Intro to Physics: Grades 5-7

Completed by 14 learners

Ages 10-12

Live Group Class

In this 12 week course students in grades 5-7 will be introduced to the field of physics.

Erin Kim, TESOL, TEFL

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5.0

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(53 reviews)

Live video meetings

1x per week, 12 weeks

3-8 learners per class

55 min

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What's included

12 live meetings

11 in-class hours

Assessment

Students will receive a mid-term and a final exam for their own measurement of success. They can also use these assessments for additional feedback and help from the teacher in areas where they may want to improve.

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 7

Students are welcome to class that have no physics experience!

This course is a 1 a week course for 12 weeks. Our course will be covering an introductory series in physics. We will have lectures, class discussions, and hands on experiments. 

One experiment will be completed in class each week. Materials will be posted and students will have the choice to bring the items to class and work along with the teacher or they can simply watch the experiment if they prefer. 

Students will have hand-outs each week. These will be used as guided notes. Students are not required to complete the hand-outs as homework. However, the teacher will provided feedback and help if there are additional questions on the guided notes and follow up questions after the experiment. 

Some topics will involve slide shows for information. There will not be slide shows each week as some topics are covered through lecture, guided notes and experiments.

Course Content:
week 1- Basic Laws of Physics
week 2- Technology in Physics
week 3- Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
week 4 - Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy, How is energy Converted
week 5- Energy Conservation
week 6 - Inertia, Friction, Mass, Momentum
week 7- Velocity, Speed, Acceleration
week 8 - Chemical Energy
week 9 - Electric Force Fields, Electric Potential Energy, Electrostatics
week 10 - Conductors and Insulators, Ohms Law
week 11 - Magnetism, Electromagnets, Biomagnetism
week 12 - Non-Linear Motion 

Class Schedule:
5 min- Intro
10 - topic introduction and key vocabulary
20 - lecture on topic/slideshows/student q&a 
20 - experiment and wrap up

Our course will cover everything that students need to know! No need to prep before class. Just come in and enjoy hand-on virtual learning with new friends!

Learning Goals

Students should leave class knowing the big picture of physics. They will be exposed to many math equations but will not have to memorize them for the course. Students should feel comfortable speaking about topics like linear and non-linear motion, electrostatics, energy conservation as well as many other topics covered in the course. As well as understanding many of the "how's" and "why's" of their everyday environment.

Other Details

Supply List

Students will have handouts provided for each week. They will consist of guided notes and extra questions for additional thinking about the topic covered. 

Materials for all experiments are optional. The teacher will complete the experiment. If students would like to try they may bring supplies to class. Days where no materials are required may use batteries and electricity. Students may just watch these experiments so that they stay safe!

Students may participate in each experiment with the following materials:
wk 1 - tennis ball, rope
wk 2 - no materials needed
wk 3- no materials needed
wk 4 - no materials needed
wk 5 - no materials needed
wk 6 - toy car, banana, pennies, stack of books, piece of cardboard, tape
wk 7-toy cars/toys with wheels
wk 8-any kind of toy balls, different sizes, sports balls ok too
wk 9- no materials needed
wk 10 - balloons (2 if possible)
wk 11 - no materials needed
wk 12- magnets of any kind!

External Resources

Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.

Sources

We will be using Focus on Middle School Physics (3rd edition) by Rebecca Keller, as a reference. Students will not need the book for class as all content is presented in class. This is the base of reference is the student wishes to follow along with a text for additional learning support.

Meet the teacher

Erin Kim, TESOL, TEFL

5.0

53reviews

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Teacher expertise and credentials

Mrs. Kim has been teaching middle school physics in homeschool co-ops with up to twenty students per class. She also teaches this class for an online K-6 academy. She has been a core subject instructor with fourteen years of teaching experience in grades K-8.