PHYSICAL SCIENCE

By I. ALORR

CHAPTER 1: THEORY BEHIND THE BOOK CHAPTER 2: USING THE BOOK AND THE STORIES CHAPTER 3: USING THIS BOOK IN DIFFERENT WAYS CHAPTER 4: SCIENCE AND LITERACY THE STORIES AND BACKGROUND MATERIALS FOR TEACHERS CHAPTER 5: GRANDFATHER’S CLOCK (PHYSICS: PERIODIC MOTION AND EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN) CHAPTER 6: THE CROOKED SWING (PHYSICS: ENGINEERING APPLICATION OF PENDULUMS, IMPROVING A PRODUCT) CHAPTER 7: THE MAGIC BALLOON (PHYSICS: GAS AND TEMPERATURE LAWS) CHAPTER 8: BOCCE, ANYONE? (PHYSICS: MOVING BODIES AND RAMPS) CHAPTER 9: COOLING OFF (PHYSICS: MIXING DIFFERENT TEMPERATURE LIQUIDS) CHAPTER 10: WARM CLOTHES (PHYSICS: TEMPERATURE VS HEAT) CHAPTER 11: PARTY MELTDOWN (PHYSICS: HEAT TRANSFER: CONDUCTION) CHAPTER 12: HOW COLD IS COLD? (PHYSICS: THERMODYNAMICS WITH ICE) CHAPTER 13: DANCING POPCORN (PHYSICS: DENSITY AND BUOYANCY) CHAPTER 14: COLOR THIEVES (PHYSICS: LIGHT, VISION, COLOR) CHAPTER 15: A MIRROR BIG ENOUGH (PHYSICS: VISION, REFLECTION, MIRRORS) CHAPTER 16: STUCK! (PHYSICS: STATIC AND DYNAMIC FRICTION) CHAPTER 17: ST BERNARD PUPPY (PHYSICS: PRESSURE, WEIGHT, MASS) CHAPTER 18: ICED TEA (CHEMISTRY: DISSOLVING, SOLUTIONS AND TEMPERATURE) CHAPTER 19: PASTA IN A HURRY (CHEMISTRY: EFFECT OF SALT ON BOILING TEMPERATURE) CHAPTER 20: THE MAGNET DERBY (PHYSICS: TESTING MAGNET STRENGTH) CHAPTER 21: THE COOKIE DILEMMA (CHEMISTRY: TESTING FOR CHEMICALS) CHAPTER 22: SWEET TALK (CHEMISTRY: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MELTING AND DISSOLVING) CHAPTER 23: THE SLIPPERY GLASS (WEATHER: CONDENSATION AND HUMIDITY) CHAPTER 24: FLORIDA CARS (CHEMISTRY: RUSTING AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS) CHAPTER 25: THE NEIGHBORHOOD TELEPHONE SYSTEM