Module 1

THE BASICS

Module 1 Flashcards 

Further Your Knowledge

Lab Report Sample  - an example write-up for Experiment 1.1.  Pay particular attention to the Conclusion.  Note that it is more than one sentence!

Unit multipliers - A short review of how to convert between units.

Mass vs. Weight - Another explanation of the difference between mass and weight.  It will help if you know that the pull of gravity on the moon is about 1/6 of that here on earth.

I had to put this somewhere: How much weight can a Lego brick hold?

Read about some infamous miscalculations

Videos

This video deals with concentration - how many molecules of a substance there are in a given volume.

Those of you who had me for General Science groaned at the songs I brought in.  Guess what?  I'm not the only science teacher who uses songs to teach.  To prove that, I have found songs for almost every module in this book.  Some of them are pretty good.  Listen to them and you might even learn something!  Here is the first one.  It's about mass vs weight and is sung to the tune "Sweet Caroline."