Physical Science

The following is a list of Physical science topics containing teacher developed/modified activities that use equipment made from free or inexpensive materials. The materials have been field tested and presented at state and national science workshops and actually teach the concepts indicated in the materials. Note the manuals are the "Operation Physics" manuals and the "Presentation" is the supporting Powerpoint presentation.
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Dark Suckers - Handout - Envelope - Dark Suckers Audio
M
easurement - Manual - Presentation
Magnetism - Manual - Presentation
    
ElectroMagnetism     
Light - Manual - Presentation   
     Investigating Light with Inexpensive Materials 
    
Modulation of Sound/Light
Electricity - Manual - Presentation
 
    Simple Circuit Board + Simulator
    
Battery and Bulb

     Challenge Your Students to Make a Dozen Classroom Motors - Handout
     Challenge Your Students to Make a Dozen Classroom Motors -
PowerPoint

     Making a Battery
     ElectroPollution
     Benjamin Franklin’s Static Motor
         
Benjamin Franklin’s Static Motor Video
     DC and AC Demonstrator
     Squishy Circuits
Energy - Manual - Presentation     
Motion - Manual - Presentation
   
 Motion and its Sidekicks
Heat - Manual - Presentation
Sound - Manual - Presentation - - - - Audacity (used for recording and analyzing sound files)
     
Challenge Your Students to MAKE WAVES      On-Line  Sound Portal
Color - Manual - Presentation
     Color

Simple Machines -Manual - Presentation

GLCE Workshops 

Interesting Materials

     Cool Physics Resources

     Using Hidden Text in Documents 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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