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Physical Science
This comprehensive program covers the majority of the grades 1 through 3 curriculum requirements for the physical science strand.
Targeted Skills
- Learn About Properties Of Matter
- Buildings And Machines
- Energy
- Motion
- Heat
- Light
- Sound
- Magnets
Highlighted Features
- Students are introduced to basic structures and are taught the principle of stability
- The six simple machines are introduced and their real-life uses are explored
- Changes of state are introduced and students learn to predict an imminent change
- Introduces the concept of energy and teaches its various sources, forms and conversions
- Covers the basic sources, types, behaviors and common uses of motion, heat, light and sound energy
- Teaches the principles of magnetic attraction, repulsion and polarity
- Shows students how magnet strength is related to distance, how magnets can work through certain objects and some common uses for magnets
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