Physical Science 4-6 Part 2 is a video and program for elementary teachers that covers heat, light, sound and electricity / magnetism. The video comes with a printed outline that includes lesson plans, observational activities and experiments.
Section 1 - Heat (24 min):
- Expansion of solids, liquids and gases
- Model thermometer
- Thermostat, heat devices
- Transfer-conduction, convection, radiation
- Applications
- Insulators
Section 2 - Light (23 min):
- Reflection
- Refraction
- Prisms, rainbows and the spectrum
- Lenses-concave and convex
- Pinhole camera
- Mirrors-concave and convex
- Other radiation
- Safety
- Speed of light
Section 3 - Sound (13 min):
- Quality, harmonics
- Speed of sound
- Vibrations and frequency
- Sound devices
- Miscellaneous ideas
- Safety
Section 4 - Electricity / Magnetism (33 min):
- Static electricity
- Current electricity
- Batteries and bulbs
- Series and parallel circuits
- Switches
- Resistance
- Electromagnetic fields
- Generating electricity
- Magnetic strength
- Writing a lab report
View a sample observational experiment from the "Physical Science 4-6" section in the teacher handbook.
- Grades: 4-6
- Running Time: 1 hr 34 min
- Includes: VHS video and printed teaching outline
- Copyright: 1986