Showing posts with label High School Science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label High School Science. Show all posts

Friday, May 17, 2019

10 High School Physics and Physical Science Text Books

10 High School Physics and Physical Science Text Books

Here are 10 excellent and well written high school Physics and Physical Science text books that teach and demonstrate many topics and areas. These all have nicely illustrated graphics and images, along with internet links to supplemental content. Physics is the study of the world around us. In a sense we are more qualified to do physics than any other science. From the day we are born we study the things around us in an effort to understand how they work and relate to each other. Learning how to catch or throw a ball is a physics undertaking for example. The best approach to physics is to relate everything you learn to things you have already noticed in your everyday life. We attempt to describe things through simple rules and mathematics, which is merely the language we use. You can start with asking a simple question like ”Why is the sky blue?” which could lead you to electromagnetic waves which in turn could lead you wave particle duality and to energy levels of atoms and before long you are studying quantum mechanics or the structure of the universe.

The five similar OpenStax texts immediately below teach with real-world examples to help students grasp fundamental physics concepts. Knowledge of algebra and some trigonometry is needed, but not calculus. They include learning objectives, concept questions, links to labs and simulations, and practice opportunities for traditional physics application problems.
Mechanics Textbook (581 pgs, 8.8mb)

10 High School Physics and Physical Science Text Books
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Monday, May 13, 2019

Chemistry Textbooks and Study Materials for Middle and High School

Chemistry Textbooks and Study Materials for Middle and High School

Here are several chemistry textbooks for both middle and high school students, along with lesson and study materials with all supporting content. These will greatly help in learning this important science subject and becoming more adept at understanding chemical concepts.

Element List (1 pg, 53kb)
Periodic Table of Elements (1 pg, 870kb)
Chemistry Study Guide for Final Exam (18 pgs, 1.1mb)

Middle School Biochemistry, 4 Lessons with Activities, 4 Lessons and Activities (20 pgs, 1mb)

Middle School Biochemistry Deck (10 pages, 6 slides per page, 974kb)

Chemistry Textbook, Grade 10 (194 pgs, 1.5mb)
  1. Classification of Matter
  2. States of matter and the kinetic molecular theory
  3. The Atom
  4. The Periodic Table
  5. Chemical Bonding
  6. What are the objects around us made of
  7. Physical and Chemical Change
  8. Representing Chemical Change
  9. Reactions in Aqueous Solutions
  10. Quantitative Aspects of Chemical Change
  11. The Hydrosphere
  12. Glossary
Middle School Chemistry (740 pgs, 20mb)
  1. Matter—Solids, Liquids, and Gases
  2. Changes of State
  3. Density
  4. The Periodic Table & Bonding
  5. The Water Molecule and Dissolving
  6. Chemical Change
Chemistry Textbook, Grades 10-12 (486 pgs, 3.4mb):
  1. Classification of Matter
  2. What are the objects around us made of?
  3. The Atom
  4. Atomic Combinations
  5. Intermolecular Forces
  6. Solutions and solubility
  7. Atomic Nuclei
  8. Thermal Properties and Ideal Gases
  9. Organic Molecules
  10. Organic Macromolecules
  11. Physical and Chemical Change
  12. Representing Chemical Change
  13. Quantitative Aspects of Chemical Change
  14. Energy Changes In Chemical Reactions
  15. Types of Reactions
  16. Reaction Rates
  17. Electrochemical Reactions
  18. The Water Cycle
  19. Global Cycles: The Nitrogen Cycle
  20. The Hydrosphere
  21. The Lithosphere
  22. The Atmosphere
  23. The Chemical Industry
Beginning Chemistry Textbook (964 pgs, 5.6mb)
  1. What Is Chemistry?
  2. Measurements
  3. Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
  4. Chemical Reactions and Equations
  5. Stoichiometry and the Mole
  6. Gases
  7. Energy and Chemistry
  8. Electronic Structure
  9. Chemical Bonds
  10. Solids and Liquids
  11. Solutions
  12. Acids and Bases
  13. Chemical Equilibrium
  14. Oxidation and Reduction
  15. Nuclear Chemistry
  16. Organic Chemistry
  17. Appendix: Periodic Table of the Elements
General Chemistry (2.4mb, .chm windows help format)
A a free introductory textbook on chemistry, published as an Windows Help eBook and providing the same navigation structure as the web-based version. This makes it easier to access for beginning chemistry students.
  1. Atoms
    1. The Structure of an Atom
    2. Quantum Energy Levels In Atoms
  2. Molecules
    1. The Atomic Molecular Theory
    2. Relative Atomic Masses and
    3. Empirical Formulae
    4. The Kinetic Molecular Theory
  3. Bonding
    1. Covalent Bonding
    2. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Energy Levels
    3. Molecular Geometry and Electron Domain Theory
    4. Molecular Structure and Physical Properties
  4. Physical Chemistry
    1. The Ideal Gas Law
    2. Phase Equilibrium and Intermolecular Interactions
    3. Equilibrium and the Second Law of Thermodynamics
    4. Reaction Equilibrium in the Gas Phase
    5. Energetics of Chemical Reactions
    6. Reaction Rates
    7. Acid-Base Equilibrium
  5. Nuclear Chemistry
    1. Phosphorescence,
    2. X-rays and Radiation
    3. The Study of Radioactive Compounds
    4. Radioactive DecayTransmutation of the Element
    5. The Mass Defect
    6. Nuclear Fission
    7. Nuclear Energy
    8. Nuclear Fusion
  6. Chemical Elements
    1. Periodic Table of the Elements
    2. Hydrogen
    3. Alkali Metals
    4. Alkaline Earth Elements
    5. Transition Metals
    6. Boron Group
    7. Carbon Group
    8. Nitrogen Group
    9. Oxygen Group
    10. Halogens
    11. Noble Gases
  7. Inorganic Compounds
  8. Simple Organic Compounds
  9. Appendix
    1. Common Names of Chemical Substances
    2. pH Value
    3. Solubility Products
    4. Dissociation Constants of Acids
    5. Standard Electrode Potential
    6. Table of Dipole Moments
    7. Standard Enthalpies, Free Energies of Formation, Standard Entropies
Principles of Alchemy (Chemistry).zip (1.6mb)
This is a self-paced, self-learning text specifically designed to teach Chemistry on your computer, created by Dr. Jamie Love. Its chemistry lessons are specifically designed with the needs of home school students in mind. It is not a series of "simulation" programs that provide only a brief explanation of the science, nor does it abandon the student with a dry science book. The text has has evolved into a complete self-learning Chemistry course, tried and tested by students of a variety of ages and backgrounds and is divided into four sections, each with a computer graded exam. After completing all four sections the student takes the final exam and, once successfully completed, will receive a Diploma. In total there are 5 exams with 100 questions. Each chapter (called an "Ancient Element") contains lessons presented in dialogue style. The purpose of this style is to break away from the dry textbooks that seem to have become a standard for Science education. Problem solving is easily demonstrated and common errors in thinking are identified. A dialogue unfolds in which Chemistry is learned. To start, unzip the zip file into a new folder double-click or click on with the "alchemy1.htm" or "START HERE - Click to open in browser.htm" file.

Chemistry Textbooks and Study Materials for Middle and High School

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Friday, April 12, 2019

Lots of Astronomy Lessons, Activities and Learning Materials

Lots of Astronomy Lessons, Activities and Learning Materials

Freely available here, for all grade levels, are over 180 activities, learning guides, lessons, slide presentations and study reading documents (with discussion questions) for learning all about Astronomy and related topics. These are great educational resources for both home school and the classroom, and many of these are from NASA. A nice Astronomy Textbook for Non-Science Students is also included here.

71 Astronomy (and related) Activities and Lessons:
  • Adventures in Rocket Science Educator Guide & Activities
  • Adventures In Rocket Science Guide and Activities
  • Angles and Electricity Activity
  • Asteroid Potatoes
  • Astrobiology Learning Activities Ages 5-12
  • Aurora Educators Guide and Activities
  • Bag of Ballons Activity
  • Bag of Bones Activity
  • Blackhole Lessons
  • Blinded by the Light Activity
  • Build Your Own Satellite Activity
  • Comet Mystery Boxes Activity
  • Comet On A Stick Activity
  • Cool Suits Activity, Educator
  • Cool Suits Activity, Student
  • Design a Spacecraft on a Chip Activity
  • Design and Build Your Own Spacecraft Activity
  • Different Gravity Activity
  • Dwarf Planets Activity, Student
  • Dwarf Planets Activity, Teacher Guide
  • Earth the Universe and Culture Lesson
  • Equatorial Sundial Activity Grades 5-8
  • Expanding Universe Lesson Grades 6-8
  • Exploring The Lunar Surface Guide and Activities
  • Exploring The Milky Way Activities
  • Exploring The Moon Guide and Activities
  • Field Trip To The Moon Lessons and Activities
  • Flight Problem Solving, The 'Wright' Math Science Activities
  • Food Activity 1 - Preparation for Space
  • Food Activity 2 - Food Selection
  • Food for Spaceflight, Educator Lesson
  • Food for Spaceflight, Student Activity
  • Group the Galaxies Activity
  • Imagine the Universe Book with Activities
  • Investigate Mars Lessons
  • Ion Drive Your Way through Space Activity
  • Is There Water on Mars Guide and Activities
  • Juno Education Activity Guide
  • Learning The 'Wright' Way to Fly Activity Sled Kite
  • Learning To Fly Wright Brothers Activities
  • Listening for Rings from Space Activity
  • Make a Galactic Mobile Activity
  • Make a Galaxy Montage Activity
  • Make the Sun Activity
  • Mars and Earth Science Learning Activities
  • Mars Mission Activities Guide
  • Meet The Planets Lesson
  • Meteorology Learning Resource & Activities -Grades 5-9
  • Micrometeoroids Activity
  • Model The Night Sky Activity K-Grade 4
  • Moon Phases and Eclipses Activity
  • Moons Surface Activity
  • NASA Eclipse Activity Guide
  • NASA Handbook Lunar Lessons & Activities Grades 6-8
  • NASA Mirror on the Universe Lesson Guide
  • NASA Rocket Guide and Activities
  • Observing The Moon Activity K-Grade 4
  • Packing for a Looong Trip to Mars Activity
  • Planet Tours Activity Grades 5-8
  • Saturn Model Activity
  • Scale Models Activity Grades 5-8
  • Solar System Science Activity Grades 5-8
  • Spectroscope Activity Grades 9-12
  • Stars and Galaxies Activity Grades 9-12
  • Sunspots Grades Activity 9-12
  • Sunstruck Educator Guide and Actvities
  • The Incredible 2 inch Universe Activity
  • The Milky Way Grades Activity 9-12
  • Tiered Planet Activity
  • Variable Stars Activity 1
  • Variable Stars Activity 2
  • Water On Mars Educators Guide and Activities

57 Astronomy Reading and Study Docs:
  • Apollo 17 View of Earth
  • Asteroids - Space Rocks with a Story fun sheet
  • Asteroids
  • Astronomers Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler
  • Astronomy Textbook - From Stargazers to Starships
  • Astronomy Textbook for Non-Science People
  • Comets vs Asteroids
  • Comets
  • Cool, Curious Comets fun sheet
  • Dwarf Planets - Small Size, Big Mystery fun sheet
  • Earths Moon Photo.jpg
  • Earths Moon
  • Exploring Stars In the Milky Way
  • Horsehead Nebula Educational Materials
  • Horsehead Nebula Story and Photos
  • Hubble Focus Our Amazing Solar System -embedded video
  • Jovian Planets
  • Jupiter Photo.jpg
  • Jupiter
  • Mars Photo.jpg
  • Mars
  • Mercury Photo.jpg
  • Mercury
  • Meteor Shower.gif
  • Moons of Jupiter
  • Mysteries of The Sun
  • NASA Universe of Learning -Science Briefing
  • NASA Universe of Learning
  • Neptune details
  • Neptune Photo.jpg
  • Neptune
  • Our Home, the Milky Way Galaxy
  • Our Star the Sun
  • Pluto Photo.jpg
  • Pluto
  • Refracting and Reflecting Telescopes
  • Remote Imaging of Earth by Satellite
  • Saturn Photo.jpg
  • Saturn
  • Science Bowl Astronomy with Answers
  • Small Worlds, Big Discoveries -factsheet
  • Student Reading about Constellations
  • Sun As A Star Learning Acitivities
  • Taking a Cold, Clear Look at the Universe
  • Telescope as a Time Machine with crossword
  • The Lunar and Solar Eclipses
  • The Milky Way
  • The Young Folks Astronomy - scanned book
  • Types and Classification of Galaxies
  • Uranus details
  • Uranus Photo.jpg
  • Uranus
  • Venus details
  • Venus Photo.jpg
  • Venus
  • Viewing the Planets
  • What Is a Meteor Shower

54 Astronomy Slide Presentations:
  • Asteroids Meteroids and Comets
  • Astronomy and Space Science I
  • Astronomy and the Universe
  • Astronomy Course Review
  • Black Holes 1
  • Black Holes 2
  • Black Holes 3
  • Comets
  • Constellations 1
  • Constellations 2
  • Earth and Its Moon
  • Earth's Moon
  • Eclipses
  • Extreme Stars
  • Formation of Our Solar System
  • Formation of the Solar System
  • Galaxies
  • History of Space Travel
  • How Telescopes Changed our Understanding of the Universe
  • Introduction to Astronomy
  • Jovian Planets and Other Solar System Constituents
  • Light and Telescopes
  • Lunar Phases Eclipses
  • Measuring Distances in Astronomy
  • Milky Way Galaxy 1
  • Milky Way Galaxy 2
  • Milky Way Galaxy 3
  • Moon Phases Tides
  • Newtons Laws
  • Origin of the Solar System
  • Our Solar System and Its Origin
  • Our Solar System
  • Our Sun
  • Planets
  • Pluto
  • Principals of Rockets
  • Ptolemy to Galileo
  • Quasars
  • Satellites
  • Solar EclipsesThrough Space and Time
  • Solar System Formation
  • Structure and Origin ono the Moon
  • Sun Earth Moon Eclipses and Tides
  • Telescopes
  • Terrestrial Planets
  • The Age of the Sun and Energy Transport
  • The Jovian Outer Planets
  • The Solar System 1
  • The Solar System 2
  • The Sun 1
  • The Sun 2
  • The Sun 3
  • The Sun Awesome and Active
  • Touring Our Solar System

Lots of Astronomy Lessons, Activities and Learning Materials

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

Over 200 Engineering Activities, Lessons, and Units

Over 200 Engineering Activities, Lessons, and Units - Grades 3 through H.S.

Here is an amazing collection of Engineering learning materials consisting of Activities, Lessons and Curriculum Units, listed here in three groups of the following three grade levels.

65 Engineering Activities, Lessons, and Units - Grades 3-4

  • All About Electrical Attraction and Repulsion
  • Architects and Engineers - Working Together
  • Blackout
  • Build a Charge Detector
  • Build a Toy Workshop
  • Build an Anemometer to Measure Wind Speed
  • Bulbs & Batteries in a Row
  • Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side
  • Bumps and Bruises in Sports - Protect Your Egg
  • Capturing the Sun's Warmth
  • Cars from the Future - Eco-Friendly Design Ideas
  • Chemical Wonders - Materials and States of Matter
  • Completing the Circuit
  • Conductivity
  • Construct Simple Electrical Switches
  • Cooking with the - Comparing Solar Cooker Designs
  • Creating an Electromagnet
  • Design and Test Model Solar Water Heaters
  • Design-Build a Series Circuit Flashlight
  • Energy - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Energy Detectives at Work
  • Energy, Fuels and Emisisons
  • Engineering and the Human Body - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Falling Water
  • Get Your Motor Running
  • History and Testing Shapes of Strength for Buildings
  • How Much Heat Will It Hold
  • Let's Move It
  • Magnetic Attraction
  • Magnitude of the Richter Scale
  • Natural Disasters_Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tornadoes - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Pitch and Frequency
  • Potato Power
  • Powerful Pulleys
  • Put a Spark in It - Electricity - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Put a Spark in It - Electricity - Unit Overview
  • Pyramid Building - How to Use a Wedge
  • Renewable Energy
  • Requirements & Constraints - Making Model Parking Garages
  • Seeing and Feeling Sound Vibrations - worksheet
  • Seeing and Feeling Sound Vibrations
  • Simple Machines and Modern Day Engineering
  • Simple Machines
  • Slide Right on by Using an Inclined Plane
  • Solar System - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Solid, Liquid or Gas - Material Identification Using Five Senses
  • Static Cling
  • Stations of Light
  • Stop Heat from Escaping - Testing Insulation Materials
  • String Telephones
  • Swim to and from the Sea
  • Technical Writing about River Current Power
  • The Path of Electrons
  • The Science of Swinging
  • Traveling Sound
  • Two-Cell Battery
  • Wasting Energy at Home
  • Water Filtration Project - Make Your Own Water Filters
  • Waterwheel Work - Energy Transformations and Rotational Rates
  • What Is Energy - Short Demos
  • What Is Energy
  • What Is the Best Insulator - Air, Styrofoam, Foil or Cotton
  • Will It Conduct
  • Wind Power - Designing a Wind Turbine
  • Windmill Distributed Energy

127 Engineering Activities, Lessons, and Units - Grades 5-8

  • A Good Foundation
  • A Tornado in My State
  • Action-Reaction Rocket
  • Airplane Tails & Wings - Are You in Control
  • Airplanes Everywhere
  • Are Dams Forever
  • Biomedical Engineering and the Human Body - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Blow-and-Go Parachute
  • Breaking Beams
  • Bridges - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Bridging the Gaps
  • Build It Better
  • Can You Take the Pressure
  • Carbon Cycles
  • Catapults
  • Chromatography Lab
  • Clay Boats - Activity
  • Collisions and Momentum - Bouncing Balls
  • Compound Machines - Not So Simple
  • Cosmic Rhythm
  • Couch Potato or Inertia Victim
  • Crash Bang Momemtum
  • Creating Model Working Lungs - Just Breathe
  • Dam Impacts
  • Design a Parachute
  • Designing Bridges
  • Drifting Continents
  • Earthquakes Living Lab - The Theory of Plate Tectonic
  • Earthquakes Living Lab Designing for Disaster
  • Energy and Motion - Putting It All Together
  • Energy Forms, States and Conversions
  • Engineering to Prevent Natural Disasters
  • Exploring Light - Absorb, Reflect, Transmit or Refract
  • Facts Lesson about Forces and Structures
  • Fault Movement
  • Floodplain Modeling
  • Forces All Around - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Forces of Friction, Roads & Tires
  • Fun with Bernoulli
  • Future Flights - Imagine Your Own Flying Machines
  • Gravity and Slinky Spring Scales
  • Greenewables - Making Renewable Energy Poster
  • Heavy Helicopters
  • Hovercraft Racers
  • How a Faucet Works
  • How Do Sensors Work - Entire Curricular Unit
  • How Do Things Fall
  • How Does a Color Sensor Work
  • How Does a Rotation
  • How Does a Sound Sensor Work
  • How Does a Touch Sensor Work
  • How Does an Ultrasonic Sensor Work
  • How Mountains are Formed
  • Hydropower
  • It Takes Two to Tangle
  • Just Plane Simple
  • Kinetic and Potential Energy of Motion
  • Laser Types and Uses
  • Launch into Learning - Catapults
  • Leaning Tower of Pasta
  • Levers That Lift
  • Locks and Dams
  • Make Your Own Temperature Scale
  • May the Force Be with You_ Drag
  • May the Force Be with You_ Lift
  • May the Force Be with You_ Thrust
  • May the Force Be with You_ Weight
  • Measuring Friction Using Different Materials
  • Mercalli Scale Illustrated
  • Mini-Landslide
  • Motion Capture Video Animation
  • Motion Commotion
  • Naked Egg Drop
  • Newspaper Tower
  • Paper Airplanes - Building, Testing, & Improving
  • Perching Parrot
  • Physics of Roller Coasters
  • Power to the People
  • Properties of Mixtures vs Solutions - Mix It Up
  • Ready to Erupt - Volcanos
  • Red Cabbage Chemistry
  • Riding the Gravity Wave
  • Rock Solid
  • Rube Goldberg and the Meaning of Machines
  • Saltwater Circuit
  • Scale Model of the Earth
  • Seismology in the Classroom
  • Simple Machines - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Soil Investigations
  • Solving Everyday Problems Using the Engineering Design Cycle
  • Sound Visualization Stations
  • Spaghetti Bridges
  • Spin Me a Story - Angular Momemtum
  • Strength of Materials
  • Stress, Inc
  • Strong as the Weakest Link
  • Super Spinners
  • Surgical Device Engineering - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Swing in Time
  • Take Off with Paper Airplanes
  • Team Up
  • Testing Model Structures - Jell-O Earthquake
  • The Advantage of Machines
  • The Big Mo
  • The Grid - Technical Writing
  • The Rock Cycle
  • Tightrope Trials
  • Tornado Damage
  • Tsunami Testing Model Villages in Big Waves
  • Up, Up and Away! - Airplanes - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Water and Dams in Today's World
  • What a Drag
  • What Are Gears and What Do They Do
  • What Floats Your Boat
  • What Is a Sensor
  • What Is Engineering and What Is Design
  • What Is Heat
  • What Is Newton's First Law
  • What Is Newton's Second Law
  • What Is Newton's Third Law
  • What Makes Airplanes Fly
  • Where Has All the Water Gone
  • Why Do We Build Dams
  • Will It Fly
  • Windstorm
  • Work and Power - Waterwheel Worksheet
  • Work and Power - Waterwheel
  • You Are There - First Flight

12 Engineering Activities, Lessons, and Units - High School

  • Archimedes Principle, Pascals Law and Bernoullis Principle
  • Building a Piezoelectric Generator
  • Element, Mixture, Compound
  • Insulation Materials Investigation
  • Math Relationships - Scale Model Building Project
  • Measuring Distance with Sound Waves
  • Measuring Viscosity
  • Next-Generation Surgical Tools in the Body - Entire Curricular Unit
  • Projectile Motion
  • Reaction Exposed - The Big Chill
  • Triangles & Trusses
  • Volume & Data - Build the Biggest Box Using One Piece of Paper

Over 200 Engineering Activities, Lessons, and Units

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Earth Science Text For High School with Workbook, Tests & Teacher Editions

Earth Science Text For High School with Workbook, Tests & Teacher Editions

This is a nicely illustrated and well written High School Earth Science textbook, with editions for Workbook, Teacher, and Tests. The workbook and tests versions are available with and without answers for each chapter. (say thanks)

Titles of books to view and download:
  • Earth Science For High School - 150mb, better graphics
  • Earth Science For High School - 43mb, less quality graphics
  • Earth Science For High School Workbook - with and without Answers
  • Earth Science For High School Quizzes and Tests - with and without Answers
  • Earth Science For High School Teachers Edition

Table of Contents of High School Earth Science textbook:
1. What Is Earth Science
2. Studying Earth’s Surface
3. Earth’s Minerals
4. Rocks
5. Earth’s Energy
6. Plate Tectonics
7. Earthquakes
8. Volcanoes
9. Weathering and Formation of Soil
10. Erosion and Deposition
11. Evidence About Earth’s Past
12. Earth’s History
13. Earth’s Fresh Water
14. Earth’s Oceans
15. Earth’s Atmosphere
16. Weather
17. Climate
18. Ecosystems and Human Populations
19. Human Actions and the Land
20. Human Actions and Earth’s Resources
21. Human Actions and Earth’s Waters
22. Human Actions and the Atmosphere
23. Observing and Exploring Space
24. Earth, Moon, and Sun
25. The Solar System
26. Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
27. Earth Science Glossary


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