Middle School Physical Science Help - Learn by Concept

Learn by Concept

Concepts

• Middle School Physical Science

  • Chemicals and Chemical Reactions

    • Compare and contrast synthetic materials and natural resources

    • Describe properties of substances

    • Determine whether a chemical reaction has occurred

    • Understand how changes in thermal energy affect particle motion, temperature, and state change

  • Energy in Chemical Reactions

    • Determine the relationships between energy transfer and change in kinetic energy

    • Determine the relationships between energy transfer and type of matter

    • Model the law of conservation of mass using equations

  • Forces and Motion

    • Describe balanced and unbalanced forces

    • Determine factors that affect electric and electromagnetic forces

    • Interpret force diagrams and sums of forces

  • Matter and Energy

    • Compare and contrast matter and energy

    • Identify types of energy

  • Newton's Laws

    • Understand and apply Newton's laws

  • Potential and Kinetic Energy

    • Describe how distance affects gravitational potential energy

    • Describe the relationships between kinetic energy, mass, and speed

    • Identify where potential energy is least or greatest as an object changes position

  • Structure and Properties of Matter

    • Describe atomic composition

    • Differentiate atoms, molecules, elements, and compounds

  • The Periodic Table

    • Reading the periodic table

  • Waves and Electromagnetism

    • Interpret simple models of waves

    • Predict whether a wave will be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted through materials