physical sciences

Amanda takes her friend Kyle to a science store where the owner helps them understand the physical and chemical properties of matter, and the processes, such as rusting or burning, by which those properties change.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to the properties of matter, such as color, shape, size, mass, weight, volume, and density; identifies the four phases of matter; and discusses the idea of chemical properties. Includes experiments and reviews.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on gravity, using visuals and experiments to discuss mass, weight, distance, Galileo, air resistance, parachutes, terminal velocity, and G-force. Includes review segments.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, using visuals and experiments to explain light waves, the electromagnetic spectrum, light behavior, transparency, translucence, reflection, refraction, and colors.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on the characteristics of waves, using visuals and experiments to discuss vibrations, mechanical and electromagnetic waves, transverse and longitudinal waves, amplitude and wave length, frequency, reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference. Includes review segments.

Introduces students in grades five through eight to key concepts in physics, focusing on sound, using visuals and experiments to discuss sound waves, longitudinal waves, amplitude, wavelength and frequency, eardrums, echolocation, the speed of sound, density, and elasticity. Includes review segments.

Presents an introduction to electricity, as the residents of Mammoth Island learn about everything from lightbulbs to trains during the annual lemon harvest, including information on computer circuits, music systems, and television sets.

Explores the forces of motion and balance and what causes them, including concepts such as inertia, velocity and acceleration.

Bill explains fluids as stuff that can bend, squish, flow, move, dodge or mosey out of the way without breaking or separating. He offers the examples of ocean currents and weather patterns.Comedy, interviews with scientists and hands-on experiments.

Learn the basics of 5 forms of energy: heat, mechanical, chemical, electromagnetic and nuclear. Also the concepts of potential and kinetic energy, renewable and non-renewable resources, work, conduction, convection and radiation. Hands-on demonstrations.