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Ck 12: Plix: Scientific Process: Physical Science
[Free Registration/Login Required] Put the scientific method steps in order in this interactive flow chart! This site also includes a short quiz over the scientific method.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Doppler Effect
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses what the Doppler Effect is and how it occurs.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Electronic Component
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of electronic components: semiconductors, diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: External Combustion Engines
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what a combustion engine is, its purpose, and how it works.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Gamma Rays
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores what gamma rays are and their sources, and the dangers and uses of gamma rays.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Power and Efficiency
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Machines and friction, the efficiency of a machine and how to calculate it.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Solenoid
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a solenoid is and how to change the strength of its magnetic field, and some uses of solenoids.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Heat
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of heat and how thermal energy is transferred.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Color
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of the different colors in visible light and how they relate to its wavelength, how a prism separates visible light into its different colors, the colors of...
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Lever
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a lever and the three different classes, and how each one changes force.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Light
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Visible light and the different waves that make it up, infrared light and ultraviolet light.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Power
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Power and how it relates to work and time, how to calculate power and the unit called horsepower.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Screw
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a screw is, how it works and its mechanical advantage.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Speed
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of speed and its SI unit, instantaneous speed and how to calculate average speed and distance or time from speed.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Wedge
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a wedge is and its mechanical advantage, how it changes force to make work easier.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Energy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the definition of energy, the SI unit, and the seven different forms of energy.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Lens
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a lens is and what it does, concave and convex lenses.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Mass vs Weight
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of weight and how to calculate the weight of an object.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Pulley
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What a pulley is and the three basic types, and the mechanical advantage of a pulley.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: X Rays
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] X-rays and their uses, xrays as high-energy rays and their dangers.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Inertia
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains inertia and how it affects motion, the relationship between inertia and mass, and how to overcome inertia.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Mirrors
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How a mirror forms images and how to distinguish between real and virtual images, and the different types of mirrors and the images they produce.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Buoyancy
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of buoyant force and how weight and density relate to buoyant force and the ability to float.
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Ck 12: Physical Science: Distance
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains what distance is, its SI unit, and how to use maps to measure distance.