Exploration Education: Standard Physical Science

This physical science course uses a hands-on approach allowing students to explore the general principles of physical science. Using the text and lab activities, students study forces, machines, motion, energy, electricity, magnetism, sound, light. Students will also study general chemistry concepts including the structure of matter, the periodic table, chemical bonds and reactions, mixtures and compounds. Throughout this course, students discover the relationship between science and daily life. The students will gain a firm understanding of the scientific method as they work through the experiments.

Course length: 36 weeks/one school year -- three lessons each week -- 45 to 50 minutes/lesson
Prerequisites: None
Target grades: 4th - 6th

What's Included:

All necessary materials for the 7 projects and 108 experiments/activities
Student Logbook – standard version
Online Access Code to the Interactive student text with 108 lessons & step by step experiment instructions.
Teacher’s Manual

There are a minimal number of tools and readily available household supplies that will be necessary. Below is a downloadable list of these supplies.

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