Middle School Physical Science

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PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Physical science can explain most experiences whether they are natural or artificial. Through physical science your child will explore cause and effect in their world so that they can better understand the processes they encounter each day. During middle school the focus of physical science is foundational content that includes energy, motion, mater and waves. There is also some concentration on the connection between physical science and technology.

By the time your child graduates from middle school, he or she will have an understanding of the basic properties of matter and motion.

The following concepts will be address in middle school physical science:
• PS1 - Matter and Its Interactions
• PS2 - Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions
• PS3 - Energy
• PS4 - Waves and Their Applications in Technologies for Information Transfer

PS1 - MATTER AND ITS INTERACTIONS

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The projects might include dissolving calcium chloride or ammonium chloride. Focus is on the project design and the regulation of the energy transfer along with the concentration and type of substance used.

PS2 - MOTION AND STABILITY: FORCES AND INTERACTIONS

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Middle school students will apply Newton’s Third Law to solve a problem which involves the motion of two colliding objects. The problem might include the impact of two colliding cars, between one car and an object that is not moving, and between a space vehicle and a meteor moving through space.

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Your son or daughter will plan an investigation to provide proof that the sum of the forces on a particular object along with its mass will directly impact the motion of that object. Students will work with balanced and unbalanced forces as well as qualitative comparisons of mass, forces and changes in motion.

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