Hands-On Physics Activities with Real-Life Applications

This comprehensive collection of nearly 200 investigations, demonstrations, mini-labs, and other activities uses everyday examples to make physics concepts easy to understand. For quick access, materials are organized into eight units covering Measurement, Motion, Force, Pressure, Energy & Momentum, Waves, Light, and Electromagnetism. Each lesson contains an introduction with common knowledge examples, reproducible pages for students, a "To the Teacher" information section, and a listing of additional applications students can relate to. Over 300 illustrations add interest and supplement instruction.

About the Authors. About the Resource. UNIT ONE: MEASUREMENT. Units. Indirect Measurement. Scaling. UNIT TWO: MOTION. Center of Mass. Inertia. Velocity and Acceleration. Periodic Motion. UNIT THREE: FORCE. Force. Buoyant Force. Friction. Torque. UNIT FOUR: PRESSURE. Air Pressure. Vapor Pressure. Fluid Pressure. Fluids in Motion. UNIT FIVE: ENERGY AND MOMENTUM. Work and Power. Potential and Kinetic Energy. Momentum. Machines. UNIT SIX: WAVES. Waves. Sound. Transmission of Sound. Frequency and Wavelength of Sound. Wave Properties of Sound. UNIT SEVEN: LIGHT. Reflection. Refraction. Interference and Diffraction. Polarization. Optics. Color. UNIT EIGHT: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM. Electrostatics. Circuits. Magnetism. Electromagnetism. Appendix. Index of concepts to investigate..