That was what my Sweet Pea suggested for science last year... all physics! I have to admit this one was tricky... there are so many topics and lots to potentially cover! Sweet pea was 10 and Goober was 7 when we did this unit.
Sweet Pea did a physics interactive notebook (our first!)... see below for pictures. Goober did an activity here and there, mostly he listened to the books, watched the videos and did the experiments, definitely not as much writing as Sweet Pea... but he learned tons!
Here is how we broke it down....
Part I
Big Bang
Forces and Motion
Light
Sound
Part II - separate post!
Magnets
Electricity
Simple machines
Flight
Engineering
We used Usborne's book What's Physics All About? as a spine...
I love this book also from Usborne, 365 Science Activities many an experiment was taken directly from this book!
We also used Brainpop Junior and Brainpop videos/activities/quizzes. *Note* Brainpop is a subscription based website.. several DL schools will have a subscription you can access... if not I highly recommend adding it to your homeschooling budget, it is worth every penny!!
I also used a number of printables from TeachersPayTeachers.... Sweet Pea wanted some notebooking elements that I was too lazy to make!
The Big Bang was as good a spot as any to start the study of matter and its motion and behaviour through space and time...
We read through our spine book and watched some great videos....
Brainpop- Big Bang
The Big Bang- Crash Course Astronomy
The Beginning of Everything - In a nutshell
There are a few picture books about the Big Bang... I didn't delve into too much detail.. you could probably spend awhile on this topic... maybe a future unit when my kidlets are a bit older!
I do love this book however..The Magic of Reality by Richard Dawkins it has a chapter titled, When and how did everything begin? A perfect reference for some of those tough questions!
Forces and Motion
We read the corresponding section in What's Physics all About? and then I ended up buying these notebooking pages from TeachersPayTeachers... Force and Motion Interactive Notebook..
Great videos....
Brainpop Jr- Pushes and Pulls
Brainpop- Forces
Goober loved this book... lots of discussion about friction!
I overheard the kidlets at the park... pushing each other down the slide and talking about balanced vs unbalanced forces.... then some talk about friction! The playground is the perfect place for physics experiments and demonstrations!
More great videos...
Bill Nye the Science Guy- Motion episode
Brainpop- Gravity
Our scientist study was on Isaac Newton... we read this book aloud..Who was Isaac Newton?
Brainpop- Newton's Laws of Motion
Brainpop- Isaac Newton
We also did this activity on Isaac Newton... I like that it was only $3 and had a couple difficulty levels so I could use it for both kidlets..
There are loads of experiments for Newton's Laws of Motion... here are a couple...
First Law- Inertia
An object at rest will stay at rest unless an unbalanced force acts on it.
Kick a ball... push a toy car..... sit on a swing :)
Second Law- Force = Mass x Acceleration
The bigger the force the more something will accelerated. The more mass something has the bigger the force needed to make it accelerate.
Use two books... a light one and a heavy one- try to push with one finger.
Weigh two toy cars and send them down a ramp, time how fast they go... compare the weight, speed and distance :)
Third Law- Reaction
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
We made balloon cars... so much fun! Similar to this one but we used cardstock to make the car....
Light
We read the corresponding sections on light in What Physics is All About? I found this great printable on the Electromagnetic Spectrum.
Great videos...
Brainpop- Electromagnetic Spectrum
Brainpop- Refraction and Diffraction
Bill Nye the Science Guy- Light Optics, Bending and Bouncing
Great experiments if you have a prism... or we did some out of the Usborne 365 Science Activities.... bending straws, flipping arrows... fun!
More videos....
Brainpop- Rainbows
Brainpop- Colour
Bill Nye the Science Guy- Light and Colour
The Magic School Bus is also a great resource for light and rainbows!
We also love this song, RoyGBiv by They Might Be Giants!
Summer is a great time to find rainbows in the sprinkler... and rainbow art is always fun!
Sound
We read the corresponding sections in What Physics is All About?
Great videos....
Bill Nye the Science Guy- Sound episode
Brainpop- Waves
Brainpop- Sound
Our scientist study was on Isaac Newton... we read this book aloud.....Who was Alexander Graham Bell?
We also did this activity on Alexander Graham Bell.... I like that it was free and had a couple difficulty levels so I could use it for both kidlets..
The kidlets made a string phone.... and then proceeded to tell each other jokes..... so much fun!
Make sure to watch a thunderstorm....
nothing demonstrates the speed of sound vs light better than a good thunderstorm :)
Stay tuned for Part II!
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