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Novare Physical Science – Digital Resources
By: John D. Mays
$78.50
Digital Resources for Novare Physical Science includes all documentation and electronic resources necessary for the administration of this course, whether in a homeschool setting or a coop or classroom. All items are printable and distributable to your student or classroom; only one copy of digital resources are needed per classroom or home.
In this downloadable resource, you will find tools for planning the year such as a daily Lesson List and sample semester schedule. Starting about week 2 or 3, the quizzes should be administered weekly. Fall and spring semester exams are included. Weekly Review Guides are another resource to give your students to guide them as they learn to study for a mastery-based course like this one.
Also included are an answer key, a document of recommendations for teaching the book, and an experiment manual in 2 formats (one double-wide for printing out in a booklet and one single-wide for viewing on a computer screen).
These resources are suitable for use with any edition of the text. All supplemental materials are here—no other workbooks or manuals are necessary, making this an economical option. Purchasers have access to the Digital Resources for the lifetime of the product.
Included in the Digital Resources:
Course Overview – “Recommendations for Teaching the Course” by John D. Mays
27 Weekly Review Guides
29 Quizzes
Fall and Spring Semester Exams
All Keys and Sample Answers
Lesson List
Sample Schedule for the year
Experiment Manual (2-up for printing out as a booklet)
Experiment Manual (1-up for displaying on a computer screen)
Useful Links – List of free games and activities on the internet
Experiments Included
Kinetic Energy – determine how the kinetic energy of a matchbox car varies as its mass changes
Heat Transfer by Conduction – compare the ability of three materials (copper, aluminum, plastic cord) to conduct heat
Electrostatic Forces – observe the effects of static electricity caused by accumulations of electric charge
Growing Crystals – grow and observe and describe crystal formations using alum, sodium chloride, and Epsom salt
Determining Volume – develop skill at calculating and measuring the volume of a regular solid
Determining Density – determine the densities of several different materials and compare these densities to reference density values (aluminum, brass, carbon steel)
Heat of Fusion – observe the effects of the heat of fusion of a substance
Inertia and Force – use a jig with a spring that launches balls of different masses to observe how equal forces affect objects with different masses
Observing Chemical Reactions – identify types of compounds in equations and associate chemical formulas and chemical equations with visual observations of what the compounds and reactions look like (copper sulfate, sodium hydroxide, sodium bicarbonate, hydrochloric acid)
Refraction – measure the indices of refraction for acrylic glass and water and compare the experimental values to published reference values
Series and Parallel Circuits – observe the behavior of resistor networks connected in series and in parallel
Magnetic Field Strength – determine how the strength of the magnetic field around a current-carrying wire varies with the distance from the wire
