Teaching Physics and Chemistry

Teaching Physics and Chemistry

Physics for ages 12–14
Chemistry for ages 12–13

In this essential teachers’ resource, Roy Wilkinson outlines the background and practical guidelines for teaching physics and chemistry. He suggests:

6th grade—sound, light, heat, magnetism, electricity
7th grade—6th-grade subjects continued; mechanics, chemistry (the work of factories and transport and how physics, chemistry, geography, and natural science are interwoven)
8th grade—hydraulics, aeromechanics (practical applications of what was studied in the 6th and 7th grades—meteorology, climatology, chemistry)

C O N T E N T S:

Introduction

Sound
Light and Color
Heat
Magnetism and Electricity
Mechanics
Hydraulics
Pneumatics
Meteorology and Climatology
Combustion
Salts and Salt-formation
The Metals
The Organic World
The Nature of Substance

About the Author

Roy Wilkinson (1911– 2007) was an indefatigable teacher of children, lecturer, author, and inspirer of many people in the Waldorf movement in the UK and abroad, right up to his death at the age of 96.