Get to know the physical world around you by doing things yourself.
Experiments in Physical Science provides hands-on experience related to basic concepts in the physical sciences. It is a supplement to the Physical Science course offered at Middle Tennessee State University and is written in a style that is comprehensible to both science and non-science students.
Preface
Common Laboratory Equipment
The Bunsen Burner
Significant Figures
Safety and Measurement
Determining the Value of Pi
Freezing and Boiling
Measuring Acceleration
The Kinetic Theory
Latent Heat of Fusion
Spectroscopy
Making a Battery with a Lemon
Radioactive Decay and the Half-Life
Acid-Base Indicators
Scaling Down the Solar System
Identifying Salts
Chemical Reactions
Sun, Earth, and Moon
Minerals, Rocks, and Fossils