Physical Science

Physical Science!

Technically, physical science is the study of non-living things including: chemistry, geology, astronomy and physics. But obviously when it comes to elementary school students, you wouldn't be doing major chemistry or physics with them. Physical science is the study of all inanimate object, so of course you could do many cool and exciting experiments involving this. One thing that falls under physical science is energy and gravity. So, as a teacher, you could tie physical science into the end of a space science lesson so that your students don't feel too confused. Even a light bulb in a lamp is considered physical science. As a teacher you could do many things with light bulbs and electricity. You could have your students make an electric circuit to light up the lightbulb or do an experiment to find out what is inside of a lightbulb. 

When I think of physical science I think of energy and thing I as a human might not be able to see. There are four phases of matter - solid, liquid, gas and plasma. If teaching the younger grades, you may leave out the plasma but for older, you could find a simple way to include it. Out of these four phases, solids have the lowest energy phase of matter, and plasma has the highest. You could discuss with your students how vaporization is when a liquid turns into a gas or sublimation is when a solid turns into a gas. As a teacher you could find and do so many awesome experiments with your students just thinking about these facts! Out of all the categories of science, physical science is my favorite because I find it the most interesting. Once I have my own classroom and teach these topics of science, and do many experiments, I'm sure my students will agree!