Essential Questions for Physical Science

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Essential Questions for Physical Science

• Introduction and Scientific Method
• Std. 1

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Essential questions for intro to Science is.

• Your car wont start. How could the scientific
  method help you start that car?
• How old are you?
• Why is there nothing new under the sun?
• What is science?

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Measurements

• Why do we measure?
• What do we measure?
• How far is it from here to the door?
• Which is heavier, feathers or iron?
• What are measurements?
• Why is a foota foot?
• Why does a Pepsi can sink but a cruise ship
  floats?

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Essential questions for Motion and ForcesSTDS.
1 3

• Are you moving?
• Why is a flying bird a poor frame of reference?
• Who is the fastest person in the world?
• How is vibrational motion like singing?
• Which has more momentum, an SUV or a fly?
• Why do NBA stars wear rubber bottom shoes?
• What will get you if nothing else does?
• Why do second floor objects have more energy than
  first floor objects?
• If a book falls off a shelf, how much work can it
  do?
• How hard is it to turn on a lamp if you are Rube
  Goldberg?
• How would you like to win a million bucks?
• Like Tim Allen, when do you want More Power?
• Can you do anything else but push or pull?

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ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS FOR HEAT AND TEMPERATURE

• What does KE have to do with temperature?
• What do weight watchers watch?
• Does boiling require a chemist?
• Why does steam burn you?
• Who were Gabriel, Anders and who is Lord Kelvin?

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Essential questions for the Properties of
MatterStds. 2 3

• What do water and air have in common?
• Why doesnt water burn?
• Is air a fluid?
• How are diamonds and glass different?
• How are diamonds and lollipops alike?

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Essential Questions for properties of matterStd.
2 3

• Why cant you walk through a wall?
• Why dont we make jewelry out of oxygen?
• Are we breathing already breathed air?

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Essential Questions for properties of
matter.atomic structure

• Can you list EVERYTHING there is on a single
  piece of paper ?
• Have you ever touched anything?
• What is the difference between gold and iron?
• Why is gold valuable and ironnot so valuable?

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Essential questions for properties of
mattercompounds and their equations.

• Sodium explodes in water. Chlorine is a gas that
  will kill youbut you EAT sodium and chlorine
  everydaywhy dont you die?
• How is an equation like a recipe?

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Essential questions for Mixtures, Acids,
BasesStd. 2

• Are chocolate chip cookies heterogeneous or
  homogeneous?
• Would you like to drink and acid?
• When is a suspension not a disciplinary action?

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Essential questions for Earth Science Std. 5

• We live on a rocket shipdont we?
• What is needed for a successful terrarium?
• Is it your fault?
• Look out! Is she going to blow???
• What is a mineral?
• Are diamonds a girls best friend?
• How are rocks formed?
• Are rocks worth anything?
• How are rocks changed?
• Is it in your backyard?
• And how old are you??