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Exploring the World of Physics
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036334
ISBN
9780890514665
Grade 6-9
Christian/Religious
Low Teacher Involvement
Visual
Conceptual/Topical
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Description
14 chapters cover motion, the Laws of Motion, gravity, simple machines, energy, heat, states of matter, save motion, light, electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, nuclear energy, and future physics. The early chapters incorporate plenty of scientific history, and include biographical details of Aristotle, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler, and others.
Category Description for Survey of Science History & Concepts
Following the suggested schedule in the planner for the Explore Series (180 lessons), students will complete the course in one year, but they only receive ½ credit if done at the high school level (with the exception of Survey of Science, which is one full credit).These are transitioning from Parent Lesson Planners to Teacher Guides.
Details
| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 6-9 |
| Brand: | Master Book Publishers |
| Author: | John Hudson Tiner |
| ISBN: | 9780890514665 |
| Length in Inches: | 11 |
| Width in Inches: | 8.5 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.5 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 1 |
| Edition: | Illustrated |
| Pages: | 160 |
| Publication Date: | 5/6/2013 |
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Does it include many experiments or hands-on activities?
I don’t recall any experiments or hands on activities in this series. It does have multiple choice/ true false questions at the end of each chapter. I like to use these books in conjunction with other material. They are fairly interesting for a science book and well written. They aren’t too deep or complicated. I think they are a good upper elementary/ middle school introduction, but I don’t think they can stand alone as a curriculum. We read these with biographies of scientists. I also had an old book that was chemistry experiments for children. We read the chemistry book along with that. To sum up, I like these books, but they need to be accompanied with other material on the subject. In my opinion, if these were read alone, it wouldn’t be the best learning experience but coupled with other material they are very good. I hope that helps.
Can these Exploring the World of...science books be used for high school credit worthy classes? Perhaps if coupled with a hands on kit? Are they in depth enough for that if using with the Memoria Press workbooks?
The Exploring the World of . . . series has a target audience of middle school (through 9th grade). The Memoria Press guides have a middle school target audience (grades 5-8). Using this series as high school credit is not a strong science option but might be acceptable depending on your state or any institution/group to which you report. Adding a hands on kit might make them more interesting and relevant but would probably not count as a high school lab.
We have used the other books and enjoyed them. They are quite approachable.
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