The 15 experiments relate to four aspects of physical science:

• Strong and Stable Structures

• Building With a Variety of Materials and Testing Designs

• Forces Causing Movement

• Hearing and Sound

In each section, you will find teacher notes designed to provide you guidance with the learning intention, the success criteria, materials needed, a lesson outline, as well as provide some insight on what results to expect when the experiments are conducted.

Suggestions for differentiation are also included so that all students can be successful in the learning environment.

15 experiments:

Experiment One: What is a Structure? 

Students will learn about the shapes and features of natural and man-made structures, and assess the environmental impact of those structures.

Experiment Two: Stability of Structures

Students will learn about the stability of a structure and its ability to maintain balance.

Experiment Three: Holding the Load

Students will learn about the stability of a structure and its ability to support a load.

Experiment Four: Under Construction

Students will use problem solving skills and knowledge acquired from previous investigations to design and construct a strong and stable structure.

Experiment Five: Forces Causing Motion

Students will learn about push and pull as forces that cause an object to start moving, stop moving, or change direction.

Experiment Six: Muscular Force

Students will learn how we use our muscles as a force in order to make our bodies move or to make an object start moving, stop moving, or change direction.

Experiment Seven: Gravitational Force

Students will learn how the force of gravity causes objects to be pulled toward the Earth, and how surface area affects the rate at which things fall.

Experiment Eight: Magnetic Force

Students will learn about the magnetic force field and its strength to move objects.

Experiment Nine: Friction

Students will learn how friction acts to slow the movements of objects, and how friction is used to create an electrostatic energy force to move objects.

Experiment Ten: Invention Fair

Students will use problem solving skills and knowledge acquired from previous investigations to design and construct a device that uses force to create movement.

Experiment Eleven: Vibration and Pitch

Students will learn how vibration is created to make high and low pitched sounds that the human ear can hear.

Experiment Twelve: Measuring Sound

Students will learn how to measure the volume of sounds using a decibel meter.

Experiment Thirteen: Making Sound

Students will learn how sound is made, and create instruments to demonstrate sound.

Experiment Fourteen: Sound Travels

Students will learn that sound can travel through certain objects and in different directions.

Experiment Fifteen: Sounding Fun

Students will use problem solving skills and knowledge acquired from previous investigations to design and construct a soundproof device.

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