Making physics fun : key concepts, classroom activities, & everyday examples, grades K-8 / / Robert Prigo

• Autore: Prigo Robert
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 530.071
• Soggetto topico: Physics - Study and teaching (Middle school) - Activity programs; Physics - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Activity programs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Motion and Force""; ""Inertia and Newtonâ€?s First Law of Motion""; ""Concepts""; ""Activities""; ""Everyday Examples""; ""Fundamental Forces and Newtonâ€?s Third Law of Motion""; ""Concepts""; ""Activities""; ""Everyday Examples""; ""Net Force, Acceleration, and Newtonâ€?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""; ""Archimedesâ€? Principle: Sinking and Floating""; ""Concepts""; ""Activities""; ""Everyday Examples""; ""Fluids in Motion: Bernoulliâ€?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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Making physics fun
• ISBN: 1-4522-9696-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910540213603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II