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Middle School Physical Science · Lessons

Middle School Physical Science lessons

4 sections · 80 skills · work through the full outline skill by skill — read the long-form lesson or flip through the slide-style version.
Long-form lessonsSlide-style lessons

Middle School Physical Science

Practice 80 skills across this outline.

Recommended next
Chemical vs Physical Changes
Matter and Its Interactions · Identifying Chemical Reactions
Long-form lesson
Weighting distribution
19 categories
Waves and Their Applications · Digital Information Signals
10%
Waves and Their Applications · Wave Energy Models
9%
Energy · Heat Transfer Design
7%
Energy · Potential Energy Models
6%
Waves and Their Applications · Wave Interactions
6%
Motion and Stability Forces and Interactions · Collisions and Forces
6%

Skills

The comprehensive taxonomy of middle school physical science — drill into a card to work its skills.

Matter and Its Interactions · Identifying Chemical Reactions

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Chemical vs Physical ChangesRecommended
Long-form
2
Analyze Property ChangesAvailable
Long-form
3
Identify Chemical ReactionsAvailable
Long-form
4
Connect Properties to ParticlesAvailable
Long-form

Matter and Its Interactions · Conservation of Mass

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Atoms Rearranged in ReactionsAvailable
Long-form
2
Check Atom ConservationAvailable
Long-form
3
Explain Conservation of MassAvailable
Long-form
4
Mass Stays the SameAvailable
Long-form

Matter and Its Interactions · Chemical Heat Devices

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Build Thermal Energy DeviceAvailable
Long-form
2
Improve Device DesignAvailable
Long-form
3
Set Design RequirementsAvailable
Long-form
4
Test Device PerformanceAvailable
Long-form

Matter and Its Interactions · Synthetic Materials and Society

4 core skills3% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Choosing Materials for SocietyAvailable
Long-form
2
Impacts of Synthetic MaterialsAvailable
Long-form
3
Making Synthetic MaterialsAvailable
Long-form
4
Resources for Synthetic MaterialsAvailable
Long-form

Matter and Its Interactions · Atomic Structure Models

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Compare Atomic StructuresAvailable
Long-form
2
How Atoms Shape SubstancesAvailable
Long-form
3
Model Simple MoleculesAvailable
Long-form
4
Molecules vs Crystal StructuresAvailable
Long-form

Matter and Its Interactions · Heat Particle Motion

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Model States of MatterAvailable
Long-form
2
Particle Motion and HeatAvailable
Long-form
3
Predict State ChangesAvailable
Long-form
4
Temperature and Particle MotionAvailable
Long-form

Energy · Potential Energy Models

4 core skills6% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Systems Acting at DistanceAvailable
Long-form
2
Compare Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form
3
Forces and Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form
4
Model Potential EnergyAvailable
Long-form

Energy · Heat Energy and Temperature

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Analyze Temperature DataAvailable
Long-form
2
Mass Material TemperatureAvailable
Long-form
3
Plan Temperature InvestigationAvailable
Long-form
4
Variables in Heat TransferAvailable
Long-form

Energy · Heat Transfer Design

5 core skills7% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Build and Test Heat DeviceAvailable
Long-form
2
Design for Heat TransferAvailable
Long-form
3
Evaluate Heat DeviceAvailable
Long-form
4
Improve Heat ControlAvailable
Long-form
5
Set Heat Device RequirementsAvailable
Long-form

Energy · Kinetic Energy Relationships

5 core skills3% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Energy Speed PatternsAvailable
Long-form
2
Energy Mass PatternsAvailable
Long-form
3
Explain Kinetic Energy ChangesAvailable
Long-form
4
Graph Energy and MassAvailable
Long-form
5
Graph Energy and SpeedAvailable
Long-form

Energy · Energy Transfer

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Evidence of Energy ChangeAvailable
Long-form
2
Explain Energy TransferAvailable
Long-form
3
Motion and Energy TransferAvailable
Long-form
4
Track Energy ChangesAvailable
Long-form

Waves and Their Applications · Digital Information Signals

4 core skills10% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Waves Carry InformationAvailable
Long-form
2
Analog vs Digital SignalsAvailable
Long-form
3
Wave Technology UsesAvailable
Long-form
4
Why Digital Is ClearerAvailable
Long-form

Waves and Their Applications · Wave Energy Models

4 core skills9% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Compare Wave EnergyAvailable
Long-form
2
Measure Wave AmplitudeAvailable
Long-form
3
Wave PatternsAvailable
Long-form
4
Wave Energy RelationshipAvailable
Long-form

Waves and Their Applications · Wave Interactions

4 core skills6% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Predict Wave BehaviorAvailable
Long-form
2
Reflection Absorption v. Wave TransmissionAvailable
Long-form
3
Waves at BoundariesAvailable
Long-form
4
Waves and MaterialsAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability Forces and Interactions · Forces Through Fields

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Model Force FieldsAvailable
Long-form
2
Evaluate Field InvestigationsAvailable
Long-form
3
Evidence of FieldsAvailable
Long-form
4
Forces Act at DistanceAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability Forces and Interactions · Electric and Magnetic Forces

4 core skills4% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Questions About Electric ForcesAvailable
Long-form
2
Force Strength PatternsAvailable
Long-form
3
Factors Affecting ForcesAvailable
Long-form
4
Forces in Everyday DevicesAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability Forces and Interactions · Collisions and Forces

5 core skills6% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Action Reaction ForcesAvailable
Long-form
2
Equal and Opposite ForcesAvailable
Long-form
3
Evaluate Collision DesignAvailable
Long-form
4
Predict Collision MotionAvailable
Long-form
5
Reduce Collision EffectsAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability Forces and Interactions · Forces Mass and Motion

5 core skills6% total weight
0/5 completed
5 skills to mastery
1
Balanced vs Unbalanced ForcesAvailable
Long-form
2
Describe Motion ClearlyAvailable
Long-form
3
Mass Affects MotionAvailable
Long-form
4
Net Force and MotionAvailable
Long-form
5
Variables Affecting MotionAvailable
Long-form

Motion and Stability Forces and Interactions · Gravity and Mass

4 core skills5% total weight
0/4 completed
4 skills to mastery
1
Evidence for GravityAvailable
Long-form
2
Gravity Is AttractiveAvailable
Long-form
3
Gravity Depends on MassAvailable
Long-form
4
Motion Caused by GravityAvailable
Long-form