and maths questions with scaffolding that guides you through each area.

Sound is created through vibrations that vary in pitch and volume. This creates sound-waves that you can hear. Includes experiments.

How to be Brilliant at Electricity, Light and Sound contains 40 photocopiable sheets for use with Key Stage 2 (KS2) children. These practical activities will help children to acquire knowledge and understanding of electrical circuits, the everyday effects of light and how we see, and how sounds are made. Topics include making switches, electricity pathways, Morse code, shadows, writing with mirrors, making a periscope, bottle music and absorbing sounds.

Physics for the IB Diploma, Sixth edition, covers in full the requirements of the IB syllabus for Physics for first examination in 2016. Physics for the IB Diploma with Cambridge Elevate enhanced edition delivers complete coverage of the syllabus, with links to Theory of Knowledge, International-mindedness and Nature of Science themes. This Cambridge Elevate enhanced edition of the coursebook provides a wealth of learning opportunities through auto-marked formative assessment quizzes with tailored feedback, carefully selected animated videos to visualise challenging concepts, exam-style questions and more.

Practise and prepare for AQA GCSE Physics with hundreds of topic-based questions and one complete set of exam practice papers designed to strengthen knowledge and prepare students for the exams. This extensive practice book raises students' performance by providing 'shed loads of practice', following the 'SLOP' learning approach that's recommended by teachers. - Consolidate knowledge and understanding with practice questions for every topic and type of question, including multiple-choice, multi-step calculations and extended response questions. - Develop the mathematical, literacy and practical skills required for the exams; each question indicates in the margin which skills are being tested. - Confidently approach the exam having completed one set of exam-style practice papers that replicate the types, wording and structure of the questions students will face. - Identify topics and skills for revision, using the page references in the margin to refer back to the specification and accompanying Hodder Education Student Books for remediation. - Easily check answers with fully worked solutions and mark schemes provided in the book.

Many problems in classical mechanics can now be readily solved using computers. This text integrates Maple, a general-purpose symbolic computation program, into the traditional sophomore- or junior-level mechanics course. Intended primarily as a supplement to a standard text, it discusses all the topics usually covered in the course and shows how to solve problems using Maple and how to display solutions graphically to gain further insight. The text is self-contained and can also be used for self-study or as the primary text in a mechanics course.

X-kit Achieve [subject, grade, e.g. Mathematics Grade 10] Study Guide has been revised to according incorporate the latest Assessment Guidelines (as outline in Section 4 of the CAPS), and updated with current trends to ensure the content remains relevant and applicable to learners. Written by experienced teachers, X-kit Achieve Study Guides are filled with step-by-step explanations, annotated diagrams and illustrated concepts, plenty of practice activities and answers, summary tables, and exam hints and tips.

Exam Board: AQA Level: GCSE Subject: Physics First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2018 AQA approved. Apply and develop your students' knowledge and understanding of Physics with this textbook that builds mathematical skills, provides practical assessment guidance and supports all the required practicals. - Provides support for all the required practicals with activities that introduce practical work and other experimental investigations in Physics - Builds understanding and knowledge with a variety of questions to engage and challenge: Test Yourself questions, Show You Can challenges, Chapter review questions and synoptic practice questions - Supports Foundation and Higher tier students in one book, with Higher tier-only content clearly marked - Builds Literacy skills for the new specification with key words highlighted and practice extended answer writing and spelling/vocabulary tests FREE GCSE SCIENCE TEACHER GUIDES These will be provided for free via our website. To request your free copies please email [email protected]

Boost your International GCSE success with the new OxfordAQA revision guide for International GCSE Physics. The only revision resource tailored to the OxfordAQA International GCSE Physics qualification, ensuring that your exam preparation exactly matches the assessment objectives. This revision guide follows the award-winning three-step Oxford Revise approach - Knowledge, Retrieval and Practice - to provide students with a holistic approach to exam preparation. Includes an extensive bank of exam-style questions and exam tips with feedback from revision expert Primrose Kitten, this revision guide provides students with additional practice and a better understanding of how to achieve success in their OxfordAQA International GCSE exams. Easy-to-use, visually appealing revision units with clear links and connections make the course content accessible to all students, ensuring the best possible preparation to get the results they deserve.

Collins CSEC (R) Physics provides a new approach to the study of the CSEC (R) Physics syllabus that focuses on the skills of recalling facts, applying facts and analysing data as needed for the examination and labs. It provides the content and skills that students truly need to master to pass - and to do well in - the exam. Full coverage of the CXC (R) syllabus Written in clear, accessible language suitable for all students Annotated diagrams and illustrations help explain difficult concepts Practice and exam-style questions allow students to practise key skills needed for the exam: Recalling facts questions allow students to demonstrate what they have learned Applying facts questions allow students to show that they can link what they have learned to real-life examples and contexts Analysing data questions - invaluable for the SBA lab work in physics - allow students to demonstrate that they can think critically about data, analyse the information it gives, and reach sensible and logical conclusions based on that data A wide range of worked examples cover all aspects of possible questioning Everything students need for the exam, and to help them get a top grade To access the answer key for this textbook, contact [email protected]

Physics practical classes form an important part of many scientific and technical courses in higher education. In addition to the older standard experiments, such practicals now generally include a few computer-controlled experiments developed in association with the research groups active in the particular university or college. Since there is relatively little exchange of information between the teaching staff of different institutes, the personal computer, despite its ubiquity, is underexploited in this role as a teaching aid. The present book provides a detailed description of a number of computer-controlled experiments suitable for practical classes. Both the relevant physics and the computational techniques are presented in a form that enables the readers to construct and/or perform the experiment themselves.

This series about sound covers how sounds are made, how we hear sounds, and how and why sounds vary in pitch, frequency and volume. Every book is packed with interesting, easy-to-understand examples and hands-on, fun experiments with sound.

Written by a former Olympiad student, Wang Jinhui, and a Physics Olympiad national trainer, Bernard Ricardo, Competitive Physics delves into the art of solving challenging physics puzzles. This book not only expounds a multitude of physics topics from the basics but also illustrates how these theories can be applied to problems, often in an elegant fashion. With worked examples that depict various problem-solving sleights of hand and interesting exercises to enhance the mastery of such techniques, readers will hopefully be able to develop their own insights and be better prepared for physics competitions. Ultimately, problem-solving is a craft that requires much intuition. Yet, this intuition can only be honed by mentally trudging through an arduous but fulfilling journey of enigmas.Mechanics and Waves is the first of a two-part series which will discuss general problem-solving methods, such as exploiting the symmetries of a system, to set a firm foundation for other topics.