Kindergarten Five Senses

Benchmark #1: Identify common types and uses of energy.

SECTION ONE: SEE

• A: Sense of Sight Ideas
• A: What if I were Blind?
• A: Sense of Sight
• A: SEDL: Sight
• A: SEDL: La Vista
• A: Variation on Spinning Illusion
• TB: Your Sense of Sight

SECTION TWO: HEAR

• A: Sense of Sound Ideas
• A: Eggs Filled with Sound
• A: Sense of Sound
• A: SEDL: Hearing
• A: SEDL: El Oído
• A: Variation on Tin Can Cups
• A: Variation on Cheap Chimes
• TB: Your Sense of Hearing

SECTION THREE: TOUCH

• A: Sense of Touch Ideas
• A: Texture book
• A: SEDL: Touch
• A: SEDL: El Tacto
• TB: Your Sense of Touch

Benchmark #1: Identify objects according to their physical properties.

SECTION FOUR: SMELL

• A: Sense of Smell Ideas
• A: Feet Stink
• A: Sense of Smell
• A: SEDL: Smell
• A: SEDL: El Olfato
• TB: The Nose Knows
• TB: Your Sense of Smell

SECTION FIVE: TASTE

• A: Sense of Taste Ideas
• A: Sense of Taste
• A: SEDL: Taste
• A: SEDL: El Gusto
• A: Using Your Tongue
• TB: That's Tasty
• TB: Your Sense of Taste

Benchmark #1: Describe changes that occur in matter.

FIVE SENSES

• A: The Five Senses by Nancy Ziegler in North Carolina
• A: Music, Art, Centers
• A: The Incredible Human Body: The Five Senses
• A: Ten Activities to Introduce the Five Senses
• A: The Five Senses (adapt)
• A: Monster Fun&endash;Introduce Senses with a Story
• A: Five Senses Unit from Canada
• A: All about Me: My Senses
• A: Scripted Introduction to Senses
• A: The Five Senses
• A: Los Cinco Sentidos
• A: The Senses
• A: Five Senses by Cynthia Tesch

Language/Art:

• Wherever I Look

Language:

• Write a Five Senses Poem
• Sense of Poetry
• Glossary

Health:

• A: Eye Safety

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First Grade Chemistry

Benchmark #1: Identify common types and uses of energy.

SECTION ONE: SORTING MATTER

• A: Sorting Matter-Witchita State
• A: Sorting and Using Materials

SECTION TWO: INTRODUCE MATTER

BUBBLES

• A: Bubble Recipes
• A: Bubblarium
• A: See Colors in the Bubbles
• TB: Antibubbles
• TB: Sticky Water
• TB: Shape of Bubbles
• TB: When Bubble Meets Bubble
• TB: Bubbles
• TB: Bubble Colors

SECTION THREE: STATES OF MATTER

Benchmark #1: Identify objects according to their physical properties.

• A: Water and Ice
• A: Disappearing Water
• A: Freezing and Melting
• A: Changing State On-Line
• A: Condense water with ice (pdf)
• A: Evaporate water from fabrics (pdf)
• A: States of Matter
• TB: All about evaporation, condensation, and transpiration (pdf)
• TB: More about the fourth state of matter
• A: Watch short movies (Flash)
• BBC: Fact Sheet
• BBC: Activity (Slide Show)
• BBC: Test

SECTION FOUR: CHANGES IN MATTER

Benchmark #1: Describe changes that occur in matter.

• A: Vinegar and Soda Balloons
• B: Physical Change, Chemcal Change

POLYMERS

• A: Outrageous Ooze

CHROMOTOGRAPHY

• A: Black Magic
• A: Variation on Paper Chromotography

Language

• Bubbliography

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Second Grade Physics

Benchmark #1: Identify common types and uses of energy.

SECTION ONE:  LIGHT

• Animation- Light and Dark
• Animation-Light and Shadow
• A: Pringles Pinhole
• A: Up Periscope
• Science of Light
• B: Light

SECTION TWO:  SOUND

• Animation-Changing Sounds
• The Sound Site
• A: Ear Guitar
• A: Bax guitar
• A: Candemoniun
• Sound

From the Science of Sound at galaxy.net

• A: Mysterious Magic
• A: Moving Molecules
• A: Wonderful Waves
• A: Redirecting Ripples
• A: Animal Challenge 1
• A: Animal Challenge 2
• A: Animal Challenge 3
• A: Animal Challenge 4
• A: Perfect Pitch
• A: Groovy Guitars
• A: Vibrating Violins
• A: Great gongs
• A: Beat the Drum
• A: Radical Reeds
• A: Terrific Telephones
• A: Sonic Speed
• A: Super Sonar

SECTION THREE:  HEAT

• A: More about Hot Water over Cold
• B: Heat

SECTION FOUR:  ELECTRICITY

• A: Static Electricity Activities
• A: Electricity and Safety
• A: Static Rolling Pop Can

Benchmark #1: Describe an object's motion and how to affect its movement.

SECTION FIVE:  MAGNETS

• B: Electricity
• B: Magnetism

Craft

• Magnet animals
• Color Kaleidoscopes art project

Social Studies

• Just Turn it Off - importance of saving energy

For Very Capable Students

• Magnify It!

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Third Grade Physics

Benchmark #1: Identify common types and uses of energy.

Benchmark #1: Describe an object's motion and how to affect its movement.

SECTION ONE: SIMPLE MACHINES

• A: Simple Machines On-Line Activities
• A: Simple Machines
• A: See Saw Physics - Levers
• A: Assessment
• A: The Incredible Lever
• B: Simple Machines Glossary Page
• B: Levers

SECTION TWO: AIR AND WATER PRESSURE

• A: Classify Objects that Float or Sink
• A: Whirling Wonders
• A: Bernoulli Ball from the Exploratorium
• A: Bernoulli Levitator
• A: Flying Hoops
• A: Spinning Blimps

SECTION THREE: FRICTION AND GRAVITY

Inertia

• A: Balancing Stick - Inertia
• A: Spinning Blimps
• A: Running Stop--Inertia
• A: Animal Crash--Inertia
• A: Swing and Jump--Inertia
• A: Penny in a Glass--Inertia
• A: Coin Flick
• A: Reluctant Movers
• A: Inertia Demonstrations
• A: Inertia Demonstrations

Gravity

• A: What Goes Up Investigation
• A: Jungle Gym Drop
• A: Assessment
• A: Butterfly Balancer

Friction

• A: Dirtmeister Investigates Friction

Pendulums

• Swing Set Physics
• Assessment
• Momentum Machine
• Make a Roly Poly

Very Capable Students:

• Balloon Propulsion
• File Card Bridges
• Geodesic Gumdrops

From SMILE

• The Soup Roll
• Newton's Third Law
• Super Ball Physics
• Newton's Third Law
• St. Patrick's Day Pull toy

Curriculum Connections

• Math and Physics
• Literature Links for Air Pressure
• Performing Arts for Air Pressure
• Social Studies for Air Pressure
• Language Arts for Air Pressure

Spanish Resources

• El agua que se Escapa

Very Capable Students

• Making Objects Move
• Measure the rate of rolling objects
• Plan, build, and test a ramp

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Fourth Grade Chemistry

SECTION ONE: INTRODUCE MATTER

SECTION TWO: STATES OF MATTER

Benchmark #2: Identify substances as they exist in different states of matter.

• TB: Changes of State Transitions
• B: What is Matter?
• D, SB: STATES OF MATTER FACT SHEET
• BBC: Fact Sheet
• BBC: Activity (Slide Show)
• BBC: Test

Benchmark #2: Describe the ability of matter to change state by heating and cooling.

• A: Viscosity of Ketchup
• A: Kitchen Chemistry using food
• A: Candy Chromotography
• A: Vinegar and Soda in a Baggie
• A: Copper Caper
• A: Use vinegar to clean pennies
• B: Advanced from Encarta
• B: Advanced from Chem 101

SECTION THREE: PROPERTIES OF MATTER

• A: Magic liquids with cabbage juice
• A: Density with a Mylar Balloon
• B: Sticky Water

POLYMERS

• A: Outrageous Ooze - Oobleck
• B: Oobleck and Glurch, the "other" polymers

Famous Scientists

• Famous Chemists

Spanish Resources

• El Anti Enchastre
• Super Moka

Very Capable Students:

• Salt Volcano
• Glitter Globe
• Use cabbage juice to write secret messages
• Make a Glitter Bottle

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Fifth Grade Physics

Benchmark #2: Identify forms of various types of energy and their effects on matter.

SECTION ONE: LIGHT

• A: Blind Spot
• A: Up Periscope
• A: Reflecting Rainbows using CD's
• A: Variation on Kaleidoscopes
• Science of Light
• B: I Spy the Eye
• B: The Retina
• B: Visual Pathways
• B: Do You Wear Glasses?
• B: Encarta: Light

SECTION TWO: SOUND

• L: Sound Themes Page
• L: How Sound Gets Around
• A: Groovy Guitars
• A: Vibrating Violins
• A: Great Gongs
• A: Radical Reeds
• A: Bonkos
• A: Secret Bells
• A: Ear Guitar
• B: The Ear
• B: Encarta: Sound

SECTON THREE: HEAT

Benchmark #2: Describe examples of energy transfer.

• A/B: Atmospheric Processes - Radiation
• A/B: What is a Greenhouse?
• A: Fire Sandwich - variation on Candle Quencher
• A: Variation on Hot Water Over Cold
• A: Cold Metal and Warm Wood
• B: Encarta: Heat
• B: Structure of the Skin
• B: Pain and Why it Hurts

THERMAL CONDUCTORS FROM THE BBC

• FACT SHEET
• Activity (Slide Show)
• Worksheet
• Test

SECTIONS FOUR AND FIVE: ELECTROMAGNETISM

Benchmark #2: Identify examples of magnetism and gravity exerting force on a object.

• A: Remote Control Roller
• A: Variation on static pie pan
• A: Magnetism unit
• A: Variation on static experiments
• B: Electric Safety on Line
• B: Encarta: Electricity
• B: Encarta: Magnetism

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS FROM THE BBC

• FACT SHEET
• Activity (Slide Show)
• Worksheet
• Test

Famous Scientists

• All About Albert Einstein
• Famous Physicists

Spanish Resources

• Illusions from the Exploratorium

Very Capable Students

• Edison and the Light Bulb
• Fact Monster: Light
• Fact Monster: Sound
• Fact Monster: Heat
• Fact Monster: Electricity
• Fact Monster: Magnetism
• Conservation of Electricity
• Pringle Pinhole
• Anti gravity mirror
• Reflecting Light

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Sixth Grade Chemistry

SECTION ONE: PHYSICAL CHANGE
Benchmark #3:  Compare physical and chemical changes.
 
SECTION TWO:  STUDY OF WATER
Benchmark #3:  Compare properties of specific substances.

• Three dimensional models of common molecules
• Explore a 3-D model of water molecules.

 
SECTION THREE:  POLYMERS
Benchmark #3:  Compare properties of specific substances.
 
SECTION FOUR:  CHEMCIAL CHANGE
Benchmark #3:  Compare physical and chemical changes.

• A: Ripening Fruits and Vegetables
• A: Keep Your Eggs White
• A: Make Your Own Toothpaste
• A: Crunching on Some Iron
• A: Fun with Fizz
• A: The pH Factor
• A: Change state on line
• A: Baking Soda, Vinegar, and a Balloon
• B: States of Matter
• B: Compounds
• B: Acids and Bases
• B: Solutions
• B: All About Soil Moist

SOLUTIONS AND SUSPENSIONS - BBC

• FACT SHEET
• Activity (Slide Show)
• Worksheet
• Test
• B: Quantum Model
• B: Glossary
• B: Build Your Own Molecules
• B: All About Baking Soda
• B: Baking Soda and Vinegar - exothermic or endothermic?
• B: Baking Soda and Vinegar - a double displacement reaction
• B: Periodic Table of Elements
• B: Discovery of the Electron

Tie Chemistry and recycling into Earth Day

Very Capable Students

• Concepts in Science through Molecular Modeling
• Periodical Table of Comic books
• Spectroscope of an Atom
• Atom Models with Paper
• Formula weight or molecular weight.
• Atomic weights and atomic numbers.
• Electron Configuration
• Common Elements Alphabetically
• Periodic Chart
• B: Elements from the Periodic Table
• B: Periodic Table to print and variations
• B: History of the periodic table
• B: Rutherford Model
• B: Bohr Model

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Seventh Grade Motion

Benchmark #3:  Compare forms and behaviors of various 
forms of energy.
Benchmark #3:  Describe and explain various energy transfers 
and resulting transformations.
Benchmark #3:  Explain interactions between force and matter 
and relationships among force, mass, and motion.
 
SECTION ONE:  INTRODUCTION TO MOTION

• A: Measuring Average Speed
• B: CHEM TUTOR - Area And Volume
• B: CHEM TUTOR - Time and Mass
• B: CHEM TUTOR - Force and Weight
• B: CHEM TUTOR - Velocity and Acceleration
• B: CHEM TUTOR - Pressure and Density
• B: Measuring Speed
• I: Relative Motion (Frame of Reference)
• I: Motion with Constant Acceleration
• B: Average vs. Instantaneous Speed

Projectile Motion

• A: Roller Coaster Applet
• I: Projectile Motion Applet
• B: Projectile Motion Applet
• A: Film Canister Rockets
• A: Film Canister Rockets
• I: Parabola Applet
• B: Parabolas
• B: Roller Coaster Physics
• B: Amusement Park Physics
• B: Centrifugal Force - NOT!
• B: All About the Parabola

Gravity

• A: Gravity in an Elevator
• A: Free Falling
• A: Why Microgravity?
• A: Way to Grow!
• A: The Spine in Space
• A: Get a Leg Up

Potential and Kinetic Energy

• A: Series of Lessons
• A: Create a raceway
• B: Foucault's Pendulum
• B: Basic Terms - Potential
• B: Basic Terms - Kinetic

SECTION TWO: NEWTON'S FIRST LAW

• A: Penny Movie
• B: Newton's Three Laws

Friction

• A: Wine Glass Movie
• B: Hockey and Ice
• B: Brakes and Steering, Bicycles

Momentum

• A: Energy Transfer
• I: Conservation of Momentum Pendulum
• A: Newton's Cradle Applet
• A: Elastic and Inelastic Collision Applet
• A: Bouncing Balls
• A: Basketball
• A: Conservation of Angular Momentum Pendulum Applet
• B: Physics of Astro-Blaster
• B: Momentum

SECTION THREE: NEWTON'S SECOND AND THIRD LAWS OF MOTION

• I: Push a Rhino Applet
• I: Newton's Second Law Applet
• B: Acceleration and Forces
• A: Balloon and a Straw

SECTION FOUR: WORK AND MACHINES

• I: Pulley System Applet
• I: Lever Principle Applet
• I: Inclined Plane Applet
• A: Invent with Simple Machines
• A: Sketch Machines
• B: Simple Machines
• B: Leonardo's Inventions

SECTION FIVE: AIR AND WATER PRESSURE

 

Air Pressure

• A: Rocket Launcher Simulation
• A: Glider Characteristics
• A: Wing Design
• A: Waterworks
• A: Bernoulli Ball
• A: Kites and Kite Flying
• A: Peter's Kite Site
• B: How a Hot Air Balloon Works
• B: How a pressurized airplane cabin works
• B: How vacuum cleaners work
• B: What does it mean when a barometer rises or falls?
• B: Professor Kite
• Social Studies: Daniel Bernoulli

Water Pressure

• Lewis and Clark Then and Now: Boats and Buoyancy
• A: Magic Diving Sub
• I: Hydrostatic Pressure in Liquids Applet
• I: Buoyant Force in Liquids Applet
• B: Falling Bodies
• B: How Bridges Work

Very Capable Students

• B: Stupid Movie Physics

Sports

• B: Bernoulli and Sports

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Eighth Grade Physics

Benchmark #3:  Compare forms and behaviors of various forms of energy.
Benchmark #3:  Describe and explain various energy transfers and resulting transformations.
 
SECTION ONE:  WAVES

• B: Ocean Waves
• B: Tsunami Frequently Asked Questions

From the Physics Classroom

• B: Waves and Wavelike Motion
• B: What is a Wave?
• B: Categories of Waves
• B: Anatomy of a Wave
• B: Frequency and Period
• B: Energy Transport and Amplitude
• B: Speed of a Wave
• B: Wave Equation
• B: Boundary Behavior
• B: Reflection, Refraction, and Diffraction
• B: Interference of Waves
• B: Waves Generated by Moving Sources
• B: Traveling Waves vs. Standing Waves
• B: Formation of Standing Waves
• B: Nodes and Anti-nodes

PENDULUMS

• I: Applet of Pendulum - Adjust for Mass
• I: Applet of Pendulum - Adjust for Length
• I: Applet of Simple Harmonic Motion
• I: Applet of Harmonic Motion and Circular Motion
• I: Applet of Bouncing Ball - Period
• I: Applet of Bouncing Ball - Period
• I: Applet of Bouncing Ball - Amplitude
• I: Applet of Bouncing Ball - Frequency
• I: Sine Wave Applet
• I: Simple Pendulum
• I: Spring Pendulum
• I: Coupled Pendula
• I: Resonance - Forced Oscillations
• I: Ripple Tank Simulation

Descriptions of the California State Science Fair Projects

SECTION TWO:  SOUND
 
Benchmark #3:  Compare forms and behaviors of various 
forms of energy.
Benchmark #3:  Describe and explain various energy transfers 
and resulting transformations.

• L: Human Body Senses - Hearing
• A: Straw Oboes
• B: Powers of Ten
• B: Signals froma Hair Cell
• B: Value of Having Two Ears