Physics Hawk

Have your students practice using the periodic table to find the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in a neutral atom of the most common isotope for various elements.

Have students research on of the periodic trends as a group and create a teaching aid (It is described as a poster here, but it could just as easily be a video or web page) and present their findings to the class.

If you want your lab safety lesson to be a bit more interactive, try this. Divide class into groups of three. Assign each group one of the "Ten Commandments of Lab Safety" and have them act out a skit.

Students need practice with putting things in scientific notation and interpreting numbers that are in scientific notation. This short practice is good for those who learned earlier but need a refresher.

This includes videos with instruction about the concepts of Charles' and Boyle's Laws, a video of me working out some gas law math problems, and some practice problems for your students (with the key).

In this project, students have many choices. They may choose to work in a group or alone, choose their partners, choose any physics topic to explore as deeply as they wish, and choose how to present and demonstrate it. The document includes the instructions and the rubric.

Have you ever noticed that students call every piece of glass in the lab a beaker? That's because movies and TV shows with school labs do it too. Yet, each piece of lab equipment was designed with a purpose. It's important for students to know the names of equipment and what their purpose is so they can use them for the right tasks. This video could be used as a homework assignment for classroom flipping. Or it could be assigned to a student who was absent the day you taught the material in

When teaching about the atom, I find that I am frequently asked by students, “Well, if we’ve never seen one, how do we know if any of this is true?” This activity guides them through making non-visual observations and drawing conclusions based on those observations.

This is a fun activity for students to learn about the qualities of elements on the periodic table. They must pretend they are running for Element of the Year and make a campaign speech that includes of the elements positive attributes and how it is used in the world.

After teaching a unit on the Apollo era, I want students to think about NASA's current role in the world. They are required to choose three spending priorities and write a properly cited 5 paragraph essay. This was written for use in a Christian school, but the document is editable for you to adapt it for your needs.

This song helps students remember a lot of the chemistry content from physical science. This includes a document with the lyrics and a video of me singing the song so the words and tune can be easily matched.

Have you ever noticed that students call every piece of glass in the lab a beaker? That's because movies and TV shows with school labs do it too. Yet, each piece of lab equipment was designed with a purpose. It's important for students to know the names of equipment and what their purpose is so they can use them for the right tasks. This game allows you to engage in retrieval practice about the names and purposes of basic lab equipment.

Each piece of lab equipment was designed with a purpose. It's important for students to know the names of equipment and what their purpose is so they can use them for the right tasks (and not just call everything a beaker). This reading explains some basic equipment and their uses.

Having students evaluate what NASA does and what they should do is a great way to teach research skills, argumentative writing, and include great scientific content. Plus, it involves all the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy because they are synthesizing, evaluating, and creating. (This product differs from the other in providing a Biblical Worldview Integration section in the instructions as well as requiring them to write from a Biblical Worldview in the rubric.)

Having students evaluate what NASA does and what they should do is a great way to teach research skills, argumentative writing, and include great scientific content. Plus, it involves all the highest levels of Bloom's taxonomy because they are synthesizing, evaluating, and creating.

Engage students in retrieval practice by having them calculate how many atoms of an element or polyatomic ions there are in a given compound. Help to remind them of the difference between subscripts and coefficients and prepare them for balancing chemical equations.

This may be the most useful tool I ever made for my students. It lays out all three bond types with the rules of formula writing and compound naming, examples, and any quirks they'll run across. A great "at a glance" help sheet to use as a scaffold.

The periodic table contains so much information that it lends itself well to a game. Having students create the game will require them to research what how that information is organized. If you students with artistic skills, they can shine in board design. Students are highly skilled in research can contribute their talent. Then, spend a day of retrieval practice by having groups trade games and play.

We teach the scientific method to kids almost every year, but do they know how to tell the difference between good scientific experiments and bad ones. This video focuses on the double blind controlled experiment.

Includes two teaching videos (on the States of Matter and Phase Changes) and a retrieval game using power point.