This class is designed to provide an introduction to some of the key properties of matter in physics, such as magnetism, electricity, and heat..  Many topics will be covered over this 5 week class that will give the student a basic understanding of some properties of matter they have experienced in their life but may not understand how/why they work.  Students will have the opportunity to practice what they learn each week.  

Week 1: Atoms & the Periodic Table of Elements 
-> Video: Atoms
-> Video: Periodic Table of Elements
-> Fill in the blank note sheets for each video
-> Practice problems: describe the parts of an atom, describe the difference between atoms, elements, ions, and isotopes, locate elements on the periodic table of elements

Week 2: Kinetic Molecular Theory
-> Video: Kinetic Molecular Theory
-> Fill in the blank note sheets for the video
-> Practice problems: describe the difference between the phases of matter at the atomic/molecular level, describe how molecular motion affects matter

Week 3: Heat and Temperature
-> Video: Heat
-> Fill in the blank note sheets for each video
-> Practice problems: Describe the difference between heat and temperature, calculate the heat of an object, calculate the energy change during a phase change of matter

Week 4: Electricity
-> Video: Electricity
-> Fill in the blank note sheets for the video
-> Practice problems: describe electricity and how it works

Week 5: Magnetism
-> Video: Magnetism
-> Fill in the blank note sheets for each video
-> Practice problems: describe magnetism and how it works

This is a flexible schedule course, meaning that there are no live meetings. Each week, new videos, notes pages, and practice problems will be posted to the classroom. The completed practice problems will be uploaded to the classroom (either scanned or a picture taken) for feedback from the teacher.   There will be a discussion thread where students can ask for help from the class and the teacher.  Each week an experiment will be posted that follows the lesson material.  Students will be asked to post their experimental results to the Outschool classroom either as a video or pictures.  This will allow the students to share and discuss what each other are discovering about physics.  

To get the most out of this course, the teacher will provide notes pages with blanks for the students to fill in as they watch the videos.  Students are expected to complete the practice problems each week as the material builds upon itself weekly.
 
The teacher is always be available via message (either in the classroom discussion or private message) and will typically reply within 12 hours, but never more than 24 hours unless extenuating circumstances.