PHYSICAL SCIENCE LINKS

Scientific Method

Scientific Method - Mr. Hayhurst's site outlining steps - appropriate for middle and high ability 6th graders

Measures

Measures-Mr- Hayhurst's site
MeasuresGovernment site-very informative-appropriate for middle school
Metrics-Frontier High School metric site includes SI units and dicussion of standards
Metrics-Mr.Logans'metric site-contains history and prefix values.

Matter

Matter-Mr. Hayhurstsite on"What substances are make up substances".
Properties of Matter-Frontier High School site some good info relevant to middle school and more advanced
Phases of Matter-Frontier High School site with good facts relevant to middle school and some advanced.
Atoms-Mr.Hayhurst site ,no fluff, clear cut facts relevant to middle school
Atoms-Great Atom Graphic- good for overhead and power point -site by Steve Gagnon.
Periodic Table- Hayhurst site has a good graphic and pretest relevant to middle school
Periodic Table-Louisiana State University, Department of Chemistry tutorial- history of the periodic table and divions and properties- most info middle school relevant
Periodic Table-Mr. Williams compilation site of middle grade info on the table
Comic Book Periodic Table-Awesome site from Department of Chemistry at University of Kentucky- Elements are superheros and their powers are their properties
Periodic Table-Los Alamos National Laboratory's site with good background for teachers and Middle graders
Periodic Table Tetris
Elements-Frontier High school site on common symbols and writing formulas
Forces in an Atom-Frontier High school site-advanced middle school and higher relevance
Elements,Compounds,Mixtures(hetero, Homo)-Utah State 8th Grade Integrated Science Core Curriculum Page contains definitions of each (pure substance,element, compound, mixture hetero and homo...)
Elements,Compounds,Mixtures(hetero, Homo) -Mr Williams' compilation of 6th grade relevant info from the above pages
,Compounds & Mixtures Lab(cheesie but effective) -Mr. Williams Mixture activity- simple but effective
Matter in Solution-Mr. Williams' site containing basic notes and definitions

Acids and Bases

Acids and Bases-A Mr. Williams compilation of middle grade relevantinfo from the web
Acids and Bases-Hayhurst site with middle grade relevance and higher
Chemistry Tutorials(High School level)-Wilto High School site very thorough and a good teacher resource but too advanced as is for middle graders
Acids and Bases-Ready to print homework assignment and very good note page and online quizz

Motion

Projectile Motion-Great site with monkey and banana gun animation explaining the rate of acceleration of falling objects and projectiles
Gravity-Schoolhouse Rock sound clip, multi-media and lyrics
Harmonic Motion (okay its an online pendulum)-You swing it and change the length of the string- good visual
Harmonic Motion (okay its an online pendulum)-You swing it and change the Mass- good visual
Motion-Kurtus Technologies site pretty advanced but good resource on linear motion
Newton's Laws of Motion-Mr Williams site stating only the laws
Movement-Frontier High School site quite indepth for middle grades but good basic definitions
Pressure-

Simple Machines

Work and Power-Frontier High School site very relevant to middle grades
Simple Machines-Mr. Williams QCC correlated site very thorough and contains many graphics

Energy

Energy-Frontier Site very good definition content and content for higher level middle grades
Energy-Schoolhouse Rock sound clip, multi-media and lyrics
Energy-What is energy?-California Education Dept- it has it all for middle school
Energy-Awesome resource on energy types including alternatives

Light and Sound

Waves-Frontier site-Perfect thorough site for middle grades- has some good graphics
Light-Frontier site-Perfect thorough site for middle grades And More

Electricity and Magnetism

Magnetism Brief overview-Williams study guide
Magnetism-
agnetism-Great site very relevant to Middle Grade Qcc
Magnetism and Electricity- Very thorough online lessons from Ron Kurtus -includes testing questions
Magnetism - NASA, International Solar-Terrestriall Physics
Magnets - University of Michigan
Magnetism - Physics 1160, Eastern Illinois Univerrsity
Magnetics - Colorado School of Mines
How Electric Motors Work - How Stuff Works
DC Motors - Motorola
Motors - Bizarre Stuff -diagrams>
Stripped Down Motor - The Exploratorium
xploring the Earth's Magnetosphere - University of New Hampshire
Electricity Brief overview-Williams
Generating Electricity- Java animation of a generator/electromagnetic induction
Electricity-Schoolhouse Rock sound clip, multi-media and lyrics

Electricity-Basic info on circuits,static electricity,conductors,insulators,safety
Electricity-
Electricity Physical danger of electricity
Electricity-Generating of Electricity, The History of Electricity, Present-Day Electricity, Future of Electricity, Miscellaneous Facts about Electricity, Electrical Jokes

Other very useful PS sites

Physical Science Pacing-Thanks Frontier - Need help with pacing and lessons your year- here it is!

Try ScienceA Fun Science site

Bad Physics
Bad Science
Ideas for PS teachers in Middle
PSLessons
Lasers
World Of Science
PubScience A national searchable Science database