Overview

Overall Covered Curriculum |
| These web pages are intended as introductory material for an algebra based high school physics course. Topics covered include the the concepts of orders of magnitude and scale, the metric system, metric prefixes, variables and running basic experiments, some history of nanotechnology, and how variables change with scale. The two big projects included are: 1) The Styrofoam Ball experiment which looks at finding a relationship between two variables and how this relationship changes with scale. 2) The Orders of Magnitude Application which has students taking measurements, doing metric conversions, using the correct number of significant digits, and thinking about problems of taking measurements. Also woven throughout the web pages are examples, exercises, and games that can be used as the instructor sees fit. AThe topics of metric conversions and significant digits are not covered in these materials. A topic by topic summary of the material covered is given below. |

Topic By Topic Summary |
| Orders of Magnitude - Web Page - Orders of Magnitude Web Site The Metric System - Web Page - Variables - Systems of Units - Defining Units - Derived and Basic Units - Basic / Derived Checkup Game (Flash) Metric Prefixes - Web Page - Metric Prefix Table - Word Search - Matching Game (Flash) Running Experiments - Web Page - Running An Experiment - Dependent and Independent Variables - Confounding Variables - Example Experiment - Design An Experiment Exercise Getting A Feel For Scale - Web Page - The Nanoscale - Examples of Objects by Scale - Handout or Web Page - Number Line Activity - Handout or Web Page Changes With Scale - Web Page - Scale (Diagram) - Cups & Water Exercise (Video) - The Promise of Nanotechnology - Other Examples of the Effects of Scale Styrofoam Balls Experiment - Web Page (Handouts) History of Nanotechnology - Web Page - Definition of Nanotechnology - History of Nanotechnology web Links - Crossword Puzzle Orders of Magnitude Application - Web Page (Handouts / Flash) Multimedia Science - Web Page - Links to Multimedia Science's Online Materials |