Unit 2.6: Is heat always a dead end, or can it do something useful too? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College, and Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
Students focus on some thermodynamic aspects of energy: Heat, heat engines, and the second law of thermodynamics. We have already laid the groundwork for these concepts in Unit 2.3 (Energy Types and ...

Unit 2.4: Power part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College
In this unit, students explore the relationship between energy and power when they design an experiment to measure and calculate their maximum power output by running up a staircase at a fast, medium, and slow ...

Unit 4.3 Nature and machine: implementation of forces part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
How do forces cause Earth's crust to collide and divide? Students plan, design, and construct a model of plate tectonics to further develop a concept that they began to investigate back in Unit 3. Then, ...

Unit 4.4 Unit synthesis and lesson plan part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
In this final unit for the course, students apply their understanding of motion and forces concepts to: 1. Create an NGSS lesson plan for an activity that they have completed in Unit 4; and 2. Conduct analyses of ...

Unit 2.5: Applying what we've learned: How can a volcanic eruption or earthquake shake the whole world? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College
We're over halfway through Unit 2 and the students are now equipped with a more solid understanding of energy types and transformations, waves, power, and the fact that waves move energy from one place to ...

Unit 2.7 Unit synthesis and lesson plan part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
This is the final module for the Unit and tasks students to apply their understanding of Waves, Energy, and Thermodynamics. In this summative assignment, students choose an activity that they have completed in Unit ...

Unit 3.1 How can we observe the unobservable? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
Matter is made of atoms, but we cannot see them. How can we observe the "unobservable"? Students will observe the changing behavior of objects to interpret atomic structure and practice 'observing ...

Unit 2.3: What is energy and how can we transform it? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College
What is energy and how can we transform and utilize it? Students have already touched on the idea of energy in a previous unit, but in this unit we investigate it more deeply through activities that connect ...

Unit 4.2 Why do objects change their motion? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College, and Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
Why do objects change their motion? In this unit, students discover force types and the connection between a force and an acceleration. In an engineering and design project, students will construct a ...

Unit 4.1 What is where? part of TIDeS:TIDeS Teaching Materials:Physical Science
Sandra Penny, Russell Sage College, and Natalie Bursztyn, University of Montana
What is "where"? The location of anything is determined by its position, but any "position" is relative and needs a frame of reference. In this module, students will track and measure simple ...