Physical+Science

"Cog" [|video] (in the spirit of hoping it all comes together in the end)

Wiki Wiki (start with [|Edublogs] to set up an ad-free K-12 wiki - even if you [|rarely blog])


 * GENERAL RESOURCES**
 * [|TRIP]** Lesson plans and resources, aligned to MCPSS courses of study


 * [|United Streaming]** Videos, video clips, images, daily calendar of events and more. To set up an account, start with the Discovery Education Streaming icon at the bottom of [|www.aptv.org/aptplus]. Contact your media specialist or technology resource teacher for the necessary pass code.

[|Learner.org] - Annenburg Media: Teacher resources and teacher professional development programming across the curriculum. Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. Set up a free account for access to Video on Demand, including "[|A Private Universe]" "[|Minds of Our Own]".


 * The Physics Front provides high quality resources for the teaching of physics and physical sciences courses:** [|**http://www.thephysicsfront.org/index.cfm**]**?**

The comPADRE Pathway, a part of the National Science Digital Library, is a growing network of educational resource collections supporting teachers and students in Physics and Astronomy: [] American Association of Physics Teachers: []

Lots of ideas and demos for 8th grade physical science: []

This website has free for the downloading and use PowerPoints for just about everything. [] Leigh :)

http://phet.colorado.edu/new/index.php [|Virtual Labs and Simulations] [|ChemCollective]- Including a [|web-based version] of the [|Irydium Project] Virtual Lab http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/juicebar.html - good acid base lab http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/pages/blasto.html - good for projectile motion http://concave.stc.arizona.edu/thepoint/ Great web site for electromagnetic spectrum, frequency, amplitude, equilibrium, etc. Setting up a roller coaster: []
 * VIRTUAL LABS**

[|Inquiry into acids and bases] [|Illustration of the effects of surface area on a chemical reaction] [|ChemCollective] [|Webelements] - robust online periodic table [|Periodic Table of Videos] (videos linked from YouTube - There is an [|unblocked version]) [] Electron-Dot [] Electron-Dot [] Electron-Dot - How to draw Balancing chemical reactions: [|http://sciencespot.net/Pages/classchem.html#Anchor8]
 * CHEMISTRY RESOURCES**

http://web.cvcaroyals.org/~rheckathorn/ Lots of Physics links [|http://a2l.physics.umass.edu] Great site to find out what students do and don't know [|The Physics Classroom Tutorial] [|Roller Coaster Physics] [|convection currents video] [|This is part II of the convection currents] [|How to Build a Catapult] (wikipedia) Honda commercial if you haven't - it is only 2 minutes long, but is awesome!: [|http://autorepair.about.com/library/multimedia/hhonda-ad-300k.swf] [] Wave animations - Choose Longitudinal and Transverse Waves [|2681303207&kwid=tsunami%20video|2681303207&gclid=COT_m_S_85oCFQwxawodvT0QcQ] (National Geographic Video on Tsunamis) [] Interactive Electromagnetic Spectrum
 * PHYSICS RESOURCES**

Keven, you can see a lot of force & motion demos here: []

For demos in other areas of physics, look here: []

Good site on energy conversions and transormation: []

Heck's Physics --- all levels including middle and high: http://web.cvcaroyals.org/~rheckathorn/

You won't find better resources for helping you teach energy than the resources at the NEED Project ([|www.need.org]). Ms Legrone website MGM [] Good Physics and Chemistry videos from Georgia Public Broadcasting []

Please check out the new resources and model unit on waves at [|http://ThePhysicsFront.org] digital library. There are some lesson plans, animations, video for analysis, assessments, etc that should be of use to you.

http://sizzlingscience.wikispaces.com/ Link to fast paced CRT Review games