Investigations, CPO Focus on Physical Science, an Integrated Middle School Series

Table of Contents......Page 7
1A Inquiry and Scientific Evidence......Page 9
1B Measuring Time and Distance......Page 11
2A Systems and Variables......Page 14
2B Making Predictions From a Graph......Page 16
3A Energy......Page 18
3B Mass and Indirect Measurement......Page 20
4A Density......Page 23
4B Sink or Float......Page 27
5A The Phases of Matter......Page 29
5B Phase Changes......Page 31
6A The Atom......Page 33
6B Isotopes and Radioactivity......Page 36
7A The Periodic Table......Page 39
7B Periodic Table Group Challenge......Page 41
8A Chemical Bonds......Page 44
8B Molecules and Compounds......Page 46
9A Solubility......Page 49
9B Acids, Bases and pH......Page 51
10A Chemical Reactions......Page 53
10B Conservation of Mass......Page 55
11A Organic Chemistry......Page 57
11B The Structure of DNA......Page 59
12A Distance, Time, and Speed......Page 61
12B Motion with Changing Speed......Page 64
13A Forces......Page 67
13B Equilibrium......Page 70
14A Newton’s Third Law......Page 72
14B Newton’s Second Law......Page 74
15A The Size of the Solar System......Page 76
15B The Sizes of the Planets......Page 78
16A Distance and Brightness......Page 81
16B Spectroscopy......Page 84
17A The Milky Way Galaxy......Page 86
17B The Time Machine......Page 87
Safety Skills......Page 90
Writing a Lab Report......Page 96
Measuring Length......Page 99
Measuring Temperature......Page 103
Calculating Volume......Page 105
Measuring Volume......Page 109
Measuring Mass with a Triple Beam Balance......Page 110
Recording Observations in the Lab......Page 113
Physics Stand......Page 117
Atom Building Game......Page 119
Energy Car......Page 120