Physical Science Curriculum

Covering the major middle school sciences: Earth, Life, and Physical, the Holt Science and Technology curriculum provides a thorough, inquiry-based introduction to basic scientific concepts and principles that will prepare students for high school courses.

Chapters in the Physcial Science Student Textbook are concise, providing students with a brief explanation and examples, and are followed by a section review that covers the key idea, critical thinking skills, and math concepts. Each chapter ends with a skills practice lab, comprehensive chapter review, standardized test preparation, and 'science in action' section.

This secular middle-school curriculum covers the properties of matter, electronic technology, waves, sound, light, chemical reactions, atomic energy, and more, through an abundance of hands-on labs and interesting profiles of real-life scientists.

The teacher's edition includes a unit-by-unit chapter planning guide with objects, labs, resources, review/assessment, and correlations laid out in chart format. Full-color reduced-size student pages are surrounded by wrap-around teacher notes.

The included Chapter Resources CD-ROM is provided for each chapter in the text. Each chapter file provides everything needed to plan and manage your lessons, including skills worksheets (section & chapter reviews, reinforcement & critical thinking), assessments (section quizzes, tests, standardized test prep), Labs and Activities (datasheets for chapter, quick, and Labbook Labs), and Teacher Resources (teacher notes, lab notes & answers, answer keys).

Appropriate for 6th-8th grades.

System Requirements for the Chapter Resources CD-ROM:

• Macintosh:9.2 or 10.2 OS
• G3+ CPU, 233 MHz or faster
• 128 MB RAM min.
• 100 MB min. hard-drive space
• CD-ROM Drive, 800 x 600 Display.

• Windows: 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP with latest updates, Windows 7
• 133 MHz or faster
• 128 MB RAM min.
• 100 MB hard drive space min.
• CD-ROM Drive, 800 x 600 display.

This kit includes:

• Holt Science & Technology: Physical Science, hardcover
• Holt Science & Technology: Physical Science Teacher's Edition, hardcover
• Holt Science & Technology: Physcial Science Chapter Resources CD-ROM

Please Note: This is a secular textbook, and thus contains two units which teach evolution and the history of life on earth. There is also a unit on both animal and human sexual reproduction with diagrams, and a discussion of STDs and infertility.

Homeschoolers: This curriculum set was created for public schools; therefore the teacher's guide refers to a One-Stop Planner, Lab videos, online resources, and other components which are not included in this kit, nor available to homeschoolers. The teacher's guide also includes reduced-size reproductions of worksheets intended to be printed off of the "One-Stop Planner" CD, which is not included in this homeschool kit.

Please Note: This product is only available for purchase by homeschools, consumers, and public institutions.

Discover The World of Light and Sound through the fun, unique approach used in the Great Science Adventures Series.

Organized around 24 lessons, each with a mini-book project, lab activity, and graphic organizer project, students will learn about how light reflects and refracts, what causes shadows, how sound is measured, how sound travels, what makes loud or soft sounds, how humans hear, and more.

Lessons are written to the teacher and tie together the various elements of the curriculum. Each features primary concepts to teach, vocabulary words, a note on which "Lots of Science Library Book" mini-book to make & read, lab activities, graphic organizer instructions, and "Experience, Investigations, and Research" enrichment/extension projects. Clear directions with step-by-step, leveled instructions, pictures, and helpful information make presenting lessons easy once the pre-lesson preparation is completed. A final cumulative project completes the course.

Each "Lots of Science Library Book" mini-book is numbered to match a lesson, and when completed, features the content for each lesson. Books are designed to be read to students, read independently, or used as research materials. Teachers will need to photocopy pages in order to create the booklets.

The 3D Graphic Organizers are also organized by lesson number, and provide pictures and graphics to be duplicated and used as manipulatives or other forms of visual reinforcement. These allow students to break down complicated information into an easy-to-remember format they can then analyze and review.

This flexible book is designed to be used as a multilevel resource or as a curriculum guide for a single student. In the "Lots of Science Library Books," the large print designates text for all students, while additional smaller print is given for older learners. Within the lessons for the teacher, pencil icons denote beginning (K-1st Grade), Primary (Grades 2 & 3) and Intermediate (Grades 4-8) levels.

This book is organized by section type (Teacher's Section, "Lots of Science Library Books" section, graphic organizer pages). Lessons take 1-3 days to complete. Grades K-8. 86 pages plus reproducible section; softcover and non-consumable if pages are reproduced. Pages are not perforated for removal.

A traditional earth science program, this curriculum from Landmark's Freedom Baptist Curriculum provides a study of science and modern technology from a Christian perspective. In this grade 9 Physical Science course, students will learn about scientific method, force, mechanical advantage, laws of motion, periodic table of elements, light and sound, and more.

Scripture from the KJV (Authorized, 1611) Bible. Books are softcover, non-reproducible and consumable.

This Grade 9 science kit includes:

• LFBC Physical Science S145, Grade 9, 1st Semester Student Textbook
• LFBC Physical Science S145, Grade 9, 2nd Semester Student Textbook
• LFBC Physical Science S145, Grade 9 Quizzes
• LFBC Physical Science S145, Grade 9 Quiz Answers, line-listed
• LFBC Physical Science S145, Grade 9 Study Guide Answers, line-listed