Tag: Physical Science

Family Read Aloud Books or Independent Reading

Picture Books Form 1+

• Awesome Construction Activities for Kids: 25 STEAM Construction Projects to Design and Build by Akyiaa Morrison PE 116 pages
• Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids: 50+ Exciting STEAM Projects to Design and Build by Christina Schul 198 pages
• Awesome Science Experiments for Kids: 100+ Fun STEM / STEAM Projects and Why They Work by Crystal Chatterton 254 pages
• Energy: Physical Science for Kids by Andi Diehn 32 pages 
• Forces: Physical Science for Kids by Andi Diehn 32 pages 
• Matter: Physical Science for Kids by Andi Diehn 32 pages 
• Pull, Lift, and Lower: A Book About Pulleys by Michael Dahl 24 pages
• Simple Machines by D.J. Ward 40 pages 
• Simple Machines: Wheels, Levers, and Pulleys by David A. Adler 32 pages 
• Waves: Physical Science for Kids by Andi Diehn 32 pages 

Picture Books Form 2+

• National Geographic Kids Everything Robotics: All the Photos, Facts, and Fun to Make You Race for Robots by Jennifer Swanson 64 pages
• My First Book About Physics by Patricia J. Wynne 48 pages

Also Read Biographies

Books about:

• Albert Einstein
• Isaac Newton 
• Johannes Kepler
• Thomas Edison
• Wilbur & Orville Wright

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Claritas publishing memory work covers physics in Cycle 4, so I’ve scheduled several options for families to cover this subject.

Form 2+ (or whole family read aloud)

DK: Force & Motion

This book is scheduled at a pace of two to four pages per week.

• Amazon

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Exploring Creation with Chemistry & Physics by Jeannie Fulbright

The chemistry lessons in this book are scheduled in Cycle 3, and the physics lessons are scheduled in Cycle 4, at a pace of five or six pages per week from Week 1 through Week 24.

• Apologia textbook binding
• Exodus textbook binding
• Amazon textbook binding

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The Good and the Beautiful: Motion and Simple Machines

This book is scheduled at a pace of one lesson per week from Week 1 through Week 12, and is followed by Wonders of Energy. Note that The Good and the Beautiful is a Mormon company.

• The Good and the Beautiful

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The Good and the Beautiful: Wonders of Energy

This book is scheduled at a pace of one lesson per week from Week 13 through Week 26.

• The Good and the Beautiful

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The Way Things Work by David Macaulay 

If you want to get through this entire (thick) book in one school year, follow the schedule provided, at a pace of ten to fourteen pages per week. This could be an independent reader for a Form 3, 4 or even a Form 5 student. I almost placed this book under Form 3, and perhaps it is better suited for these students, but some Form 2 students may have a deep interest in these subjects, too.

If you feel like the reading schedule is too much for your family, this would also be a great book to keep on the coffee table or in a basket, allowing your kids to grab it and look through the pages they are interested in. There is much to learn in this book!!

• Amazon

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If you have book suggestions or comments about these books, please share! 🙂