 Explorations in Physics: An Activity-Based Approach to Understanding the World
ISBN: 978-0-471-32424-9
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368 pages
July 2002
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Module 1: Motion, Forces, and Scientific Theories
1.1 The Measurement Process
1.2 Analyzing Motions
1.3 Force and Motion
1.4 Using Newton's Laws to Investigate the Real World
1.5 Project Ideas
Module 2: Pressure, Wind, and Weather
2.1 Forces from Gases
2.2 Measuring Pressure
2.3 Wind
2.4 Pressure and Wind Components of Simple Weather Phenomena
2.5 Project Ideas
Module 3: Heat, Temperature, and Cloud Formation
3.1 Experimenting and Hypothesizing
3.2 The Distinction between Heat and Temperature
3.3 Evaporation, Condensation, and Humidity
3.4 Cloud Formation
3.5 Project Ideas
Module 4: Light, Sight, and Rainbows
4.1 How is Information About the Outside World Transmitted to Our Eyes?
4.2 From Light to Sight
4.3 Color: How Can We See It?
4.4 The Real World -
Rainbows, Blue Skies, and Sunsets
4.5 Project Ideas
1.1 The Measurement Process
1.2 Analyzing Motions
1.3 Force and Motion
1.4 Using Newton's Laws to Investigate the Real World
1.5 Project Ideas
Module 2: Pressure, Wind, and Weather
2.1 Forces from Gases
2.2 Measuring Pressure
2.3 Wind
2.4 Pressure and Wind Components of Simple Weather Phenomena
2.5 Project Ideas
Module 3: Heat, Temperature, and Cloud Formation
3.1 Experimenting and Hypothesizing
3.2 The Distinction between Heat and Temperature
3.3 Evaporation, Condensation, and Humidity
3.4 Cloud Formation
3.5 Project Ideas
Module 4: Light, Sight, and Rainbows
4.1 How is Information About the Outside World Transmitted to Our Eyes?
4.2 From Light to Sight
4.3 Color: How Can We See It?
4.4 The Real World -
Rainbows, Blue Skies, and Sunsets
4.5 Project Ideas
