physical sciences

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physical sciences

Changes in the properties of matter

physical and chemical
2004
Amanda takes her friend Kyle to a science store where the owner helps them understand the physical and chemical properties of matter, and the processes, such as rusting or burning, by which those properties change.

Electricity

2003
Presents an introduction to electricity, as the residents of Mammoth Island learn about everything from lightbulbs to trains during the annual lemon harvest, including information on computer circuits, music systems, and television sets.

Motion & balance

2000
Explores the forces of motion and balance and what causes them, including concepts such as inertia, velocity and acceleration.

What is energy?

2006
Learn the basics of 5 forms of energy: heat, mechanical, chemical, electromagnetic and nuclear. Also the concepts of potential and kinetic energy, renewable and non-renewable resources, work, conduction, convection and radiation. Hands-on demonstrations.

Rock 'n learn

2008
Marko the Pencil takes learners on a journey to his Super Science Station to learn about lab safety, scienntific method, atoms, and their parts, molecules, states of matter, physical and chemical changes, and much more.

All about sound

2000
Learn about sound from the source that creates it to the mechanics of the ear that hears it. Discover why sound needs a medium to travel, why there's none in space and why some animals see by using sound. Hands-on activity.

Physical science

2002
A visual encyclopedia of topics in the physical sciences, including chemistry, physics, the universe, and the solar system.

What is energy?

2000
Learn the basics of 5 forms of energy: heat, mechanical, chemical, electromagnetic and nuclear. Also the concepts of potential and kinetic energy, renewable and non-renewable resources, work, conduction, convection and radiation. Hands-on demonstrations.

All about simple machines

2000
Introduces the concepts of forces, work, and how machines are used to make work easier, with descriptions of six simple machines, including the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, inclined plane, screw, and wedge.

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