Middle School Physical Science

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Middle School Earth Science

Middle School Life Science

Physics A First Course

Foundations of Physical Science 3rd Edition

Foundations of Physical Science with Earth & Space

Foundations of Physics

Physical, Earth, and Space Science

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CPO Science Summer Institutes

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Unit 1: The Physical Sciences

Chapter 1: What Physics and Chemistry Are About

Section 1.1

Section 1.2

Section 1.3

Chapter 2: Science and Measurement

Section 2.1

Section 2.2

Section 2.3

Unit 2: Motion and Force

Unit 3: Laws of Motion and Energy

Unit 4: Electricity, Sound, and Light

Unit 5: Matter

Unit 6: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds

Unit 7: Changes in Matter

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Student Textbook: Student Edition Table of Contents (389KB PDF)
Student Edition Sample Chapter (9.66MB PDF)

Teacher Guide: Teachers Edition Sample Chapter (635KB PDF)

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Unit 1

1.1: Introduction to Physical Science

1.2: Describing the Physical World

2.1: Inquiry

2.2: Steps to Solve a Physics Problem

Unit 2

3.2: How to Make a Graph

4: Forces

Unit 3

5: Newton’s Laws of Motion

6: Energy and Work

7.2: The Solar System

7.3 1: Anatomy of the Sun

7.3 2: Stars

Unit 4

8: Electric Currents and Magnets

9.2: Wave Interactions

10.2: How the Human Eye sees Light and Color

10.3: How Light is Affected by Matter

Unit 5

11.1: The Phases of Matter

11.2: Heat Transfer

12.2: Buoyancy

12.3: Mechanical Properties

Unit 6

13.1: The Atom

14.2: Physical vs. Chemical Properties of Matter

15.1: Compounds and Mixtures

Unit 7

16.2: Acids vs. Bases

17.1: A Chemical Reaction

17.2 1: Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

17.2 2: Types of Chemical Reactions

18: Biological Molecules

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