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Matter: Building Block of the Universe.
3rd ed. Anthea Maton, Jean Hopkins, Susan Johnson, and others. Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1997.
Program Overview
The Prentice Hall Science Integrated Learning System series is a program for middle school or junior high school students. Designed to cover all relevant areas of science, this program consists of 19 books, each in a particular topic area, such as sound and light, the planet earth, and matter--building block of the universe. Seven science themes are incorporated into the program; the themes are energy, evolution, patterns of change, scale and structure, systems and interactions, unity and diversity, and stability. For each unit, teaching materials, ancillary student materials, and some optional components are available.
Student Edition
Recommended grade level:
8+.
Reading level: middle 7. Matter: Building Block of the Universe introduces students to the nature of matter. They study the general properties of matter (mass, weight, volume, and density); inertia; phases of matter and phase changes; chemical properties and chemical changes; the classification of matter (as mixtures, solutions, elements, and compounds); the use of chemical symbols, formulas, and equations; the development of the atomic model; and the forces that govern the behavior of subatomic particles. Students also read about the development of the periodic table and gain an understanding of metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.
In lab investigations, students explore the connection between mass and inertia, and they also observe the physical and chemical properties of a lighted and an unlighted candle and use marshmallows to make models of chemical reactions. Students then perform exercises with mystery objects in a shoe box to see how indirect evidence is used to build a model, and they identify elements using flame tests.
Matter: Building Block of the Universe has 5 chapters: (1) "General Properties of Matter"; (2) "Physical and Chemical Changes"; (3) "Mixtures, Elements, and Compounds"; (4) "Atoms: Building Blocks of Matter"; and (5) "Classification of Elements: The Periodic Table." Each chapter contains comprehensive reading sections that introduce major science concepts. Suggestions are provided for activities in which students "find out by doing," "find out by reading," and "find out by writing." Other activities are also suggested--for example, making models of the Thomson atom and the Rutherford atom and reading a poem by Carl Sandburg about fog (a colloid). Each chapter includes a formal lab investigation.
Other features include problem-solving challenges, science career descriptions, and science connections to real-world events or issues. The student edition closes with 3 readings: about physicist Shirley Ann Jackson, acid rain, and the possibility of factories in space.
Teacher's Edition
In the teacher's wraparound edition, each chapter begins with a 2-page planning guide and a 2-page preview that summarizes each section within the chapter. The teacher's edition also provides suggestions for teaching, guiding, integrating, and closing lessons, as well as enrichments, extensions, and answers to questions in the student text.
Supplementary Laboratory Manual
The supplementary lab manual provides 12 additional investigations directly correlated with the information presented in the student textbook. Examples include determining the density of several liquids; observing physical and chemical changes; determining the solubility of potassium nitrate; relating electrons and probability; and investigating the relative activities of zinc, copper, and lead.
Program Resources and Support Materials
A variety of materials, including some optional components, is available. A teacher's resource package contains the student edition and annotated teacher's editions of both the textbook and the lab manual, as well as a test book, an activity book, a review-and-reinforcement guide, and English and Spanish audiotapes for auditory and language learners. Other available materials include interactive videodiscs, transparencies, assessment materials, English and Spanish guides for language learners, a study guide, a teacher's desk reference, and a booklet of product-testing activities.
Key to Content Standards: 5-8 (see app. C)
UNIFYING CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES: Systems, order, and organization; evidence, models, and explanation; change, constancy, and measurement.
SCIENCE AS INQUIRY: Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry; understandings about scientific inquiry.
PHYSICAL SCIENCE: Properties and changes of properties in matter; transfer of energy.
SCIENCE IN PERSONAL AND SOCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Science and technology in society.
HISTORY AND NATURE OF SCIENCE: Science as a human endeavor; history of science.
Prices:
Student edition (ISBN 0-13-423369-7), $9.97. Teacher's edition (ISBN 0-13-423138-4), $22.97. Teacher's resource package, $112.97. (Contact publisher/supplier for complete price and ordering information.)
Publisher/supplier:
Prentice Hall.
Materials:
Available locally, or from commercial suppliers.
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Activity series (of metals),
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Flame tests, Physical Sciences: Introductory Physical Science, Multi & Applied Sciences: Threads.
Inertia, Physical Sciences: Exploring Physical Science, Methods of Motion: An Introduction to Mechanics, Book One, ~ Off the Wall Science: A Poster Series Revisited, Multi & Applied Sciences: Earth and Physical Science: Content and Learning Strategies.
Mass, Physical Sciences: Exploring Physical Science, ~ Introductory Physical Science, Floaters and Sinkers: Mass, Volume, and Density, ~ Methods of Motion: An Introduction to Mechanics, Book One. Motion, ~ Personal Science Laboratory Motion Experiments, Multi & Applied Sciences: The Local Environment.
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