physical sciences

Introduces the concepts of motion and balance to students in grades five through eight, providing a definition of motion, and discussing balancing forces, relative motion, Newton's three laws of motion, inertia, net force, and other topics. Includes experiments and reviews.

Learn about the forces that allow for flight: lift, gravity, thrust and drag, as well as the role atoms and air pressure play. Includes hands-on activity.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on sound, using visuals and experiments to discuss sound waves, longitudinal waves, amplitude, wavelength and frequency, eardrums, echolocation, the speed of sound, density, and elasticity. Includes review segments.

Learn that all objects are made of matter, and all matter can be described with these basic scientific properties: mass, weight, volume and density. Each property is described. Hands-on activity.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on forces, using visuals and experiments to discuss friction, gravity, electromagnetism, nuclear forces, Newton's laws of motion, and pressure.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on gravity, using visuals and experiments to discuss mass, weight, distance, Galileo, air resistance, parachutes, terminal velocity, and G-force. Includes review segments.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to the properties of matter, such as color, shape, size, mass, weight, volume, and density; identifies the four phases of matter; and discusses the idea of chemical properties. Includes experiments and reviews.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on magnetism, using visuals and experiments to discuss poles, magnetic fields, domains, spinning atoms, the use of magnetism in music, compasses, and Earth's magnetic field. Includes review segments.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in chemistry, focusing on the periodic table, using visuals and experiments to discuss atoms, elements, electrons, periods and groups, metals, metalloids, and nonmetals. Includes review segments.

Introduces students to key concepts in chemistry, focusing on atoms and molecules, using visuals and experiments to discuss the atom, electric charge, elements, the periodic table, chemical bonds, covalent bonding, ionic bonding, and phases of matter. Includes review segments.