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Exploring Physics: Unraveling the Science Behind the Natural World

Discover the fundamental principles of physics through engaging activities and debates, exploring topics like mechanics, properties of matter, heat, sound, light, electricity, and magnetism. Dive into atomic and nuclear physics while applying the scientific method to experiments such as tying a shoe. Define key terms like model, system, and controlled experiment while emphasizing the importance of measurements in experiments. Unveil the relative nature of terms like far, big, small, heavy, and light without designated units. Develop essential lab writing skills and explore the scientific method through practical applications in a dynamic high school setting.

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Exploring Physics: Unraveling the Science Behind the Natural World

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  1. The Science of Physics Physics Old Fort High School

  2. What is physics? • Draw a picture of what physics means to you? • Create a list of the top 5 key words that describe physics • Class Debate for top 5 words • Create a definition that involves all 5 words (2 groups)

  3. Course Outline • Mechanics • Properties of Matter • Heat • Sound and Light • Electricity and Magnetism • Atomic and Nuclear Physics

  4. Areas Within Physics

  5. Tying a Shoe • HW: Create a lab write up for the following problem: How do you tie a shoe?

  6. What is the Scientific Method? • Share your “scientific method” for tying a shoe. • Attempt the experiment as each scientist reads off their procedures. • What worked well on each write up? • What did not work well on each write up?

  7. Scientific Method cont… • What is necessary in a lab write up? • What is expected in this class and beyond (higher education) for a lab write up? • Create a classroom Rubric for lab write ups. -Possibly use rubistar

  8. The Scientific Method • The process that researchers use to carry out their investigations is often called the scientific method

  9. What are we missing on this diagram? • Create your own flow chart to depict the scientific method…

  10. Define the following words: • Model- • System- • Controlled Experiment-

  11. Measurements in Experiments • Quantity-has magnitude, size, or amount • NO NAKED NUMBERS! Why??? • Name the farthest distance you have traveled? What is considered far? What is considered big, small, heavy, light? • Far, Big, Small, Heavy, Light are all relative without units!

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